DPT Newsroom

Every year, the Duke Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program hosts a 5K to raise money for the Foundation for Physical Therapy Research, which is an organization that funds PhD students, postdocs, and rehab-focused projects. The 

Katherine D. Myers, PT, DPT, PhD candidate (pictured on left), received a 2024 Adopt-A-Doc award. The award recognized her dedication to the profession of physical therapy and the education of physical therapists and physical therapist assistants. 

At the APTA Specialty Recognition ceremony, Duke was well-represented by 54 newly board-certified clinical specialists, and the following alumni and graduates of Duke Rehab residencies were recognized for their roles: 

The Duke Physical Therapy Alumni & Friends Reception welcomed 194 guests, where Duke Physical Therapy Alumni Association awards were presented to:

Let's welcome and meet Grant Bitzer, PT, DPT, EdD candidate, and STEPs Coordinator in the DPT program beginning February 1.

It is hard to believe that the Class of 2024’s Graduation is just a few months away! We are now accepting the 2024 Duke DPT Graduation Award nominations.

The awards being given this year are the Robert Bartlett Student Recognition Award for Service and Leadership Excellence, the Jan Gwyer Student Recognition Award for Academic, Clinical, and Scholarly Excellence, the Duke DPT Inclusive Excellence Award, and the Helen Kaiser Alumni Award. 

• Katherine D. Myers, PT, DPT, was selected to receive a 2024 Adopt-A-Doc award. The award recognizes her dedication to the profession of physical therapy and the education of physical therapists and physical therapist assistants. 
  

Third-year DPT students Natalie Hosmer and Miles Moore's independent study, "Effects of Ball Size and Weight on Throwing Kinematics and Kinetics in Youth Baseball Athletes," was recently published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine. 

A new study was published entitled “Optimization of a translational murine model of closed-head traumatic brain injury” in Neurological Research by Dr. Bradley Kolls in the Department of Neurology.

Hear from the experts on the cutting edge of rehabilitation science throughout the 2023-2024 academic year. 

Sessions are from 12:15 to 1 p.m. every third Wednesday of the month in the Lecture Hall (Room 1250) of the IPE Building and on Zoom.*

Topic: Feb. 21 - Unraveling the Mysteries of ACL Biomechanics: An In Vivo Imaging Approach

Speaker: Louis E. DeFrate, ScD, Lazlo Ormandy Distinguished Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University