Connect Magazine Spring 2016: Ohio University CHSP

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connect ADMINISTRATIVE LEADERSHIP Randy Leite DEAN Jennifer Horner ASSOCIATE DEAN, RESEARCH & GRADUATE STUDIES Sally Marinellie ASSOCIATE DEAN, ACADEMIC AFFAIRS Tia Barrett CHIEF FINANCIAL & ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER Becky Zuspan ASSISTANT DEAN FOR STUDENT SERVICES Elizabeth Jones ASSISTANT DEAN FOR OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT Ginny Valentin SENIOR DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL OHIO PROGRAMS AND PARTNERSHIPS Regina Schwartz SENIOR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS Sara White DIRECTOR OF RETENTION & ADVISING

SCHOOLS & DEPARTMENTS LEADERSHIP Gary Chleboun SCHOOL OF APPLIED HEALTH SCIENCES AND WELLNESS, INTERIM DIRECTOR Debby Henderson SCHOOL OF NURSING, DIRECTOR Gary Chleboun SCHOOL OF REHABILITATION AND COMMUNICATION SCIENCES, DIRECTOR Douglas Bolon DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH, CHAIR Michael Kushnick DEPARTMENT OF INTERDISCIPLINARY HEALTH STUDIES, CHAIR

CONTRIBUTORS Graphic Designer: Lauren Dickey Writers: Kate Fox, Spencer Cappelli, Regina Schwartz, Elizabeth Jones, Randy Leite Photographer: Lauren Dickey

CONNECT WITH US CONNECT is published for alumni, friends, faculty and staff of the College of Health Sciences and Professions at Ohio University. College of Health Sciences and Professions, W361 Grover Center, Athens, OH 45701, Phone: 740.593.1433. Ohio University is an Affirmative Action Institution. Visit us online at ohio.edu/chsp.

Send letters to the editor at chsp@ohio.edu. ©Copyright 2016

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Ohio University alumnus Mark Mizer’s passions – local restaurants, fresh food and OHIO students – come together in a new CHSP internship program.

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Grover Center’s new space mission A 12,000 square-foot renovation of Grover Center’s first-floor gymnasium will help the college accomplish its interdisciplinary mission, transforming unused space into a collaborative frontier.

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Inaugural Komen Athens Race for the Cure

The 2015 senior class of nursing students put the fun in fundraising as they welcomed more than 1,600 participants to Athens and helped raise more than $100,000 for the cause!

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Healing inspires career path

Health setbacks can be discouraging, but for exercise physiology student Rebecca Eubanks they were a turning point, leading her toward a future focused on helping others.

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Student group safeguards Marching 110’s hearing The OHIO student chapter of the American Academy of Audiology is ensuring the 110 continues to “play it safe” with a new program providing free hearing screenings, as well as musiciangrade earplugs, for the nearly 250 Marching 110 members.

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On the cover: Breast cancer survivor and honorary chair, Nicole Phillips celebrates as she runs toward the finish line at the Race for the Cure in Athens.

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MESSAGE FROM OUR DEAN

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ne of the things I find most gratifying about being the dean of the College of Health Sciences and Professions is knowing that we are preparing so many students for careers helping others who face challenges and adversity in their lives.

Whether it is a future social worker who will help a family overcome poverty, a future physical therapist who will help a veteran recover from an injury or a future speech pathologist who will help a child overcome a language impairment, we have the privilege of developing the helpers of tomorrow.

As all of us know, the stories of those who overcome adversity can very uplifting.

This issue of Connect includes the stories of several individuals within the college who have achieved great things despite challenges they have faced in their lives.

Whether it be students such as Rebecca Eubanks, members of our staff such as Cheryl Brimner and Noah Trembly, alumni of our Kids on Campus program such as Jordan Ostrander or new friends of the college such as Nicole Phillips, we can take inspiration from those who have faced—and overcome—significant challenges in their lives. These stories are just a small sample of the many students, faculty, staff and alumni of ours who have overcome great challenges to achieve success.

This issue of Connect also includes stories about exciting connections our students and faculty make in an effort to help and support others. You will have a chance to read about the work our audiology students are doing to protect the hearing of the members of the Marching 110 and the work physical therapy faculty member Robert Wayner is doing to help runners prevent injury through our new running clinic. You will also find features about the scholarship awards program, our inaugural BSN white coat ceremony, our Atrium Café and many other aspects of the college.

I also hope you will take time to read about a true Bobcat success story—Mark Mizer, the president of RDP foodservice. Mark has achieved great success in business and has been a great supporter of our Atrium Café. I have really enjoyed getting to know him and know you will enjoy learning about one of our most successful alumni.

This really is an exciting time in the College of Health Sciences and Professions. I invite all of our alumni and friends to join us in our journey. Your time, treasure and talent really can help us to make a difference!

Sincerely,

Dean Randy Leite

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by Kate Fox wo childhood experiences helped to determine Aurora Weaver’s career path: her mother’s single sided deafness (SSD) and a church choir mate who possessed a beautiful singing voice and the gift of absolute pitch—the rare ability to recognize a tone’s pitch by ear.

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“As a child, it was difficult for me to understand why my mother could hear the phone ring, but could never locate it,” said Weaver, referring to a common SSD symptom: difficulty determining the direction of sound.

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And her choir mate’s perfect pitch—an ability that only one person in 10,000 possesses—fascinated Weaver.

“I wasn’t aware of it at the time, but clearly psychoacoustics has always piqued my interest,” said Weaver, who earned her Ph.D. in hearing science in 2015.

Weaver’s doctoral research explored the impact of musical training on pitch perception. She had children ages 10-15 and adults 18-35 complete three listening tasks: a pitch pattern span test, a pitch discrimination test and a pitch matching test. All participants had normal hearing, but were split into subgroups by age and extent of musical training.

Music education contributes to cognitive development Stronger connections between brain regions More gray matter Improved brain structure and function

Academic Success Elementary school students in music education programs had a 20% improvement in standardized tests such as English and mathematics.

Better memory and attention Higher IQ Improved reading comprehension Improved verbal intelligence

"The Benefits of Music Education." An Overview of Current Neuroscience Research (n.d.): n. pag. The Royal Conservatory. The Royal Conservatory, 2014. Web.

Upon analyzing the data, Weaver found that both age and musical training influenced pitch perception, organization, and retention, with adult-like performance of these tasks being reached by age 14.

