Faculty Activities
CONGRATULATIONS to Dr. Loretta Dillon for her well-deserved promotion to Clinical Professor! After many years of dedication to the DPT Program and UTEP and having had many scholarly achievements, she has now earned the highest possible academic appointment for a clinical track faculty member.
CONGRATULATIONS to Dr. Alvaro Gurovich and colleagues for publication of their study entitled “Blood Flow Patterns during Incremental and SteadyState Aerobic Exercise” in Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness in 2017.
CONGRATULATIONS to Dr. Jason Boyle and colleagues for publication of their study entitled “Do Accuracy Requirements Change Bimanual and Unimanual Control Strategies?” in Experimental Brain Research in 2017.
CONGRATULATIONS to Dr. Celia Pechak, Class of 2018 DPT student Nnedi Ubani, and colleagues for having their presentation entitled “Global Health: What Is, What Could Be, What Should Be” accepted for the American Physical Therapy Association’s Combined Sections Meeting in February 2018 in New Orleans, LA.
CONGRATULATIONS to Sandra Terrazas, PT, MBA (associated faculty member) for being chosen as one of the UTEP College of Health Sciences’ 2017 Gold Nuggets.
CONGRATULATIONS to Dr. Kevin Browne and colleagues for their publication of their article entitled “Assessment and Management of Walking Program Patients with Musculoskeletal Conditions” in the Journal for Nurse Practitioners in 2017.
CONGRATULATIONS to Dr. Celia Pechak, Class of 2016 graduate Dr. Kiersten Garrand, Class of 2017 DPT student Lily Jimenez, and colleague for acceptance of their study entitled “Survey of Disability Competence Teaching and Assessment Strategies in Physical Therapist Education” in the Journal of Physical Therapy Education [currently in press].
CONGRATULATIONS to Dr. Alvaro Gurovich and colleagues for publication of their study entitled “Internal Validation of an Automated System for Brachial and Femoral Flow Mediated Dilation” in Clinical Hypertension in 2017.
CONGRATULATIONS to Dr. Celia Pechak and colleagues for publication of their paper entitled “Transforming Society: Global Health and Health Policy” in the Physical Therapy Journal – Policy, Administration, and Leadership in 2017.
CONGRATULATIONS to Dr. Jason Boyle and colleagues for publication of their article entitled “Growth Plate Injuries in Children in Sport: a Review of Sever’s Disease” in Strength and Conditioning Journal in 2017.
CONGRATULATIONS to Dr. Celia Pechak, and UTEP colleagues Dr. Connie Summers, Dr. Vanessa Mueller, and Dr. Jeri Sias for publication of their paper entitled “Incorporating Spanish language Instruction into Health Sciences Programs in a Hispanic-serving Institution” in the Journal of Hispanic Higher Education in 2017.