Congratulations to Dr. Catherine Patla. She completed the Big Sur marathon earlier this year. Dr. Patla is also the USA team captain for the Foundation for Physical Therapy’s Log n’ Blog, a new effort that allows participants the chance to raise funds for PT research by logging miles that each participant has spent swimming, biking and running . Go team USA!
Maria Matyjasik-Liggett, a USA OTD graduate recently had her Capstone Project, The Utilization of Occupational Therapy Services for Persons with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, published in the “Occupational Therapy in Healthcare Journal.”
USA alumnus, Claire Fillion Auer, was the recipient of the 2012 USA Healthcare Journalism Award by Dr. Paul Mackarey. Her column, Run Smart, Stay Fit: Injury Prevention for Runners, was published in the “The Scranton Times-Tribune.”
Want to learn more about our faculty research initiatives? Visit the faculty and administration page at www.usa.edu to see all of the amazing research that our faculty has been involved in this year!