According to Jeff DiGiovanni, Weaver’s dissertation director, “Dr. Weaver’s research revealed the benefits of musical training along with maturation that have potential implications for a multitude of everyday activities.”

Now an assistant professor at Auburn University, Weaver credits DiGiovanni and committee members Dennis Ries, Kamile Geist and James Montgomery with her success.

“I believe that my dissertation and my career both benefitted from the unique mentoring styles of my committee members,” Weaver said. “I am especially grateful that Jeff welcomed me into his lab and embraced my research interest.”

Faculty Nicole Brandes, Jeff DiGiovanni and Brandie Nance attend Aurora Weaver’s (middle right) graduation ceremony. Photo courtesy of Jeff DiGiovanni.

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Scholarships Represent Students’ Excellence and Alumni’s Generosity

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he College of Health Sciences and Professions honored more than 100 students at the 36th Annual Student Scholarship Awards Reception on Friday, Sept. 25, 2015. Scholarships were awarded to individuals from throughout Ohio, as well as from Pennsylvania, Virginia, Illinois and North Carolina, who, according to CHSP Dean Randy Leite, “would not have the opportunity to excel without the organizations and individuals who make these scholarship opportunities available.”

Many of the donors who made the 35 scholarships possible were in attendance, as well as family, friends and colleagues of the recipients.

The following students received the nine college-wide scholarships offered: Anonymous Scholarship • Danielle Rissmiller, Lancaster, Pa. • Kathryn Hermann, Upper Sandusky, Ohio • Cheyenne Buckingham, Columbus, Ohio Area Six Health Services Scholarship • Tiffany McDonald, Athens, Ohio • Kristin Abram, Somerset, Ohio • Traven Wood, New Lexington, Ohio • Laycie Ball, Woodsfield, Ohio • Courtney Barker, Frazeysburg, Ohio College of Health Sciences and Professions Alumni Scholarship • Kristin Abram, Somerset, Ohio • Cheyenne Weaver, Centerburg, Ohio • Jenna Braun, West Chester, Ohio • Christopher Koester, Dayton, Ohio • Hayley Justice (Horsley), Jamestown, Ohio Drs. Michael and Carol C. Harter Endowed Scholarship for Minorities • Eryn Ortiz, Dublin, Ohio James Ball Scholarship • Anna Pfeiffer, Olmsted Twp., Ohio Moffitt Endowed Scholarship • Kathryn Luehrman, Albany, Ohio Hilda Richards Scholarship • Sarah James, West Chester, Ohio Mary-Lyell Rogers Memorial Scholarship • Emily Hargrove, Lancaster, Ohio • Lauryn Michaels, Imperial, Pa. Vivian Roberts Home Economics Scholarship • Alicia Woods Athens, Ohio

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Five students received multiple scholarships: School of Applied Health Sciences and Wellness • Ethan Fleming, Heath, Ohio, earned the Robert W. Sutton Athletic Training Scholarship and the Paul G. Miller Scholarship • Emma Fish, Copley, Ohio, earned the Charles “Skip” Vosler Athletic Training Leadership Award and the Al Hart Award School of Nursing • Beatrice Waters, Athens, Ohio, earned the Maxine Marquand Erskine Scholarship and the Lillian Holgate McCracken Memorial Scholarship Department of Social and Public Health • Zaya Gillogly, Chicago, Ill., earned the Nina A. Montgomery Memorial Scholarship and the Dr. Betty Hartford Endowment Scholarship School of Rehabilitation and Communication Sciences • Kristin Abram, Somerset, Ohio, earned the CHSP Alumni Scholarship and the Area Six Health Services Scholarship Each year, CHSP students receive a total of more than $125,000 in scholarship support, thanks to the generosity of alumni, faculty and friends. A PDF of the program listing the 2015 recipients and the scholarships they received can be downloaded from the CHSP scholarships webpage by scanning the QR code.

Left: Dietetics and nutrition student Marianne Jacobs recieves the Jane Shellabarger Nocito Family/Pierre Foods Scholarship presented by AHSW interim director Gary Chleboun and Dean Randy Leite. Middle: Dr. Larry Small presents his first scholarship to audiology graduate student Emily Hahn. Above: Xu Zhang receives the Dr. Clifford Houk Industrial Hygiene Scholarship presented by SPH Chair Douglas Bolon, donor the late Clifford Houk and Dean Randy Leite.

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Mark Mizer

Rebel with a Cause

Mark Mizer and Chef Francis McFadden partner to bring food to students, staff, faculty and community members through the Atrium Café. Photo by Lauren Dickey

by Regina Schwartz ark Mizer, president of RDP foodservice, has never been a conformist. The walls of his company’s corporate office are covered with signed guitars rather than slick food photos, he believes bigger isn’t always better when it comes to business, and his client meetings sometimes take place at country music concerts. So it should come as no surprise that Mizer “rebelled a little” when it was time to choose a college.

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While the majority of his Upper Arlington friends headed to Miami University, Mizer—whose parents encouraged him to spread his wings by leaving the Columbus area—chose Ohio University in Athens.

According to Mizer, that decision positively shaped his worldview, including how he interacts with people and why he believes in giving back.

“I grew up in an area where it was a given that you would go to college,” Mizer said. “There wasn’t much diversity.

Then, shortly after I started at OU I met a fraternity brother who had been in foster care and was going to college to be a social worker so that he could give back. That had a huge influence on me.”

Mizer says his experiences at OHIO also contributed to his ability to successfully engage in conversation with almost anyone.

“The fact that OU is a melting pot is what made it so great for me. Now I can hang out with a biker or the governor and be comfortable. I gained all of that from my five years in Athens.”

Another important take-away from Mizer’s time in Athens is his passion for independent businesses, especially restaurants, due to their unique—sometimes quirky, but always authentic—ambience. Mizer believes it’s that ambience that evokes strong loyalty from patrons.

“The Pub was the place I hung out in college, and it’s a place that is uniquely Athens,” Mizer recalled. “When you think back on the places you’ve been that made an impact, the places you want to go back to and show your family, it’s usually a unique little place that offers you an experience, not a chain restaurant. Bigger isn’t always better.”

Today, Mizer provides food supplies to over 700 of those independent restaurants throughout multiple states and is a fan of Athens-based Avalanche pizza and Jackie O’s. Those types of business connections led to Mizer’s relationship with the College of Health Sciences and Professions.

