Kiara Caldwell

DHSc student Jackie Main Petlicki solves real-world healthcare challenges in real-time during the integration of Michigan Reproductive Medicine into U-M Health, an effort for which Petlicki and her team received leadership recognition in late 2025.

Alum attends the 2026 International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare, to share research on the integration of simulation-based learning into physical therapy curricula to better prepare students for the rigors of acute care settings.

Linda Monterroso Hurtado, DHSc, MSHS, a board member, leader in clinical research, and advocate for sibling caregivers, shares her professional and personal goals that influenced her research focus and program design.

Joyce Maring, EdD, DPT, has been selected to receive the Lucy Blair Service Award from the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) for her exceptional contributions, involvement, and impact in clinical practice and education pedagogy, as well as the physical therapy profession.

Stephanie Katz OTR/L, CHT from the DHSc program, Sarah Doerrer PhD, OTR/L, CHT, CLT, and Sam Moghtaderi MD were awarded a grant for their research entitled “The Impact of Early ADL Participation on Functional Outcomes Post Distal Radius-Fracture.”

Marisa Birkmeier, DPT, DHSc, an associate professor in the department of Health, Human Function and Rehabilitation Sciences was selected to be the director of the physical therapy program at the George Washington University.