Section awards

Neurology Report, Mar 2003

At the Combined Section Meeting in Tampa, Florida, the following individuals were recognized:

AWARD FOR CLINICAL EXCELLENCE IN NEUROLOGY: Sarah A. Morrison, PT, BS

Sarah is the Physical Therapy Manager. Shepherd Center. Atlanta, Georgia. Ms. Morrison was selected because she not only is clinically excellent but has published her clinical expertise in important venues. She shows evidence of continual progression of meritorious ideas over her 18 -year clinical career having not only mentored individuals in her facility, but clinicians nationwide in the National Clinical Practice Guidelines. She is as well, the progenitor of the Spinal Cord Injury Special Interest Group of the Neurology Section. She successfully brought to fruition a goal of the Section, that of great clinician, grass-roots involvement.

AWARD FOR SERVICE:

Susan L. Whitney, PT, PhD, NCS

Dr. Whitney is an Associate Professor in the Program of Physical Therapy at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Whitney has done such a terrific job on various Neurology Section committees especially in leadership roles. Her sustained service to the Neurology Section, in grass-roots as well as in prominent leadership roles, is outstanding. Being Section President, she fostered greater involvement of then-present members, as well as recruiting non Section members to become Section members. She is clearly it shining example of meritorious involvement in the Section that the Service Award is intended to recognize.

RESEARCH AWARD:

Anne Shumway-Cook, PT, PhD

Dr. Shumway Cook is an Associate Professor in the Division of Physical Therapy in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of Washington. Dr. Shumway-Cook has a solid record of continuing contributions to the professional literature, and a sustained interest in fostering Neurological Physical Therapy research. Her research is implemented in clinicians' daily practice, and is continually evolving, with an innovative approach to her areas of exploration, from balance control to the effects of attention on motor performance. Her Motor Control book, along with Dr. Woollacott, well demonstrates her ability to summarize important information; its wealth of references is a boon to motor control instructors. She has been a proponent and model of evidencebased practice, and her clinical, applied research continues to demonstrate its relevance to daily practice.

STUDENT RESEARCH AwARDs:

Postprofessional Student-- Teresa Jacobsen Kimberley, University of Minnesota

EMG-triggered Electrical Stimulation on Hand Function Recovery and Cortical Reorganization in Subjects with Stroke

Entry-level Student--

Jonathan Averdick, Casey Kalb, University of Kentucky

Spinal Cord Injury Induced Changes in Renshaw Cell Morphology in the Spastic Rat