News: Department of Physical Therapy

petri dish and beakers containing liquids
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In 2018, faculty and students collaborated with one another and international colleagues on scientific exploration that sought to help people make sense of themselves and the world around them.

Merrill R. Landers demonstrates balance testing equipment
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ºÚÁÏÍø researcher making strides in brain research.

Woman sitting in chair reading an iPad
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Posture — not screen time — is biggest factor behind neck and shoulder pain, ºÚÁÏÍø study finds.

Maria Barton
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Maria Barton, the Allied Health Sciences Alumna of the Year, finds the payoff in helping others.

Holly Lyman
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Holly Lyman, the Community Health Sciences Alumna of the Year, builds a Dragon boating tradition to fight cancer.

Merrill Landers works with balance testing equipment
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Physical activity can help protect us from Parkinson’s, researcher Merrill Landers says.

Palm trees and U.N.L.V. banner
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Rodman was friend to ºÚÁÏÍø for more than 30 years supporting academics and community programs.
Beatríz Alcala headshot
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Beatriz was a good student but college seemed impossible. Then ºÚÁÏÍø and the Millennium Scholarship came along.