Recently, held at the Harry and Diane Rinker Health Science Campus students, faculty, staff, alumni, friends and family gathered to view the Doctor of Physical Therapy research projects at Crean College’s DPT Fall research symposium. This provided an opportunity for our students in trimester 8 to present their research posters from work completed in PT
Last weekend Crean Collage’s PA Student team claimed First Place at the CAPA Challenge Bowl! The CAPA Challenge Bowl team (Spencer Scobie-Gilpin, Courtnie Ly, and Sophia Bilboa), competed against 13 California PA programs. The students earned an overwhelming victory and won the California state championship, going against the University of the Pacific and Point Loma
On December 3, 2021, PA Studies held their annual White Coat Ceremony for the Class of 2022 (short coat). It was a in-person experience with students and faculty gathered in Beckman Hall at the George Bush Conference Center. During the ceremony graduate students, Gina Wang ’22 and Summer Walker ’22 were announced as the 2021
With 1,782 total volunteer hours, Chapman’s Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program won first place in the 2019-2020 California Outreach Challenge. The Challenge is an annual state-wide competition that runs from September through mid-March and encourages student Physical Therapists and Physical Therapist Assistants from all educational programs in the state to volunteer in their local
On Saturday, April 13, 2019 members of the Crean College faculty joined President Struppa at the United Cerebral Palsy (UCP) of Orange County annual “Life Without Limits” gala. Crean was honored with the 2019 Impact Award for its outstanding student training and work with children affected by Cerebral Palsy and other disabilities. The ceremony took
The Department of Physical Therapy (DPT) recently welcomed Dr. Niklas Ignasiak to their faculty. Dr. Ignasiak is originally from Germany and comes to Chapman following the completion of his PhD at ETH Zurich, one of the world’s most prestigious science and technology universities. He is one in a small group of graduates being honored in
CHBS: What initially drew you to the field of Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD)? DF: I was originally drawn to the field of speech-language pathology (SLP) from a personal experience in which I observed a clinician working her hardest to help a patient communicate after a severe stroke. This experience was at Mission Hospital over
CHBS: What is your area of expertise? NC: I specialize in pelvic health, a specialty within physical therapy. My clinic, Pelvic Sanity, is located here in south Orange County. My patients often have chronic pelvic pain, orthopedic pain in the low back, hips, or tailbone. Urinary symptoms like urgency, frequency, or incontinence are also common.
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Brooke Jenkins, Dr. Rauhl Soangra, and Dr. Lynn Tierny were awarded the 2018 Interdiciplinary Research Grant for their proposal: Improving Quality of Care among Orange County Older Adults suffering from Bedsores. Combining their expertise in physical posture, gerontology, and psychological pain perception, these faculty members will work together on
CHBS: What have you been up to since graduating from Chapman? DS: I took a few years off from school to work at a hospital in my hometown and work on research in public health and health policy. I just finished my first year of medical school at Boston University School of Medicine and I’m