Mizer met Atrium Café Chef Francis McFadden three years ago when McFadden was looking for a relatively small amount of a specialty product for the Café and having no luck with his existing suppliers. He turned to Mizer, who went the extra mile to ensure McFadden received the appropriate quantity of the product he needed. Since then, the Atrium Café has worked regularly with RDP. Mizer says the relationship with the Atrium Café is a good one in part because of a shared interest in local, fresh food products. Mizer would like to advance the organic movement by creating a more efficient connection between farmers and restaurants. continued on page 18, see “Mizer”

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A healthy commitment to locally sourced foods

by Staff Reports ollege of Health Sciences and Professions’ Chef Francis McFadden, assistant professor and faculty coordinator of the Atrium Café, believes his role in educating students should go beyond teaching about food services management and cuisine development, believing that the topics of wellness and sustainability are just as important.

Toward that end, McFadden, for several years, has been shifting the Atrium Café in Grover Center to a menu incorporating Ohio Proud products, which are made or grown in Ohio. His newest commitment, however, goes even further.

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The Atrium Café and Food Matters, an Ohio University student group, have joined forces to commit to the Real Food Challenge (RFC), an initiative aimed at shifting University food budgets away from industrial farms and toward local/community based food sources. The RFC website also calls for a move to “fair, ecologically sound and humane food sources.”

Along with 32 other colleges and universities nationwide, the Atrium Café has accepted the Real Food Challenge by pledging to purchase at least 20 percent of its food locally by 2020.

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This year, Food Matters partnered with OHIO junior Julie Russomanno, a restaurant, hotel and tourism major in the Patton College of Education, in her quest to persuade all food services at Ohio University to join the national pledge.

To demonstrate the potential and opportunity of this sort of commitment at Ohio University, McFadden began joining the challenge with students in his applied nutrition program in fall 2015.

The café is an independently-run, Certified Green Restaurant at Ohio University that serves as a public eatery and learning laboratory, providing students with hands-on lessons about contemporary food service management. McFadden feels initiatives such as Ohio Proud and the Real Food Challenge help the students working in the café become more aware of the demanding and ever-changing foodservice environment.

“We believe it’s possible for the Atrium Café to make this kind of commitment to local producers and a fair food economy. As a popular, wellness-focused café on campus, we believe we can demonstrate the feasibility and opportunity for increasing commitment to this cause,” said McFadden.

“As a student at Ohio University, I want fellow students as well as our faculty and administration to be actively concerned with pressing Great sustainability and food related issues.

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Anna Chleboun, a member of Food Matters, added, “The purpose of a liberal arts education is to engage and encourage students towards being knowledgeable and responsible participants in their own lives as well as their local and global communities. One of the most tangible ways of living this out is being dedicated to supporting fresh, healthy and sustainably-raised foods as a staple of the OHIO experience.”

Keith Key (President and CEO of KBK Enterprises) with KBK employee and former Ohio State football player Troy Smith talk with a Columbus State Community College faculty member. Photo by Lauren Dickey

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by Kate Fox he partnership between Ohio University (OHIO) and Columbus State Community College (CSCC), celebrated on Sept. 23, 2015, at the Dublin Integrated Education Center, underscores a growing movement in higher education toward a student-centered, collegial approach over a competitive one.

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More than 100 OHIO and CSCC leaders, board members and trustees, faculty members, students and staff joined community leaders and state representatives in commemorating what College of Health Sciences and Professions (CHSP) Dean Randy Leite called “a vision for a space that would be defined by innovation and based on a foundation of collaboration and partnership.”

Leite welcomed CSCC President David Harrison, Dublin Mayor Michael Keenan, Ohio Department of Higher Education Chancellor John Carey, OHIO President Roderick J. McDavis, and physician assistant student Ricky Himes, all of whom spoke of the collaborative efforts involved in making this vision a reality.

Three tiers of healthcare workers will be trained at the Dublin extension campus: CSCC’s health-related medical and technical assistants, CHSP’s physician assistants, athletic trainers and nutritionists, and Heritage College’s physicians. The Dublin Integrated Education Center welcomed the first class of OHIOCHSP physician assistant students in May and the first CSCC students pursuing healthcare-related training and certification in August. The center is one of three Dublin extension campus buildings, the others housing the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Dublin, which opened in 2014.

The event came to a close with state representatives Mike Duffey OHIO President Roderick J. McDavis and CSCC President and Cheryl Grossman presenting President McDavis and David Harrison seal the partnership with an exchange of President Harrison with commendations from the State of Ohio gifts: official university caps. Photo by Lauren Dickey that will hang in the new Dublin Center.

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by Kate Fox n its first major renovation since 2001, Grover Center is converting 12,000 square feet of the 184,000plus square-foot building by transforming a former teaching gymnasium into two floors of much needed research, teaching and laboratory space.

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“With the 2001 renovation, we brought the entire college under one roof,” said Dean Randy Leite of that $24.5 million Grover millennial refurbishment. “Now we look forward to modifying our space to provide optimal support for programs and more interdisciplinary opportunities for students and faculty.”

The multi-million dollar remodeling project features a new first floor in the old gym space that will accommodate WellWorks fitness activities and the athletic training, nutrition, and exercise physiology programs, facilitating clinical outreach activities as well as teaching and research.

The second floor space will house simulation facilities including the new Interdisciplinary Simulation Laboratory (ISL), designed for students in nursing, exercise physiology, physical therapy, child and family studies, and other health disciplines.

The second floor will also house the Team-Based Learning Lab, an educational laboratory, that can seat 150 or, using a built-in retractable wall, transform into two smaller labs.

Further overhauls include renovating and upgrading the Food and Nutrition Sciences test kitchen and almost tripling the computer lab/testing center on the second floor from 700 to 2,000 square feet.

The remodeling of Grover began in March. Most of the work on the new first and second floor areas will be completed by December, the kitchen by August and computer lab improvements by July 2017.

Renderings of the new exercise physiology (top left), athletic training (top right), and food and nutrition labs (bottom).

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Nursing Students bring

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Nicole Phillips, cancer survivor and wife of OHIO men’s basketball head coach Saul Phillips, talks candidly with nursing students.

by Kate Fox his is my story,” Nicole Phillips told Eliza Harper’s senior community nursing class in September 2015. The honorary chair of the Komen Athens Race for the Cure® then began to describe her experience—how her physician discovered a lump in her left breast last May, which led to two months of testing, diagnoses and consultations that resulted in her decision to have a mastectomy in July 2015.

