{"id":3137,"date":"2020-03-19T09:19:02","date_gmt":"2020-03-19T16:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogschapman.wpenginepowered.com\/crean\/2020\/03\/19\/dr-jo-armour-smith-awarded-early-career-investigator-award-in-biomechanics-research\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T19:32:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T19:32:59","slug":"dr-jo-armour-smith-awarded-early-career-investigator-award-in-biomechanics-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/crean\/2020\/03\/19\/dr-jo-armour-smith-awarded-early-career-investigator-award-in-biomechanics-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Jo Armour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3141 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/crean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2020\/03\/208A8009-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/crean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2020\/03\/208A8009-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/crean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2020\/03\/208A8009-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/crean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2020\/03\/208A8009-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/crean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2020\/03\/208A8009-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/crean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2020\/03\/208A8009-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/crean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2020\/03\/208A8009-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/> The APTA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apta.org\/csm\/\">Combined Sections Meeting (CSM)<\/a> is the biggest annual event of the year for Physical Therapy (PT) folks in the U.S. Faculty, clinicians, researchers, and PT students gather from around the country to learn about the latest PT technology and science. On February 13, 2020, Chapman University Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/our-faculty\/joanne-smith\">Joanne Armour-Smith Ph.D<\/a>. was the recipient of the prestigious<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\"> <i>2020 Early Career Investigator Award in Biomechanics Research <\/i>from the Biomechanics Special Interest Group (SIG). Dr. Armour-Smith was presented with the award at the <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\">Biomechanics SIG business meeting at CMS 2020 in Denver, Colorado. <\/span>SIG is part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ptresearch.org\/home\/biomechanics-sig\/\">Academy of Physical Therapy Research<\/a> which aims to promote PT research and expand its application of emerging therapeutic methods.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\"><span class=\"replace\">Dr. Armour-Smith completed her Ph.D. and postdoctoral research at the University of Southern California, in the Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy.\u00a0 In 2015, she joined Chapman University <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3142 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/crean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2020\/03\/jo-and-student-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/crean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2020\/03\/jo-and-student-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/crean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2020\/03\/jo-and-student-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/crean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2020\/03\/jo-and-student-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/crean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2020\/03\/jo-and-student.jpg 1225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>in the Crean College of Health and Behavioral Sciences as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy. Her current, clinically-motivated research program uses a neuromechanical approach, combining biomechanics and neuroscience, to establish mechanisms underlying adaptations in postural control of the trunk during static and dynamic multi-planar activities in specific patient populations. She is the director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/crean\/faculty-student-research.aspx\">NOHMLab<\/a> at Chapman&#8217;s Rinker Health Sciences Campus. Prior to beginning her academic and research career, Dr. Armour-Smith worked for several years as a physical therapist in the United Kingdom and the United States, specializing in orthopedics and dance medicine.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3148 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/crean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2020\/03\/IMG_0657-229x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"229\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/crean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2020\/03\/IMG_0657-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/crean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2020\/03\/IMG_0657-781x1024.jpg 781w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/crean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2020\/03\/IMG_0657-768x1007.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/crean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2020\/03\/IMG_0657.jpg 835w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/>Congratulations to Dr. Armour-Smith on this wonderful 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