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News from Foundation for Physical Therapy

	Profiles in Excellence

Catherine Worthingham Fellows of APTA

Richard W Bohannon, PT, EdD, NCS, FAHA, FAPTA, recipient of a doctoral training grant in 1985, is Professor and Director of Research, Department of Physical Therapy, University of Connecticut.

Irene R McEwen, PT, PhD, FAPTA, recipient of a doctoral training grant in 1987, is Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Physical Therapy, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.

Richard K Shields, PT, PhD, FAPTA, a Foundation Trustee and former member of the Scientific Review Committee, received doctoral training grants in 1989 and 1990. He is Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Graduate Program in Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, University of Iowa, and Director of the Motor Control and Human Performance Laboratory, University of Iowa Hospital.

Anne Shumway-Cook, PT PhD, FAPTA, a 1980 recipient of a doctoral training grant, is Associate Professor in the Division of Physical Therapy, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington. Shumway-Cook also received the Jack Walker Award this year.

Ann F VanSant, PT, PhD, FAPTA, recipient of doctoral training grants in 1983 and 1988, is Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy, College of Allied Health Professions, Temple University.

Lucy Blair Service Award

Diane Nicholson, PT, PhD, NCS, received doctoral training grants in 1990 and 1991. She is Director of Graduate Studies and Associate Professor in the Division of Physical Therapy, College of Health, University of Utah.

Christopher M Powers, PT, PhD, a member of the Foundation's Scientific Review Committee, has received 3 awards from the Foundation, including research awards in 1993 and 2001. Powers also is a Co-Lead Investigator of the Foundation's Clinical Research Network (CRN) project. He is Associate Professor and Assistant Chair, Department of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, University of Southern California.

Marcia B Smith, PT, PhD, received a doctoral training grant in 1990. She is Associate Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy, Regis University.

Eugene Michels New Investigator Award

John D Childs, PT, PhD, MBA, OCS, FAAOMPTA, received a Promotion of Doctoral Studies (PODS) I scholarship in 2001 and a research grant in 2004. He is Assistant Professor and Director of Research at the US Army-Baylor University Doctoral Program in Physical Therapy, Army Medical Department Center & School, Baylor University.

Marian Williams Award for Research in Physical Therapy

Carolee J Winstein, PT, PhD, FAPTA, is the principal investigator of the largest project ever funded by the Foundation or APTA, the Clinical Research Network (CRN), awarded in 2002. She is Professor of Biomechanics and Physical Therapy, University of Southern California.

Dorothy Briggs Memorial Scientific Inquiry Award

Jill Heathcock, PT, PhD, MSc, received a Mary McMillan scholarship in 2001, Promotion of Doctoral Studies (PODS I) scholarships in 2002 and 2003, and Promotion of Doctoral Studies (PODS II) scholarships in 2004 and 2005. Michele A Lobo, PT, PhD, MPT, received a Mary McMillan scholarship in 2000, a Promotion of Doctoral Studies (PODS I) in 2002, and Promotion of Doctoral Studies (PODS II) scholarships in 2004 and 2005.

Helen J Hislop Award for Outstanding Contributions to Professional Literature

Stephen M Haley, PT, PhD, a former member of the Scientific Review Committee and a 1986 recipient of a doctoral training grant, is Professor of Rehabilitation Sciences at Boston University's Sargent College and Associate Director of Boston University's Health & Disability Research Institute.

Chattanooga Research Award

Rebecca L Craik, PT, PhD, FAPTA, is a former Foundation Trustee and a 1981 funding recipient. Kathleen K Mangione, PT, PhD, GCS, received a research grant in 2000. Both are currently at the Department of Physical Therapy, Arcadia University, where Craik is Professor and Chair and Mangione is Associate Professor.

	Major Gifts Announced at the Annual Dinner Dance

Top Profiles in Excellence Major Gifts Announced at... Clinical Research Network (CRN)...

 
Faculty and directors from 22 physical therapy programs across the country, as well as private individuals and representatives from chapters, sections, and corporations, pledged almost $80,000 in response to a challenge issued at the Foundation's 2006 Dinner Dance in Orlando, Fla, to collectively match the $100,000 donation made that evening by Stanley Paris, PT, PhD, FAPTA, and wife Catherine Patla, PT, DHSc, OCS.

