FACULTY achievements

Lara Canham, PT, DPT, OCS received the Bob Doctor Service Award.

Cory Christiansen, PT, PhD was awarded a Veterans Affairs Rehabilitation Research & Development Award to begin a new clinical trial entitled Walking Exercise Sustainability through Telehealth for Veterans with Lower-limb Amputation. He was also awarded the American Physical Therapy Association Federal Section Researcher Award for 2022.

Lisa Dannemiller, PT, DSC, PCS Emeritus was the Chair of the Academy of Pediatric Physical Therapy Nominating Committee and received the Alumni of the Year award at Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions and the Cerasoli Educator award from the CU PT Program. She also authored a chapter in the 6th edition of Physical Therapy for Children.

Michael Harris-Love, PT, MPT, DSc, FGSA, FAPTA was named a Catherine Worthingham Fellow of the American Physical Therapy Association.

Meghan Hernandez, PT, DPT, PCS was appointed as Director of the Pediatric PT Residency. She also stepped in as the University of Colorado Pediatric Faculty Liaison for the Pediatric Special Interest Group of the CO Chapter of the APTA.

David James, PT, DPT, OCS, SCS was appointed as Program Coordinator for the CU PT Orthopedic Residency, which received accreditation by the American Board of Physical Therapy Residency and Fellowship Education.

Dana Judd, PT, DPT, PhD was appointed to Director of Student Affairs and Director of the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Faculty Residency. She was also accepted into the 2022-2023 cohort of the ColoradoWyoming Network of Women Leaders’ Academic Management Institute.

Toby Kinney, PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT, MBA, PhD(c), was admitted into the Grant Writing and Mentorship in Education Research (GAMER) workshop.

Wendy Kriekels, PT, DPT, NCS recertified as a Neurologic Clinical Specialist by the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialists.

Dawn Magnusson, PT, PhD, developed a dual-degree Master of Public Health-Doctor of Physical Therapy track. She was also appointed as Coordinator of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Community Engagement for the CU PT Program.

Daniel Malone, PT, PhD, CCS was appointed to Associate Director of the CU PT Program.

Mark Mañago, PT, DPT, PhD, NCS was invited to be a clinical hub team member for ECHO MS, a new NMSSsponsored initiative sponsored by the NMSS to improve community health outcomes for people affected by MS by increasing the knowledge and capacity of MS healthcare providers. He also received a VA career development award for running RCT using BFR in patients with MS and a Davis Phinney Foundation award to study BFR In people with PD.

Amy McDevitt, PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT was appointed as Section Director of Curriculum and Musculoskeletal Track Coordinator. She was also elected to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists (AAOMPT) Board as Member at Large. She was awarded a $100,000 grant from the Foundation for Physical Therapy Research (Paris Patla Manual Therapy Research Grant) for a study titled “Specific and Shared Mechanisms Associated with Treatment for Chronic Neck Pain.”

Amy Nordon-Craft, PT, DSc had 3 manuscripts accepted by the Academy of Cardiovascular & Pulmonary Physical Therapy Simulation Task Force.

Joe Palmer, PT, DPT was promoted to Assistant Professor. He also was awarded a $10,000 merit-based award to complete his PhD training from UCCS.

Mike Pascoe, PhD was featured in CU Anschutz Today as part of the “Creator in the Classroom” series for his publication regarding optimization of anatomy course content. He was also Nominated for the CU OER Champions Awards, interviewed for the Anarchy in the H. E. Podcast, selected to give the opening address for State Anatomical Board Donor Memorial Ceremony, and presented a research poster at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for Anatomy, Apr. His Published research paper titled “An assessment of essential anatomy course content in an entry-level doctor of physical therapy program” in Medical Science Educator, earned an Altmetric attention score of 210, ranking it #2 of 961 articles in the journal. He was interviewed for an APTA Magazine article titled “Cannabis Use and Physical Therapy”. His published research paper titled “Google images search results as a resource in the anatomy laboratory: rating of educational value” in JMIR Medical Education, received an Altmetric attention score of 154, ranking it #1 of all 298 articles in the journal. His research publications were cited 53 times.

Jennifer Rodriguez, PT, DPT, MHS received the annual Professionalism Award from the CU Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

Eric Sawyer, PT, DPT, OCS, STC was appointed to the COAHEC NEAR (Networking, Education & Research) Conference Planning Committee. He also graduated from the Teaching Scholars Program through the Academy of Medical Educators.

Andrew Smith, PT, DPT, PhD was named a Boettcher Foundation Webb-Waring Early Career Investigator Awardee. He also received the APTA Academy of Neurologic Physical Therapy Spinal Cord Injury SIG Research Award, a NIH Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development K01 Award, a 2022 Jayanthi Lectureship Recipient from the Academy of Spinal Cord Injury Professionals, and a 2022 American Spinal Injury Association Translational Research or Human Neuroscience Studies in Spinal Cord Injury (TRoHNS) awardee.

Jennifer Stevens-Lapsley, PT, PhD, FAPTA was appointed as Section Director of Research & Development. She was also selected to be the Glen E. Gresham Visiting Professor in Rehabilitation Science at University of Buffalo.

Carissa Wengrovius, PT, DPT, PhD was awarded a UC Health Integrative Medicine Center CAMPUS Small Grants Research Program for her project entitled: Building a Student-Driven Integrative Health and Wellness Program for Physical Therapy Students.