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Phillips’ account was rich in humor (“I was so unaware at first that I actually joked with the mammography technician, ‘Hey, maybe I should selfie this!’”), candor (“My breast was a DD; now it’s maybe an A and a ½”), and practical advice (“You have no idea how important your presence, your knowledge, and your support as a nurse are going to be to your patients.”).

A former TV anchor for Fox News in North Dakota, Phillips and her family moved to Athens in the summer of 2014 when husband Saul was named OHIO men’s basketball coach. According to Phillips, Kristin Miller of the Athens Convention and Visitors Bureau had been a tremendous help during their move and became a good friend. So when Susan G. Komen® Columbus staff members Katie Carter, Becca Thomas and Nicolle Gómez Racey (all Ohio University alumnae) visited the bureau to discuss plans for extending the Race for the Cure to Athens in fall 2015, Miller suggested Phillips as the perfect honorary chair for the event.

According to Phillips, it was excellent timing, as she was still recovering from surgery.

“Originally, I was not a big fan of the sisterhood of breast cancer,” she admitted. But she found Komen’s support and information to be vital during her recovery and wanted to share that experience, especially as she learned that women in Ohio have the fourth highest breast cancer mortality rate in the country, with women in southeast Ohio being at greatest risk.

Eliza Harper, who invited Phillips to address her class, wanted students to “understand the impact of breast cancer on this region.”

The class had been raising funds for Komen Columbus since 2012, most recently with “Pink Paws for the Cause,” a 5K run in 2014 that raised $3,000 for Komen Columbus. “I think that’s when Komen realized we were serious and reached out to us,” Harper said.

The inaugural Athens Race for the Cure®, which took place on Oct. 25, 2015, did indeed raise awareness about breast cancer—particularly how it doesn’t discriminate against gender. Mark Goldstein, a former New Yorker who developed breast cancer in 1988, has participated in 234 races throughout the country and abroad, and tries to attend all inaugural Komen races to raise awareness about male breast cancer.

“I was slow to get diagnosed because I couldn’t imagine a man could develop a woman’s disease,” said Goldstein. “So I race because I believe that men should not die of breast cancer out of ignorance.”

The race, organized in partnership with CHSP, Heritage College and an abundance of other University and community organizers, welcomed more than 1,600 participants and raised more than $100,000 for the cause.

The 2016 Komen Athens Race for the Cure is scheduled for Sunday, October 23, at Ohio University. Learn more and register at www.KomenColumbus.org.

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Cancer? Me? You must be mistaken!

by Kate Fox heryl Brimner was certain she couldn’t possibly have breast cancer. No one in her family had ever had it, so when her mammogram revealed something suspicious in her right breast in June 2004, she submitted to the ultrasound and needle biopsy with complete confidence.

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“I was so sure that nothing was wrong, I didn’t even ask anyone to go with me to the doctor’s office in Lancaster. I drove up by myself,” said Brimner.

So when the doctor said, “Young lady, you have a little cancer,” Brimner immediately started crying.

“That was on a Friday, and they quickly scheduled a lumpectomy for Monday,” Brimner said. “I remember driving around Lancaster to get blood work and other preop procedures done, and I was totally in a fog. It was like I couldn’t process what I’d been told.”

The irony was that Brimner had plenty of people who could have gone with her. At the time, she worked for Ohio University’s College of Business and enjoyed a network of excellent friends.

“I don’t know what it is, but sometimes you just don’t think to ask for help, or you think ‘I should be able to handle this on my own.’ But you can’t.”

After the lumpectomy, Brimner began 12 weeks of chemotherapy at CamdenClark Medical Center in Parkersburg, followed by six weeks of daily radiation.

“You know, the chemo wasn’t that bad,” she said. “I lost all my hair, and I felt a little nauseated. Trying to look at the bright side, I thought I might at least lose a little weight in the process, but no, the steroids they give you prevent that. What was really odd is that for years after I finished the chemo, I’d still get nauseated every time I drove past CamdenClark.”

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She was surprised to find the radiation more difficult than the chemo. “My whole right side was burned, under my arm, everywhere. And the treatments just drained my energy. ” “I managed to work through the chemo, just taking off Fridays and Mondays. In fact, one of the memories that still makes cry is walking into a staff meeting of about 20 people at the business college, and they were all wearing hats in honor of my baldness.

“But there was no way I could work and do radiation. I was really lucky because I could take off work, and I had excellent health insurance. I don’t know how people do it who don’t have those things.”

Brimner has been cancer free for eleven years and now works in the CHSP School of Nursing—where she’s watched the Athens program grow from 40 students in 2005 to more than 200 in 2015.

“I think the experience made me stronger—not that I’d recommend it to anyone!” she said. “But I’m so thankful for the past eleven years, and I hope to have many more ahead of me.”

Brimner’s experience also taught her what a person with a life-threatening illness needs to hear.

“Most people are afraid to say anything—or they say things like ‘Don’t worry,’ or ‘You’ll be fine,’ or ‘Trust in the Lord,’ when actually I was worried sick, I was clearly not fine, and I was usually asking, ‘Why me, Lord?’”

What helped, she said, were people who asked, “What can I do?”

“Or better yet,” she added, “they didn’t even ask—they just dropped off that casserole, or offered to run the vacuum or fold the laundry. Gift cards were great, too—to a restaurant or for a manicure—just to show that somebody was thinking about me.”

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and required Trembly to add his own vocabulary. His current system, in comparison, contains 8000 words and allowed Trembly to choose from 30 different voices.

Adaptive sports technology has also helped Trembly, allowing him to participate in many physical activities that wouldn’t have been possible ten years ago, including skiing and horseback riding.

To use the ECO2, Trembly wears a reflective adhesive dot on his forehead.

The unit has an infrared camera that bounces a signal to the dot and back to the unit. Trembly moves a cursor across the screen to select words that the system then translates into the desired speech. Photo by Lauren Dickey

by Regina Schwartz ears that plague a great many people—fear of public speaking, fear of heights, and, possibly worst of all, fear of failure—don’t seem to affect CHSP employee and disability advocate Noah Trembly in the least.

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Trembly, an OHIO disabilities outreach coordinator, was born with cerebral palsy. His condition severely limits his mobility and verbal communication, requiring him to use a power wheelchair for mobility and a speech generating device, called an ECO2, to speak.

