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September 2023: American Parkinson’s Disease Association Optimism Walk

(Left to right) Dr Christine Clarkin, Alex Seng, Michelle Lim, Dr. Anne-Marie Dupre, Lizzie Moy, Rebecca Shorr, and Charlotte Vitale

Students and faculty volunteer at the American Parkinson’s Disease Association Optimism Walk and 5K held at Warwick City Park. The weather held off to allow a great turn out!


June 2023:

Dr. Christine Clarkin was selected from a national pool of applicants to participate in the Parkinson’s Foundation Physical Therapy Faculty Program training, whose goal is to:

  • Enhance the knowledge and confidence of physical therapy faculty in developing course content, delivering lectures and offering clinical mentorship on Parkinson’s within undergraduate and graduate-level physical therapy programs nationwide.
  • Develop a long-term relationship between physical therapy faculty who complete the program and Parkinson’s experts at nationally recognized movement disorder centers.
  • Prepare physical therapy graduates to care for people living with Parkinson’s, their caregivers and families

 


Spring 2023: Building SOUND Relationships

DPT student are joined by Music Therapy undergraduate students in a joint collaboration to introduce music therapeutically into the community-based student-led Parkinson’s Exercise Group (PEG)