The Paris-Patla donation, made from the University of St Augustine Stanley Paris and Catherine Patla Research Fund, is one of the most generous received by the Foundation and comes with "no strings attached" as an unrestricted gift.

In announcing the gift, Paris underscored the importance of research to the physical therapy profession and committed his university to lead the way in supporting research through the Foundation for Physical Therapy. "The University of St Augustine for Health Sciences will significantly increase its support of the Foundation as the best place to invest our precious research dollars, he said.

Also that evening, former Foundation President/Chair Jayne L Snyder, PT, MA, announced her pledge to donate $100,000 to the Foundation over 5 years. In her announcement, Snyder expressed the importance of building the Foundation's overall endowment to ensure a secure future for the Foundation and the research it supports.

The Foundation's endowment fund balance has grown from less than $800,000 in 1999, to a current balance of more than $3 million and can continue to grow as the Foundation receives more of these generous gifts.

After the surprise announcements from Paris, Patla, and Snyder, Tony Delitto, PT, PhD, FAPTA, and Foundation Trustee Dan Riddle, PT, PhD, FAPTA, took the opportunity to offer a challenge for matching gifts. "If the 210 schools with physical therapy programs each donate $500," Riddle told the audience, "we can match the generous gift from Stanley and Catherine."

He noted that students from 51 schools this year raised $132,772 in their Pittsburgh-Marquette Challenge fund-raisers, a 25% increase over last year, and he encouraged faculty and directors to meet the students' level of commitment to physical therapy research.

To see a complete list of the donors who responded to the challenge issued by Delitto and Riddle, please go to the Foundation Web site, www.apta.org/Foundation. (If any schools that shouted a pledge that evening were missed, please contact the Foundation at 800/875-1378.)

Pledges are still being accepted. Payments can be sent to: Foundation for Physical Therapy, Dinner Dance Challenge, 1111 North Fairfax Street, Alexandria, VA 22314, or donors can download a Contribution Form from the Foundation Web site and fax it to 703/706-8536.

	Clinical Research Network (CRN) Update #7: Meeting Recruitment Goals in Clinical Research: Lessons Learned (Part Two)

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This month's article focuses on the unique recruitment and retention strategies developed by the second project of the CRN, STEPS.

STEPS (Strength Training Effectiveness Post-Stroke) is evaluating whether functional outcomes, primarily gait speed, are best improved in patients post stroke by: (1) strength training as an adjunct to body-weight–supported treadmill training (BWSTT); (2) locomotor-based strength training (LBST) compared with muscle-specific strength training as an adjunct to BWSTT; and (3) LBST compared with BWSTT. The recruitment goal of 80 was met. Unique recruitment and retention steps taken:

In-service Sessions

• Lunch sessions were held for physical therapy departments in hospitals and outpatient clinics close to the study sites. Attendees heard an update on current research in the physical therapy treatment of individuals who had a stroke. The end of the session focused on the STEPS study (the purpose of study, recruitment, how to refer a patient to the study). These in-service sessions were very well received and resulted in many referrals.
  
• Sessions also were held for stroke support groups at hospitals in communities close to the study sites.
  

Exercise classes

• Classes (45 minutes long) were held for stroke support groups at several Los Angeles-area community hospitals. At the end of each class, the STEPS study (purpose of study, recruitment, how to become involved) was discussed. This was also a very successful approach in recruiting many STEPS subjects.
  

Birthday & Holiday Greetings

• During the course of the study, birthday and holiday cards were sent to all STEPS study participants.
  

Certificate of Completion

• At the end of the 6-week program, each participant received a certificate for completing the intervention portion of the study. Overall, the participants were very proud of it! Included on the certificate was the date of their 6-month follow-up evaluation (a great reminder). Many participants reported that they put the certificate on their wall to remind themselves to continue exercising every day!
  

Participant Appreciation Party

• As a special thanks for their participation, the California sites held a joint "STEPS Participant Appreciation Party" for all participants and families.
  

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