These limitations, however, haven’t stopped him from regularly speaking to large groups, participating in activities like skiing and swimming, running his own business and making plans to go zip lining. Whether lobbying for disability reform, participating in fundraisers to purchase a new handicap-accessible van or just socializing uptown, Trembly refuses to let his disability stand in his way.

He credits his resilience and determination to his family, saying they taught him at a young age that he could do anything, and notes that his physical abilities are due in part to advances in technology.

“I’ve always been determined and ready to try new things, but advances in technology and mobility have helped me do more as an adult,” Trembly said.

One example of this improved technology is the ECO2.

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As an outreach coordinator in the Medicaid Technical Assistance and Policy Program (MEDTAPP), Trembly speaks to classes to raise awareness about disabilities and provides advice on improving accessibility. He is available to speak to any interested class and is keeping busy; during fall semester 2015, he spoke to more than 900 students and is eager to meet with as many students as possible to help them become comfortable communicating with people who have disabilities.

“I would like to raise awareness of what it’s really like living with a disability. When I speak to classes, I try to cover every aspect of my life,” he said.

Trembly also serves as an advocate for others, lobbying to bring about positive change for people with disabilities and providing guidance on waiver programs necessary for maintaining independent living.

Trembly says he didn’t set out to become an advocate but rather, “just slipped into advocacy.”

“I have very supportive friends, family and colleagues who helped me realize I can advocate for myself as well as for others,” he said. “I really started being a strong advocate in 2011 when I had to fight to get a new communication device and Medicaid was trying to get laws changed for funding for SGDs (speech generating devices).”

In order to continue his outreach, which requires travel throughout the state, Trembly and his supporters have launched a fundraising campaign—Keep Noah Rolling —with the goal of raising funds for a new handicapaccessible van to replace his older model, which is on its last legs. So far, Trembly has raised $6,000 of the $60,000 needed for this purchase.

“I travel throughout southeastern Ohio and also statewide to service different communities,” Trembly said. “This van will help me grow my business and be able to reach out to more people.”

To donate to the Keep Noah Rolling campaign, visit www.gofundme.com/keepnoahrolling.

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alumna’s success inspires her to help others

by Spencer Cappelli n 2001, OHIO’s Kids on Campus (KoC) expanded. The restructured enrichment program, which previously had provided summer programs for economically, nutritionally and academically disadvantaged children, now began running afterschool services with the help of new grant money, providing tutoring, physical activities and healthy snacks to children of working parents.

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It was in this program that Athens County native Jordan Ostrander first encountered the educational atmosphere she would pursue later in college. Ostrander, of The Plains, Ohio, entered Xavier University in Cincinnati in 2011 as an athletic training major. However, she would soon shift to early childhood education.

“I felt like I was doing a lot more with my time, helping children,” Ostrander said.

She knows the CHSP-administered Kids on Campus program firsthand, having participated in the afterschool and summer programs herself, and then working there during the summers when she got older.

“It was something for us to do—a way to get out of the house,” Ostrander said. “It was childcare for my parents, who both worked full time, and it was good for my sister and me because it prevented us from being couch potatoes all summer.”

For kids who struggled in school, the programs offered activities tailored to specific reading and math levels. For the food insecure, nourishing meals were provided. Physical activities, singing, dancing and games entertained and delighted.

As a child, Ostrander said she couldn’t quite comprehend the gravity of what went on there. “I definitely wasn’t aware of all the different backgrounds kids can come from when I was a kid,” she said “Obviously, you’re not really aware that some kids get neglected or abused at home.”

For Ostrander and the others working there, the highest priority is providing a nurturing place where basic needs are met and enrichment opportunities are available.

“Basically, we were there to support the kids and let them know there are people out there who want to help them. That’s just a part of working at Kids on Campus,” Ostrander said.

Kids on Campus continues to provide family support and teach valuable skills to children during a crucial stage of their development. Thanks to grant money, the field trips, lunches and lessons for students so far have been free.

Ostrander believes they should stay that way.

“I think it’s important that the kids get a free lunch and a free breakfast. For some of the kids, the only meal they get is the one they get at the camp,” she said.

Ostrander believes her experience in the program deeply influenced her professional aspirations. Upon graduating, Ostrander hopes to teach children in underserved urban or rural areas. Her ultimate goal is to open a childcare center, where the focus will be on providing academic help to children in need. “After working and coming up through Kids on Campus, I now tell myself ‘Okay, you really need to get your butt in gear so you can help these kids get to where you are now,’” she said.

To donate to Kids on Campus, visit www.ohio.edu/kids.

Jordan Ostrander (bottom left) finished up her senior fall semester at Xavier University by student teaching third graders. Photo courtsey of Jordan Ostrander.

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Rebecca Eubanks is a freshman in excerise physiology. Photo by Lauren Dickey

Healing experience

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by Spencer Cappelli istening to Rebecca Eubanks, a freshman exercise physiology major from Cincinnati, you hear a variety of things: detailed, thoughtful explanations concerning the mechanics of the human body, but also profound personal philosophies. Reasons to work hard always, reasons to be optimistic, reasons to not take life so seriously all the time—all of them spoken with a conviction that belies her age. You get the sense that she’s always been just a little bit older.

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“I like to joke with people,” she says, smiling. “I don’t like being serious. I think life is too short to be serious.”

As it turns out for Eubanks, these qualities have been prompted by personal necessity.

As a teenager, she was in and out of care at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. There she received treatment for conditions including complete tracheal rings (an abnormality in which the trachea is congenitally narrow; 2mm wide in her case), atrial septal defects (ASD), and migraine headaches.

Surgery to widen her trachea was the second of its kind successfully completed at Cincinnati Children’s. Three times her chest has been opened for corrective heart surgeries, and three times she has been “technically 14

dead,” she says, her heartbeat arrested while on bypass.

She unabashedly bares the scar on her sternum, which was sawed in two for the surgery.

“I guess that’s the luck of the draw,” she said.

Rebecca sees her time in recovery following the surgery as a major turning point. It was there that the depth of her character, as well as her previously unrealized plans for a career as a physical therapist, were revealed.

“Having your chest opened three times, as well as having your rib cage wired together; I think that’s really hard. But, at the same time, I know people who have had it much worse than I did, so I think it’s very much a matter of perspective,” she said.

