Health Sciences
PT business leadership specialization bridges gap between practice, management for students
The Department of Physical Therapy recently presented at the Educational Leadership Conference hosted by the American Physical Therapy Association Academy of Education in Washington, D.C. about the success of its business leadership specialization that launched in 2024. Dr. Allison Hyngstrom, Department of Physical Therapy chair, said the program’s mission already emphasizes developing leaders for the…
Planning underway to relocate three Marquette clinics to Clark Hall
As part of Campus Master Planning efforts, three university clinics in the College of Health Sciences and Marquette School of Dentistry will move to Emory Clark Hall.
Speech language pathology faculty researching difficulties autistic children face in developing language
If nothing else, children are sponges. They mimic their parents’ mannerisms, facial expressions and most obviously their vocabulary — both good and bad. Their brains work overtime intaking and attempting to retain the constant information stimuli. For some kids, the neural pathway from their brain to the tip of their tongue is clear. They pickup…
Fast facts on first-year graduate, professional students
This fall, more than 1,200 students arrived on campus to pursue graduate and professional degrees at Marquette University in the Graduate School, Graduate School of Management, College of Health Sciences, School of Dentistry and Marquette Law School.
Opening up the black box of childhood speech disorders
When a grant reviewer asks, “How has this not already been done before?” — that’s the mark of a good research grant, says Dr. Jenya Iuzzini-Seigel, associate professor of speech pathology and audiology, repeating the wisdom of a former mentor. Iuzzini-Seigel had that advice in mind as she crafted the application for a National Institutes…
Bilingual English-Spanish specialization celebrates 25 years of life-changing therapy
In response to the growing Hispanic population in the United States in the 1990s and 2000s, Speech Pathology and Audiology faculty and staff launched the Bilingual English-Spanish specialization to train students how to treat speech difficulties in Spanish-speaking individuals. Now, 25 years later, the specialization is still going strong and offering life-changing therapy to community…
Physical Therapy alumna passionate about assisting patients with limited resources
On a cold Chicago winter night years ago, a teenaged Leslie Buckner hopped out of the car at the airport to give her seat to her grandmother. In that moment, Buckner slipped on a patch of black ice and injured her knee. Buckner, Arts ’00, PT ’02, didn’t know it at the time, but the…
AHPRC fosters research across disciplines
The Athletic and Human Performance Research Center enables cross-disciplinary engagement and research.
Dr. Jacob Capin named faculty director for research at AHPRC
Dr. Jacob Capin, assistant professor of physical therapy, has been named the new faculty director of research at the Athletic and Human Performance Research Center.
Hyngstrom earns prestigious Brenda Bigland-Ritchie Award
Dr. Allison Hyngstrom, chair of the Department of Physical Therapy, has been named the recipient of the Brenda Bigland-Ritchie Award from the International Society of Electrophysiology and Kinesiology.