Academy of Acute Care Physical Therapy Pledges Major Investment in PT Research APTA Acute Care – An Academy of the American Physical Therapy Association – recently pledged a major gift of $273,715 to the Foundation for Physical Therapy Research (FPTR) to support research grants and scholarships related to and [...]
2022 Service Award Recipients Acceptance Videos In late 2021, the Foundation for Physical Therapy Research (FPTR) announced the recipients of the 2022 Service Awards. These awards were presented to a select group of people and organizations for their unyielding support of FPTR and its mission to fund physical therapy research. [...]
CSM Presentations by FPTR-Funded Researchers The American Physical Therapy Association’s Combined Sections Meeting (CSM) will be held in-person Feb. 2-5, in San Antonio, Texas. (Note: an on-demand option will become available March 1-31.) The in-person event will provide more than 300 educational sessions programmed by APTA's 18 sections and [...]
Continued Efforts Towards Maximizing Sustainability of the FPTR-Funded Center on Health Services Research When the Center of Health Services Training and Research (CoHSTAR) was first envisioned close to 10 years ago, one of its goals was to build a sustainable, long-term capacity for physical therapy health services and health [...]
The Foundation for Physical Therapy Research is Accepting Applications For 2022 PODS I & II Scholarships The Foundation for Physical Therapy Research (FPTR) will accept applications for its Promotion of Doctoral Studies I & II (PODS) Scholarships beginning October 8, 2021, for a projected total of 15 funded scholarships [...]
FPTR Trustee on the Power of Unrestricted Funding FPTR Trustee, Stuart Binder-Macleod, PT, PHD, FAPTA, and Catriona Binder-Macleod, OTR, donate $50,000 to the newly created Fund for Excellence to support FPTR operations. Now, they are encouraging others to help grow the fund to $250,000 and create a steady stream [...]
FPTR-Funding Recipient Receives CoHSTAR Pilot Study Award The Foundation for Physical Therapy Research (FPTR) continues to prepare physical therapist researchers to pursue external funding and growth. Joshua K. Johnson PT, DPT, PhD, is one of many FPTR-funded researchers receiving training and support in health services research. When the Center [...]
CoHSTAR Funds First Summer Diversity Fellowship Opportunity The Center on Health Services Training and Research (CoHSTAR) recently developed a new diversity-targeted, mentored predoctoral summer research opportunity designed for physical therapists from under-represented groups. This new diversity-targeted opportunity is funded through the support of Theresa Shireman, PhD and the Center [...]
Progress and Growth Through CoHSTAR Fellowships Peter Coyle, PT, DPT, PhD, originally joined the Foundation for Physical Therapy Research (FPTR)-funded Center on Health Services Research and Training (CoHSTAR) in 2017 as a postdoctoral fellow, where he focused on age-related mobility loss and community-based exercise programs. Coyle will once again [...]
Intern Reflection: Brooke McDonald I first became aware of the Physical Therapy Department at Marquette University’s fundraising efforts for the Marquette Challenge when I first arrived at the school in 2018, and immediately wanted to learn more. After researching the Challenge, I learned how integral it is in fundraising [...]