SHRS Faculty Lead Pitt Students in Special Olympics Event
Students across Pitt volunteered to help with Project ALL STAR, a data collection event to look at the long-term benefits of Special Olympics participation.
Pitt Physical Therapy Fall 2024 Research Highlights and Awards
Pitt PT faculty continue to expand and lead research efforts with dozens of publications, conference presentations and awards.
University of Pittsburgh Physical Therapy Delegation to the 2024 Bárány Society Meeting
The delegation included the largest number of physical therapists from any institution globally and reflects the international prominence of our vestibular physical therapy and vestibular disorders programs.
Department of Physical Therapy Spring Research Highlights
Pitt PT faculty continue to lead the profession with their impactful and innovative research.
Researchers in Pitt School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences will help lead a $5 million training grant on learning health systems research to improve disability and chronic condition care
Professor Janet Freburger, Assistant Professor Christine McDonough and Professor Elizabeth Skidmore alongside other faculty outside SHRS have been awarded a $5 million training grants to create the Learning Health Systems training to improve Disability and chronic condition care (LeaHD) center.
Pitt Physical Therapy Researcher Allyn Bove is Dedicated to Addressing Health Inequities
After returning to Pittsburgh and working in a private practice that offered frequent pro bono physical therapy services to uninsured patients, she became passionate about the topic and decided to pursue a PhD at the University of Pittsburgh School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (SHRS). The program combined her interests…
Transforming the Future of Education: A 360-Degree View of the DPT Hybrid Program
Get an in-depth look at the Doctor of Physical Therapy Hybrid Immersion Experience, told from faculty and students who attended.
Children with Cerebral Palsy: Setting Them Up for Success in the MS in Physical Therapy Program
“Anybody who is different is looked at and stared at. That happens around the globe,” observes Sue Whitney when asked how society views children with cerebral palsy (CP). As co-director and professor of the Master of Science in Physical Therapy (MSPT) program at the University of Pittsburgh School of Health and Rehabilitation…
Whitney Named First Non-Physician Recipient of Hallpike-Nylen Award
At the 2022 International Bárány Society meeting in Madrid, Spain, Professor Sue Whitney received the prestigious Hallpike-Nylen Award for her lifetime achievements in vestibular clinical research.