Meet Zeb Boos, a second year Ph.D. student! He earned his Master’s at the University of Montana. He works with Dr. Pinto studying how load & fatigue affect performance & injury rates of firefighters in the lower limbs and back; & if exercise programs can improve long-term health.

We are pleased to have Milap Sandhu, PT PhD, as our seminar speaker this week! Dr. Sandhu is an Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Northwestern University. He will be speaking on "Intermittent Hypoxia Induced Plasticity & Motor Behaviors".Milap Sandhu

We are excited to hear from Dr. Miriam Rafferty, PT PhD, at seminar this week! She's an Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at Northwestern University. Her talk is titled "Implementation of Remote Therapeutic Monitoring into Physical Therapy".Miriam Rafferty

We are excited to have Nora Fritz, DPT, PhD, as our seminar speaker this week! She is an Associate Professor in the Physical Therapy Program & Department of Neurology at Wayne State University. She will be speaking on "Predicting & Preventing Falls in Multiple Sclerosis".Neuroimaging and Neurorehabilitation Lab

We are excited to have Whitney Morelli, PhD, as our seminar speaker this week! She is an Assistant Professor at the Medical College of Wisconsin. She will be speaking on "Development of Patient-Centered, Personalized Physical Activity Interventions in Cancer Survivors".@drWAWelch

The AHPRC Seminar Series is back! We have a great lineup of different speakers who will be visiting campus this semester. All seminars will be held in the AHPRC Film Room (AH-216). If you are interested in attending the session online, please email [email protected]

Grant alert! Marquette professor Dr. Allison Hyngstrom & MCW associate professor Dr. Matt Durand received a $3.2 million grant awarded by the NICHD to study muscle fatigue in stroke survivors while using ischemic conditioning with hopes of increasing muscle performance. Congrats!

We are excited to have Cheryl Stucky, PhD, as our seminar speaker today! Dr. Stucky is a Marvin Wagner Endowed Professor of Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy at MCW. The title of her talk is "Skin Cells Actively Contribute to Neuropathic Pain". Cheryl Stucky #MCW #pain

Grant alert! Marquette Associate Professor Dr. Sheila Schindler-Ivens received a $420,000 R21 grant award from the National Institutes of Health to continue her studies on lower limb rehabilitation following stroke with the use of her device CUped. Congrats Dr. Schindler-Ivens!

Meet Kieran Mullen, second year M.S. student! Kieran studied political science & kinesiology at St. Olaf College. He works with Dr. Pinto, who together received the AHPRC Pilot Award Grant for their work - validation of remote delivery physical performance-based outcome measures.

1 week until our 1st seminar series speaker of the semester! Dr. Max Kurz, from the Boys Town National Research Hospital, will speak about harnessing beneficial neuroplasticity in persons with CP. If you are interested in attending online, please email [email protected]

Savannah Gutsch (PhD student) & her mentor Dr. Bement were invited to create a video for the International Association for the Study of Pain which focused on community education regarding the importance of physical activity & exercise for pain management. loom.ly/SJiDSOk

Meet Wanda Sihanath, first year PhD student! She received her BS in biomedical engineering at Arizona State & her MS in sports biomechanics at Loughborough University. She's a member of Dr. Kipp’s sports biomechanics lab looking at performance outcomes of Olympic weightlifting.

Congratulations to Frank Huang, a second year master's student, for winning the People's Choice Award & runner-up at the Three Minute Thesis Competition, earning $500! The title of his talk was "Curcumin Modulates Neuroinflammation to Improve Breathing after Spinal Cord Injury."

We are so excited to have Ahmed Obeidat, MD, PhD, start off our seminar series this week! Dr. Obeidat is an Associate Professor at the Medical College of Wisconsin. The title of his talk is "The Arts as Medicine". #seminar #medicalcollegeofwisconsin #MCW #marquetteuniversity #MS

We are so excited to have Jerome Dempsey, PhD, as our seminar speaker this week! He is a Professor Emeritus at University of Wisconsin-Madison in the department of Population Health Science. His talk is titled "Neural Feedback Influences on Exercise Physiology and Performance".

Introducing the MUSE (Marquette University Scientific Engagement) Program! We just had our inaugural session with a Milwaukee area middle school. So proud of this 100% student-led effort from Marquette University EXRS Graduate Program. Keep an 👀 out for exciting things/programming to come! #PhD #outreach

The new school year started this week! Wishing everyone a great start to the fall semester. #marquetteuniversity #exrs #physicaltherapy