Her recovery was marred by setbacks. Her shoulder muscles—having been hunched forward to “guard” the incision on her chest—contracted, and three weeks of planned physical therapy expanded into four months.

Her left arm, which suffered nerve damage during the procedures, was—and continues to be—a source of puzzling, intense pain. The only thing that seemed to help was lying on the floor to shift her body weight off of her shoulder. Doctors she trusted were unable to pinpoint the exact causes of the malady.

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Rebecca Eubanks aspires to attend graduate school to become a physical therapist. Photo by Lauren Dickey

Undaunted, however, she successfully completed five additional months of therapy, and left for Ohio University with a better sense of her physical limitations. Eubanks attributes her success, among other things, to mental resilience.

“It’s about keeping positive. Even if things are bad, you have to remember that they won’t stay that way,” Eubanks said. “You’re the only person who can change your way of thinking.”

The time she spent with her physical therapist in the months following surgery was crucial, and left her thinking about both the physical and emotional support systems physical therapists create for their patients during recovery. “[Physical therapists] have the ability to work on the person as a whole, and the ability to almost prevent injury by strengthening everything about them: their muscles, ligaments, tendons, everything,” she said.

“But I also appreciate the emotional bond that exists between a therapist and a patient.”

With her therapist, Mike, she said she “connected on a healthcare basis, but also a personal basis.”

“We really knew each other,” Eubanks said. “I knew he had kids and liked to run. He knew about my family, where I lived. So we had created this personal bond.”

“Seeing such a personal level of commitment to his patients was inspiring,” she said.

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Eubanks, motivated by her experiences, now hopes to work as a physical therapist in a “standard, outpatient ortho(pedic) clinic” after college. And while six more years of formal education still separate her from her dream career (she hopes to complete her undergraduate studies in just three years), she feels now is as good a time as any to shed light on how medical patients with visible ailments are perceived.

“People look at me funny, you know, if I wear a lowcut shirt. I think people are scared to ask me questions because of the diagnosis,” she said. “They see your medical issue, they don’t see how you’ve overcome it, what it’s taught you, how it’s made you stronger.”

“I don’t think it’s the high points in your life that make you who you are; it’s the low points. So I would definitely choose this all again. I have a great relationship with my parents because they’ve been so supportive. It’s made me who I am,” she said.

As for the three years of graduate school she will have to complete to receive her doctorate in physical therapy, Eubanks already has an idea where she would like to be.

“Coming back to Athens [for graduate school] would be awesome. It’s very competitive. And, being in a competitive field, you need to be a better healthcare provider,” she said. “That’s a goal everyone should have.”

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Heritage College’s faculty member Calvin James raises his hand during the event. Photo by Lauren Dickey

Symposium explores the promise of healthcare teamwork

by Kate Fox and Jim Phillips he theme was building bridges, as nearly 80 Ohio University faculty and staff members gathered Oct. 2, 2015, for the 2nd Annual Interprofessional Education Symposium.

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CHSP Dean Randy Leite, Ph.D., and Heritage College Executive Dean Kenneth Johnson, D.O., welcomed participants by emphasizing the need for—and the effectiveness of—an interprofessional approach to healthcare.

With more than 9,500 students currently enrolled in CHSP and the Heritage College, Leite pointed out, “We have a chance to give those students a foundation that will really transform healthcare.”

Dr. Johnson added that it will be crucial to train different healthcare professionals to work in teams in clinical settings. “I realize as a physician that interprofessional care goes beyond the different disciplines. So the challenge is how to integrate everything as we move forward.”

Event speakers Carol Hasbrouck (University of Toledo School of Medicine), Amy Rohling McGee (president, Health Policy Institute of Ohio-HPIO), and Susan Moffatt-Bruce (Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center) focused on two important factors addressed

by an interprofessional approach. Internally, medical institutions are grappling with ways to increase the quality of care while containing or reducing costs. Externally, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), accrediting agencies, insurance providers and other parties are moving from a fee-based to a value-based model of care.

All the speakers identified interprofessional education and care as the key to addressing these factors.

Keynote speaker Susan Moffatt-Bruce, M.D., chief quality and patient safety officer at OSU’s Wexner Medical Center, noted, “At the center, we looked at 26 different types of models put forth for care. We had two criteria for any changes we considered: 1) that they not cost more; and 2) that they wouldn’t reduce the quality of care.”

Using interprofessional education principles, Moffat-Bruce’s team trained 6,000 OSU medical care workers, who reduced patients’ waiting time for a cardiac catheterization from ten days to six, reduced heart surgery patients’ time spent on a ventilator, and developed a fall risk assessment tool called “Roger’s Wheel” to improve patient safety.

Panels composed of CHSP and Heritage College professionals ran concurrently with the speakers’ presentations, offering practical advice on interprofessional teaching, and the symposium concluded with a workshop, Case Writing for IPE, led by Jane Kleinman, R.N., a specialist in immersive patient care simulation methodology and techniques.

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medical educator’s approach Interprofessional approach to healthcare, according to Carol Hasbrouck, fights medical error, the third largest cause of death in the U.S.

by Kate Fox hough Carol Hasbrouck has been a medical educator for decades, a crisis with her daughter in 2013 made her realize just how important her work is.

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“I got the call that no parent ever wants to get,” she said in her presentation at the 2nd Annual Interprofessional Education Symposium in October 2015, cosponsored by the OHIO College of Health Sciences and Professions and the Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine. “My daughter called and said, ‘Mom, I have a brain tumor.’”

Hasbrouck’s daughter, Lindsey, began having headaches that summer, following her first child’s birth in April. Though they both chalked it up to fluctuating hormones, Hasbrouck suggested that Lindsey mention it to her doctor. A CT scan was ordered, then an MRI. Lindsey was diagnosed with a tumor in October, and the whole family found themselves planning the holidays around Lindsey’s surgery, scheduled for December at OSU’s Wexner Medical Center in Columbus.

“We chose the hospital because Lindsey’s husband’s parents both worked there, and I had worked at the OSU College of Medicine for decades, so we felt pretty confident that she’d get great care.”

However, as the family anticipated the upcoming surgery, Hasbrouck’s younger daughter asked, “Mom, why are you so nervous?”

“I didn’t answer her then,” said Hasbrouck. “But I was thinking, if you knew what I knew, you’d be nervous, too!”

