We recently recognized the following individuals on October 27th at our annual APTA Honors and Awards Banquet. Please consider making a nomination in 2024. Photos from event.
Marjorie Stamm Outstanding Service Award
Karen Berg, PT, DPT
Christopher Nawrocki, PT, MS
Jane Murdock Legislative Award
Representative Julie Rogers, PT
Alan Jeffrey Outstanding Service Award
Representative John Fitzgerald
Representative Dale Zorn
President’s Award
Erica Sherman PT, DPT, MBA & Emily Compagner, PT, DPT
Outstanding Clinician Awards – Physical Therapist
Meghan Malley, PT, DPT
APTA Emerging Leader Award
Kathleen Walworth PT, DPT
Deborah Doherty Oncology Rehabilitation Award
Lori Boright, PT, DPT, DScPT
Mabel E. Holton Research Award
Tzu-Chieh (Jennifer) Liao, PT, PhD
Norene Clouten – Outstanding Center Coordinator of Clinical Education Award
Valerie MacPherson PT, MHS, SCCE
Cindy Kincaid Outstanding Clinical Instructor Award
Nicole Boufford, PTA
APTA Michigan Outstanding Student Award
- Ashley Barker, SPTA – Delta College
- Jessica M. Christy, SPT – Oakland
- Nicole Hawes, SPT – Wayne State
- Jose-Santiago Estrada Murray, SPT – Central Michigan University
- April Peera, SPTA – Baker College
- Abigail Sarchet, SPT – Grand Valley State
- Claire Ward, SPT – WMU
APTA Michigan Institute for Education and Research Awards
Large Grants
Karen Grossnickle – Central Michigan University
The impact of clinical education on perception and attitudes of third-year doctor of physical therapy students towards interprofessional collaboration in healthcare.
Jessica Gibson – Henry Ford Health
Initiating a self-directed exercise program in inpatient cancer survivors
with cancer related fatigue.
APTA Michigan Research – Poster Awards
PROFESSIONAL RESEARCH REPORT
IDENTIFICATION OF MYOFASCIAL TRIGGER POINTS: A METHOD COMPARISON STUDY TO DETERMINE AGREEMENT BETWEEN MANUAL PALPATION AND ULTRASOUND IMAGING. Rose JM, Teft MP, Stephenson PL, Boerst ME, Cressman SG, Slayton JL; Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, MI
STUDENT RESEARCH REPORT
THE EFFECTS OF ISOMETRIC ANKLE TRAINING WITH VISUAL FEEDBACK IN INDIVIDUALS WITH CHRONIC STROKE. Almoussa H, Krinke A, Gordon K, Simjanoski T, Maher S, Pardo V; Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
PROFESSIONAL CASE REPORT
A NEW SPECIAL TEST FOR DIAGNOSING POSTERIOR TIBIAL TENDON TEARS AT THE ANKLE-A CASE STUDY Udhawani, NS1; Beacon Health Three Rivers Outpatient Therapy, Three Rivers, MI Hoover, DL2; DPT Department, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI Lawson, DJ3; DPT Department, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
STUDENT CASE REPORT
EFFICACY OF PHYSICAL THERAPY INTERVENTIONS IN AN OUTPATIENT PEDIATRIC ENVIRONMENT FOR A 9-YEAR-OLD FEMALE STATUS POST HEMISPHERECTOMY: A CASE REPORT. Kulik, M.K., Hall, L.M.; Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI
Team Rehab Scholarship Awards
- Emmy Kinner – CMU
- Katelyn Bonhaus – GVSU
- Eric McElrath – OU
- Olivia Roe – UM-Flint
- Brianna Pajakowski – WSU
- Ashley Barker – PTA
Lookabaugh Memorial Scholarship
Jessica Christy (OU)
Orthopedic Rehab Specialist Scholarship
- Service Scholarship – Anna Krinke (WSU)
- Accountability Scholarship – Abigail Sarchet (GVSU)
- Environment Scholarship – Desiree Frantum (UMFlint)
- Respect Scholarship – Shelby Schneider (CMU)
Recognition of 2023 APTA Honors and Awards Recipients
Societal Impact Award: Stephen Leppard, PT
Eugene Michaels New Investigator Award: Nora Fritz, PT, DPT, PhD
Minority Scholarship: Brianna Seawood, SPT Andrews University