Deadline Approaches for 2019-2020 VCU-Marquette Challenge The Marquette Challenge is a grassroots, student-led fundraising effort to support physical therapy research. Each year, hundreds of physical therapist and physical therapist assistant students, with the support of their program directors and community, hold fundraising events across the United States. Faculty and [...]

Visit Booth #1241 for Special CSM Event Programming from the Foundation All Exhibit Hours VCU-Marquette Challenge Student coordinators will be on site to answer questions about the Challenge and accept gifts toward school totals. Viist booth #1241 for our commemorative t-shirt giveaway, courtesy of PhysicalTherapy.com General Inquiries Visit [...]

Connect With FPTR-Funded Research Through Poster Presentations at CSM Researchers funded by the Foundation for Physical Therapy Research (FPTR) will be displaying abstracts representing their scientific research February 12-15, in Denver, CO. During the American Physical Therapy Association 2020 Combined Sections Meeting (CSM), physical therapist researchers will display poster [...]

Don't Miss This Research Session at the 2020 Combined Sections Meeting in Denver! Liz Jackson, Senior Specialist of Research and Grants Program Among the sessions that will be held at the upcoming American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) 2020 Combined Sections Meeting (CSM) in Denver is one that [...]

Foundation-Funded Center on Health Services Training and Research (CoHSTAR) Investments Yields Additional Funding The Foundation-funded Center on Health Services Training and Research (CoHSTAR) is building capacity for health services research in physical therapy and providing protected time for early career researchers to become independent investigators. Grants Related to CoHSTAR [...]

Center on Health Services Training and Research (CoHSTAR) Fellowships Develop Successful Independent Investigators CoHSTAR training is an investment in people that extends FPTR model of supporting doctoral trainees. CoHSTAR’s opportunities for postdoctoral and early career faculty helps bridge the gap between PhD completion and successful independent investigators, with the [...]

Foundation-Funded Center on Health Services Training and Research Yields Nearly 100 Articles Submitted or Accepted for Publication As of October 2019, the Foundation-funded Center on Health Services Research and Training (CoHSTAR) has yielded nearly 100 research articles submitted for application or published. CoHSTAR was originally established in 2015 with [...]

Save the Date for the Upcoming 2020 Implementation Science Institute Building on enthusiasm from the 2019 Implementation Science Institute, the Center on Health Services Training and Research (CoHSTAR) will offer a 2020 Institute! If you attended the 2019 Institute, return to extend your knowledge and build our community. If [...]

Health Services Research on the Rise With CoHSTAR-Funded Researcher Adam Goode, PT, DPT, PhD Physical therapist researchers are delving into the study of health services research. Early in his research career, Adam Goode, PT, DPT, PhD, built on the support of two FPTR scholarships to secure his first additional [...]