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Occupational therapy professor awarded department’s first NIH grant
Dr. Samuel Nemanich receives R03 to study motor skills in children Dr. Samuel Nemanich, assistant professor of occupational therapy, has received a $300,000 R03 grant award from the National Institutes of Health to study motor skills in children — specifically, to determine whether there are differences in learned skills between children born pre-term and those born…
Ramadan brings opportunities for connection in community
By Sameer Ali, Campus Ministry Muslim Chaplain The month of Ramadan is the ninth month of the lunar calendar in the Islamic religion. The word “Ramadan” originates from an image of a “scorching or burning place” and is also regarded as one of the many holy names of God in Islam. This month is a…
Easter Joy
By Rev. Jim Voiss, S.J., vice president of Mission and Ministry It had been a tale of high expectations. Jesus, the charismatic teacher from Nazareth had brought healing and hope to the outcast and the lowly. He had stirred hearts to believe that God loved even the sinner, the leper, the tax collector and the…
Physical Therapy hires alumnus for first ever department-level DEI coordinator on campus
The College of Health Sciences’ Department of Physical Therapy hired Dr. Albojay Deacon to be the department’s diversity, equity and inclusion coordinator — the first faculty position of its kind at the academic department level on campus.
Opening doors for future scientists
Through a $1.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health — the first of its kind in the Midwest — Marquette’s U-RISE program is helping undergraduates from underrepresented groups prepare for careers in scientific research.
Clinic of Regained Hope
Scientifically verified therapies, advanced equipment and clinical experts make the Neuro Recovery Clinic a unique regional resource By Carrie Arnold, photos by Kat Schleicher In Marquette’s College of Health Sciences, progress in addressing neurologic injuries extends beyond research into axonal regeneration or neural feedback loops. It also engages the newest and best existing therapies to…
Breath Work
Dr. Kristi Streeter explores the mysterious interaction through which signals from the diaphragm may help rewire the brain to help those with spinal cord injuries breathe better. By Carrie Arnold, photo by Kat Schleicher Every day, we inhale and exhale approximately 22,000 times. Over a lifetime, the breaths we take number in the hundreds of…
Genes in Harmony
Dr. Murray Blackmore is employing precise combinations of genes to stimulate growth in spinal axons with aims of re-establishing severed connections and restoring a range of functions. By Jennifer Walter, photos by Kat Schleicher Thousands of tiny green dots speckle the dimensional blob glowing on Dr. Murray Blackmore’s computer screen. It’s a map of a…
Spinal Cord Synergy
By Jennifer Walter, Comm ’19 and Carrie Arnold, illustration by Linda Nye, photos by Kat Schleicher Progress in spinal cord injury research and therapies is rare. But in the College of Health Sciences, faculty researchers and clinicians from several fields are pursuing promising cutting-edge strategies at scales ranging from microscopic axonal connections in the spinal…
Passing the Torch
Thanks to the pioneering Dr. Donald Neumann, Marquette has an esteemed reputation in kinesiology. Now, emerging leader Dr. Jacob Capin is ready to take the helm By Anna Funk, photos by Tom Grimm Dr. Donald Neumann, professor emeritus of physical therapy, literally wrote the definitive kinesiology textbook used worldwide. He’s defined excellence in kinesiology instruction…