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University of Pittsburgh Physical Therapy Delegation to the 2024 Bárány Society Meeting 

  • Published: 03/11/2025
  • Revised: 03/14/2025
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Left to right: University of Pittsburgh Department of Physical Therapy Adjunct Associate Professor Amy Cassidy, Assistant Professor Brooke Klatt, Department of Otolaryngology Professor Joseph Furman, Professor Susan Whitney, Assistant Professor Regan Harrell, Assistant Professor Pamela Dunlap and Fulbright Scholar Claudia Costa.

The University of Pittsburgh was represented at the 2024 Bárány Society meeting in Uppsala, Sweden, by a talented, interprofessional delegation of faculty and a Fulbright Scholar. They included Department of Physical Therapy Professor Susan Whitney, Assistant Professors Brooke Klatt, Pamela Dunlap and Regan Harrell, Adjunct Faculty Amy Cassidy and Alia Alghwiri, and PhD student and Fulbright Scholar Claudia Costa. Additionally, Joseph Furman, professor in the Pitt School of Medicine Department of Otolaryngology and director of UPMC Center for Balance Disorders, rounded out the delegation. 

As a group, the delegation moderated four sessions, delivered five platform presentations and displayed four poster presentations. Another platform presentation was delivered by a colleague from a Pittsburgh-based company who has a grant with Professor Furman.  

The University of Pittsburgh 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.  

The Bárány Society meeting is an ideal forum for presenting our work in this field as the meeting is the largest multidisciplinary, scholarly vestibular medicine event in the world. Our plan is to continue our active research program in the field of vestibular medicine and present our findings at the next biennial meeting of the Bárány Society, which will be held in Shanghai, China, in 2026. 

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University of Pittsburgh Physical Therapy Professor Susan Whitney presenting at the 2024 Barany Satellite conference in Stockholm, Sweden.
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University of Pittsburgh Physical Therapy Adjunct Professor Alia Alghwiri presenting at the 2024 Barany Society meeting in Uppsala, Sweden.
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The Pitt Physical Therapy delegation also enjoyed time at the Barany Society banquet. Left to right: Assistant Professor Pamela Dunlap, Adjunct Associate Professor Amy Cassidy, Assistant Professor Brooke Klatt, Professor Sue Whitney, Fulbright Scholar Claudia Costa and Assistant Professor Regan Harrell.
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University of Pittsburgh Physical Therapy Professor Sue Whitney and Assistant Professors Brooke Klatt and Pamela Dunlap stand in front of their research poster presentation, “Does Cognition Improve Following Participation in Vestibular Rehabilitation?”
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