As the director of the School for the Advancement of Interprofessional Education at the University of Toledo College of Medicine, Hasbrouck knows well what all can go wrong in a hospital—preventable medical errors, for example, which rank as the third leading cause of death in the U.S., trailing only heart disease and cancer.

Hasbrouck eventually did explain to her daughter what she was nervous about, but not until Lindsey’s tumor came back benign and she was well on her way to recovery.

Left: Carol Hasbrouck hugs her daughter Lindsey at her wedding.

Photo courtsey of Carol Hasbrouck.

Right: Carol Hasbrouck presents the a lecture at the 2nd Annual Interprofessional Education Symposium.

Photo by Lauren Dickey

Overall, Hasbrouck thought Lindsey received good care.

“The nurses and healthcare providers were kind, attentive, and responsible, and her neurosurgeon was extremely approachable, knowledgeable, and patient with our questions.”

The caveat? “Well because of my knowledge and experience, I was probably much more vigilant than most,” she admitted. For example, Hasbrouck was aware that mistakes often occur during “handoffs”—when patients go from one procedure, one place, or one practitioner to another.

So when Lindsey was transferred from the ICU to a general medicine floor and a nurse tried to implement a different heparin regimen than had been previously initiated, Hasbrouck knew to step in.

In presenting “Building IPE Bridges: Tips for Institutional Integration” to more than 75 CHSP and Heritage College attendees at the conference, Hasbrouck emphasized that even the very best hospitals and best healthcare providers make mistakes. “But I firmly believe that an interprofessional approach to patient care—where healthcare professionals learn to work as an integrated team—is our best defense against preventable medical errors.”

“Is it difficult?” she asked. “Absolutely. But if we truly believe in providing the best and safest care for our patients—and we do because we or someone we love is eventually going to be one of those patients—then the whole patient care team needs to be involved.”

Mizer As the Atrium Café migrates toward clean label cuisine, this topic is also of great interest to McFadden, who currently purchases Ohio Proud products from RDP. The relationship between the Café and RDP is now extending beyond business, however, as Mizer seeks to give back to the university that helped him become who he is today.

“I want to support the future of the culinary world,” Mizer said.

That support includes speaking to students about his experiences running a successful food supply company (which went from startup to $70 million in sales in 19 years) as well as life lessons he’s discovered along the way, which include staying connected to the human (rather than only financial) side of things, remaining in school, and getting good grades, which Mizer calls the “ticket into the game” of the business world.

Mizer is also starting an internship initiative to give students in CHSP’s Culinary Nutrition Program real-world experience. Interns working with Mizer will be exposed to vital business concepts including marketing, vendor negotiation, transportation costs and inventory control as well as to quality control. Additionally, Mizer has facilitated student attendance at local tradeshows.

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s this issue of Connect arrives in your mailbox, we are only a couple of weeks away from graduating another recordsetting class of CHSP alumni. And after a season of snow boots, icy bricks, and mugs of hot chocolate, students are enjoying the cherry blossoms, calla lilies and brilliant green foliage that only an Athens spring can offer. Do you remember the days when you and your friends would sit on the College Green, the hill of Scripps Amphitheater or even lie in the grass at Bicentennial (“Punch Card”) Park to bask in the sunshine and warm air?

If you miss those days, be sure to mark your calendar to join us for one of the upcoming on-campus events planned with our alumni in mind: On the Green Weekend, which will take place from May 18 to 22, 2016, will feature academics and arts for alumni and friends. For this year’s Homecoming, scheduled for October 7 to 9, 2016, CHSP invites you to a pre-homecoming parade light breakfast in the dean’s conference room and balcony overlooking Bicentennial Park (the old Trautwein Field ) on Saturday, October 8, from 8:30 a.m. to 9:45 a.m.

I am pleased to inform you that we are reorganizing our Society of Alumni & Friends to provide valuable alumni interactions and programming for you. We held a meeting on Saturday, April 9, at the Dublin Integrated Education Center to discuss how the group will be organized and to make some preliminary plans. If you are interested in being a part of this group, please email me at jonese4@ohio.edu.

I encourage you to check the college alumni events webpage (www.ohio.edu/chsp/alumni-giving/alumni-events.cfm) to find out what is happening in your area. We also include this information in Connecting Point, the bimonthly e-newsletter you receive. If you have an idea for an event in your area or at a national meeting you attend, let us know!

I hope to see you soon!

The student intern program will launch in the summer of 2016.

For details contact McFadden at mcfaddef@ohio.edu.

Elizabeth Jones Assistant Dean for Outreach and Engagement

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& Thank you for your generous support of the College of Health Sciences and Professions during the past fiscal year (July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015). You have helped advance CHSP as an outstanding learning environment where the students of today prepare to become the healthcare leaders of tomorrow. The donor honor roll for 2015 fiscal year can be viewed online here:

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CLASS NOTES Chris Barrett, M.S., A.T. Class of 2015

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hris Barrett recently went from full-time graduate student to full-time athletic trainer for the National Football League’s Houston Texans. The Cary, North Carolina, native graduated in 2015 from Ohio University with his master of science in athletic training and soon after was hired by the AFC South division team.

Barrett reports that some of his daily responsibilities include creating injury prevention programs, athlete treatment and rehabilitation, and collecting baseline concussion information.

Barrett, who says his work day often begins at 4:30 a.m. and on some days lasts up to sixteen hours, reports he would not trade the hard work or long hours for anything. For him, the greatest key to success in the workplace is discovering what you can contribute to the team, communicating well with others, and gaining all of the knowledge that you can—because every experience is a learning experience.

During the course of his graduate studies, Chris was advised by Chad Starkey and worked with all of the A.T. faculty members. He also served as an athletic trainer for Ohio University’s football team.

Tara Legar, P.T., M.P.T. Class of 2002

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ara Legar has been working in rehabilitation management for 12 years in a variety of roles. Three years ago, she returned to Ohio University and has been working as the director of therapy services at Ohio University Therapy Associates (OUTA). During this time, she has helped OUTA grow from nine to 20 therapists and has added O.T. and speech therapy services. Patients now have access to P.T., O.T., and S.L.P. in one location at OhioHealth O’Bleness Hospital and at school districts in the nearby counties.

OUTA offers many specialty areas to patients, such as orthopedics, multidisciplinary pediatrics, manual therapy, balance and vestibular care, post-concussion rehabilitation, hand rehabilitation, pelvic floor, Graston, and dry needling. The area that has been growing the most has been the post-concussion specialty area.

