{"id":5955,"date":"2026-05-01T09:07:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T13:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pt\/?page_id=5955"},"modified":"2026-05-01T09:20:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T13:20:13","slug":"research-symposium-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pt\/research-symposium-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Symposium 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

DPT Students Earn 3rd Place at Annual UMES\u00a0<\/span>Graduate School Research Symposium<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Michael Rabel’s Class of 2026 research team delivered their capstone project entitled, “The Effect of Lower Extremity Postures on Pelvic Position and Gluteus Medius Activation During Single Leg<\/strong>\u202fStance: An EMG Study” at the <\/strong>15th Annual UMES Research Symposium held in April.<\/span><\/p>\n

Their work was awarded 3rd place in the Poster Presentation category<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pictured L-R: Jayda Ledford, Marissa Swamy, Emily\u2009Nadler, Dylan Chi, and Ryan Chan.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Other DPT Poster Presentations at the 15th Annual Research Symposium<\/span><\/h3>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Title: A National Survey of Pelvic Health Content in Physical Therapist Assistant Programs \u2013 A Follow-Up Study. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Student Investigators: Kimia Azari, <\/em>Carrie Comfort, and Kirsten Workley<\/strong><\/p>\n

Advisor: Dr. Kimberly Durant<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Title: Bridging Anatomy and Community: Perspectives on Cadaveric Dissection at Minority Serving Institutions<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Student Investigators: Lynee Jacobs, <\/em>Naja Clarke, Josiah Phillips, and Anthony Jones<\/strong><\/p>\n

Advisor: Dr. Molly Selba<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Title: Effects of Weighted Vest<\/strong>\u202fUse<\/strong>\u202fin Community-Dwelling Older Adults During<\/strong>\u202fSupervised Exercise:<\/strong>\u202fA Pilot Study<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Student Investigators: Rashad Brown,<\/strong>\u2009Samantha Malin,<\/strong>\u2009Celina Scott<\/strong><\/p>\n

Advisor: Dr. Stephanie McAllister<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Title: Investigating the Effects of Pain Neuroscience Education on Kinesiophobia and Knee Related Outcomes in Individuals with Knee Osteoarthritis<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Student Investigators: Lindsey Mosmiller, Oluseun Ayoku, Jacob Breedlove, Santosh Regmi, Ami Vodi<\/p>\n

Advisor: Dr. Masoud Moghaddam<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Title: Management and Prevention of Spinal Cord Injury: An Undergraduate Outreach Initiative<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Student Investigators: Jensyn Carr, Krystina Coyle, Brian Drummond, Gregory Gerber Jr, Nicholas Miller<\/strong><\/p>\n

Advisor: Dr. Dennis Klima<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Title: The Impact of the Challenger League on Quality of Life in Athletes, Caregivers, and Volunteers<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Student Investigators: James Collins, Worthy Hollister, Riley Keener, Trevor Owens, Layla Tiberio<\/p>\n

Advisor: Dr. Thomas Pellinger<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DPT Students Earn 3rd Place at Annual UMES\u00a0Graduate School Research Symposium Dr. Michael Rabel’s Class of 2026 research team delivered their capstone project entitled, “The Effect of Lower Extremity Postures on Pelvic Position and Gluteus Medius Activation During Single Leg\u202fStance: An EMG Study” at the 15th Annual UMES Research Symposium held in April. Their work…Read more Research Symposium 2026<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3819,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"folder":[],"class_list":["post-5955","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3819"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5955\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/folder?post=5955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}