Legar and the therapists at OUTA have been working on returning athletes and community members to their sport or daily activities by focusing on two areas: vestibular rehabilitation and return to play. By working with a local physician, they are able to help these individuals return to their regular activities.

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he School of Nursing, in collaboration with the Arthur P. Gold Foundation and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, recognized the Class of 2018 at its inaugural White Coat Ceremony in the Grover Center atrium on November 5, 2015.

Honorary Speaker Jeri A. Milstead, professor and dean emerita at the University of Toledo School of Nursing and author of two nursing textbooks, addressed the class on “Compassionate Care.” Then the 139 class members donned their new white coats and took the “White Coat Oath” in front of an audience of more than 300 friends and family members.

OHIO’s online RN to BSN ranked among top programs Three prominent ranking organizations have placed the CHSP School of Nursing’s online RN to BSN program in their top ten lists. Best College Reviews ranked the program fifth in nation based on affordability, flexibility and academics. Best Medical Degrees, an online guide to top medical degree programs, ranked the program as tenth in the nation. And finally, Value Colleges listed the online program as #5 in their Top 50 Best Value Online RN to BSN Programs of 2015.

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Daniel Dreyer and Dale West receive free musicians’ earplugs. Photo by Lauren Dickey

Student group works to safeguard Marching 110’s hearing

by Spencer Cappelli tudents of Audiology (SOA), the OHIO student chapter of the American Academy of Audiology, is working to preserve the hearing of OHIO’s famed Marching 110 musicians.

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The group is collecting funds to provide free hearing screenings, as well as musician-grade earplugs, for the nearly 250 Marching 110 members. The specially designed earplugs allow band members to hear their instruments even while protecting their ears against damaging noise levels.

Jen Mikol, SOA president and third-year graduate student in audiology, says sustained exposure to the loud sounds of the 110 can pose risks for the performers’ hearing health.

“Anything between 85Db and 105Db is enough to impact hearing over time, and we found [the band’s] indoor practices to be in that range,” Mikol said.

The indoor practices, held in the basement of Glidden Hall, do the most damage. Without space to disperse, sounds from the instruments condense and register higher decibel readings than during outdoor rehearsals. Marching 110 directors pass out free earplugs at all indoor practices to combat the chamber effect, but to many students, these yellow, marshmallow-textured plugs are awkward and ineffective.

“As a musician, you always want to stay right in tune with the pitch of the rest of the band,” said Daniel Dreyer, a junior euphonium player studying healthcare administration.

“When you have the yellow ones in, though, everything sounds flat.”

Adam Jones, a freshman on the 110’s drum line, said the plugs he tried at one indoor practice were too big for his ears. He opted, as many do, to go without.

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“When I walked home from practice that night, my ears were ringing so badly,” he said.

“They’ve provided resources for us, but it’s up to the students to use them. I think they’ve done more than enough to stress the importance of hearing health,” he said, citing initiatives such as CHSP’s SHAPe clinic, which works with the College of Fine Arts to assess the health of student performers of all kinds.

By passing out the musician-grade plugs, SOA aims to make students active participants in the preservation of their own hearing. Dreyer, who was able to test out a pair thanks to the group’s efforts, said he would like to see them distributed to the entire band.

“I think everyone [in the band] would wear hearing protection if they could have these,” he said.

CHSP Dean Randy Leite demonstrated his support by pledging to donate $500 in college funds to the program.

“The idea of having our audiology students work with members of the Marching 110 is another example of our desire to connect students across disciplines, and create unique opportunities for both our students and those who receive their services,” Leite said.

With support, Mikol hopes to get musician-grade plugs into the hands of every Marching 110 musician.

“If they can join the Marching 110 as freshmen and leave as seniors with their hearing intact, then we would consider that a win,” she said.

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WALKthisWAY OHIO track alumnus returns to run specialty clinic

by Spencer Cappelli obert Wayner (B.S. ’05, D.P.T. ’08) is no stranger to running. As an OHIO undergraduate and graduate student studying physical therapy, Wayner ran for the OHIO track and field team. Later, he moved to Eugene, Oregon, where he founded TeamRunEugene, a runner’s collective aimed at connecting elite track and field athletes with community members to pursue health and athletic goals.

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Wayner also ran a full-time clinical practice in Eugene, collaborating with the University of Oregon to assess human biomechanics studies for the University’s student-athletes.

The clinical setting he encountered there is similar, he says, to the one he now heads back in Athens: the newly established Ohio University Walking and Running Clinic.

Housed in the Gait Lab at Grover Center and sponsored by the Division of Physical Therapy, the clinic provides services related to rehabilitation, wellness and performance for anyone who walks or runs. As Wayner points out, “It’s pretty much for everyone.”

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Faculty members Michael Clevidence and Robert Wayner test OHIO cross country runner Brooke Kinsey in the Walking and Running Clinic. Photo by Lauren Dickey

The lab opened its doors in July after Wayner moved back to Athens and attracted funding for part of the lab’s state-of-the-art technology. Most notably, a seven-camera, three-dimensional motion capture system and force plate instrumented treadmill allows for clinical gait analysis, which clinicians use as a tool to evaluate, diagnose impaired movement, and plan treatment options for running-related disabilities. Through his research, Wayner hopes to more thoroughly identify the relationship between mechanics and minimizing injury. His immediate plan, however, is to make the Walking and Running Clinic as comprehensive as possible by fostering interdisciplinary relationships among University professionals in nutrition, athletic training and exercise physiology.

Thus far, the clinic has provided services to OHIO’s varsity women’s basketball and cross-country teams, as well as more than two dozen community patients. Wayner says the lab is still developing, but the more comprehensive the lab grows, the more the client will benefit.

“We’re trying to bring all these services under one roof,” Wayner says. “When people come in, we want them to leave having been heard, evaluated, educated and given something to do that will help them reach their goals.”

“We want people from the whole region—Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania—basically anywhere within a day’s driving distance,” he said, “to come here for this resource and have it be useful to them.”

In the meantime, PT students will gain valuable real-world experience by working in the lab under Wayner’s guidance.

According to Wayner, the lab will begin a push to the broader public in 2016. Plans to build a website and use social media to connect with prospective clients are already underway. Wayner says he feels indebted to the local community and really wants to mold the Gait Lab into a “resource for Southeast Ohio.”

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