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2017 –2018 Graduate Student Council January 2018
Jordan Carmosino DSc-HPW, cohort 5 10/17—10/19
21013 Franklin Road Maple Heights, Ohio CELL: 513. 283.1629
Jordan received a Bachelor of Science in Athletic Training with a mi-nor in Exercise Science and Fitness from the College of Mount St. Joseph in May 2014 and earned a Master of Science degree in Ath-letic Training from Indiana Wesleyan University in August 2015. Jor-dan works as an assistant athletic trainer at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio since 2015. His primary duties include working with the Volleyball, Cross Country, Track and Field, Men's Basketball, and Softball teams. Jordan also teaches classes in Sports Medicine minor, including Introduction to Sports Medicine and First Aid/CPR. Jordan is also the athletics representative on the LGBT Com-mittee on campus. Jordan previously worked as a high school athletic trainer in Springfield, Ohio before beginning at CWRU., the Ohio High School Rugby Association and coached high school softball at the JV and Varsity levels.
Christine Reyes has been a board certified Athletic Trainer for 6 years
and is a graduate from Azusa Pacific University (APU) in Azusa, CA
with her Bachelors of Arts in Athletic Training in 2010 where she
received the ATEP department’s award for Professionalism, was se-
lected and attended the Collegiate Sports Medicine Foundation’s
Leadership Conference and presented her student research at the
District 8 FWATA convention titled: “A Correlation Study of Athletic
Training Students and Burnout”. She also earned her Masters of Arts
in Leadership Development from APU in 2012. Since graduation with
her Bachelor’s degree, Christine has taken on purposeful mentoring
relationships with other APU students to help them succeed in clas-
ses such as Kinesiology, Upper/Lower Assessment or in passing the
Board of Certification (BOC) for Athletic Training. Christine has
worked as an adjunct professor within the department of Sport and
Exercise Science at APU since 2012 and has taught courses in Risk
Management, Upper Extremity Examination, Introduction to Athletic
Training and Certification Preparation.
Nicholas Dickovich MPAS, cohort 3 7/17 - 3/19 730 East 950 South, #D341 Orem, Utah 84097 CELL: 612.750.8114 [email protected]
Nick Dickovich was born and raised in Plymouth, Minnesota. He completed his Bachelors of Science in Biology at the University of Minnesota in 2016. While in school Nick worked several part-time jobs in the healthcare field including as an EMT, rehab aide and in a group home with autistic teenagers. In addition, while at the Univer-sity of Minnesota Nick was on the Men’s Crew team where he rowed for 4 years. Upon graduation, he worked full-time as an EMT at Regions Hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota. In his free time, Nick enjoys mountain biking, hiking, and snowboarding. He is excited to represent MPAS 3 and work alongside the other programs of RMUoHP.
Christine Dara Reyes, Co–Vice Chair DSc-AT, cohort 2 7/16 - 7/18
9550 Fremont Ave Apt N7 Montclair, CA. 91763 CELL: 203.886.9786
Additionally, she has taught courses in the School of Business and Man-
agement in Applied Research Methods since 2015. She is currently an
Assistant Professor and Clinical Education Coordinator at Colby-Sawyer
College in New Hampshire. Christine’s main research interests are within
burnout, student engagement, retention, learning styles, professional
mentoring, educational emerging technologies, and student leadership
Development from APU in 2012. Since graduation with her Bachelor’s
degree, Christine has taken on purposeful mentoring relationships with
other APU students to help them succeed in classes such as Kinesiology,
Upper/Lower Assessment or in passing the Board of Certification (BOC)
for Athletic Training. Christine has worked as an adjunct professor within
the department of Sport and Exercise Science at APU since 2012 and has
taught courses in Risk Management, Upper Extremity Examination, In-
troduction to Athletic Training and Certification Preparation. Additional-
ly, she has taught courses in the School of Business and Management in
Applied Research Methods since 2015. She is currently an Assistant Pro-
fessor and Clinical Education Coordinator at Colby-Sawyer College in
New Hampshire. Christine’s main research interests are within burnout,
student engagement, retention, learning styles, professional mentoring,
educational emerging technologies, and student leadership develop-
ment. When not working or studying she enjoys spending time with her
husband Nick watching sports or visiting Disneyland and spending time
with their corgi, Minnie Jedi.
Raegan Furman DSc Neuro, cohort 5 10/17—10/19 168 Mountainview Drive Gainesville, Georgia CELL: 318.450.7268 [email protected]
Leslie Filler FNP, cohort 3 10/17 - 10/18 5530 East Tower Lane Caldwell, Idaho CELL: 208.454.3293 [email protected]
Leslie Filler was born and raised in Caldwell, Idaho. Leslie completed her Bachelors of Science in Healthcare Administration many years ago from the University of Phoenix and pursued a career as a Certi-fied Idaho Workers Compensation Specialist, and the Occupational Health, OSHA, Safety and Employee Health director of a 48 physician-owned multi-specialty, multi-facility practice. She was also an Ad-vanced Emergency Medical Technician and worked for a Rural Fire Protection District. In 2008 she decided that she wanted "to change the lives of many" and returned back to school, she obtained 2 Asso-ciate Degrees (1 in Applied Science for her LPN and 1 in Science for her RN) from Treasure Valley Community College and continued on to obtain a Bachelors of Science in Nursing from Northwest Naza-rene University. In the last 6 years Leslie has worked as a Medical-Surgical and Pediatric nurse (5 years) and a Home Health nurse (1 year). She also was a regular float to the OB, CCU and ED depart-ments for 5 years. Leslie currently works full-time in the home health industry, however for the past 3 years she has also been a part-time clinical instructor for Treasure Valley Community College instructing the second year Associate degree nursing program stu-dents. When Leslie was working as a med-surg and pediatrics nurse, she was nominated for the Daisy award. Last year she was recog-nized by RMU through the American Nurses Foundation Honor a Nurse Program for her commitment to learning, evidence-based clinical care, professional advancement and leadership. Although she has not found an area of nursing she does not like, her passion is pediatrics, oncology, orthopedics and occupational health. Leslie has attended RMUoHP since August 2015 in the FNP-3 cohort and will complete her FNP-DNP in April of 2018. Besides being a life-long learner, Leslie has been married for 25 years and has 6 children ranging from 11-23 years old and enjoys spending time with her family, her 3 horses and 4 dogs. She loves to sing, play the piano, explord the outdoors and travel.
Raegan is an occupational therapist with a background in neurologi-cal and trauma ICU for adult populations. Raegan recently transi-tioned to working in pediatric neuro inpatient rehab and the neona-tal ICU at Oregon Health Science University. She received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Health Sciences from Furman University and a Masters of Science in Occupational Therapy from the Medical Univer-sity of South Carolina. Although Raegan is originally from Tennessee, her husband and she moved across country from the Southeast to Portland, Oregon. They enjoy being outdoors, fly-fishing, hiking and snowboarding. Raegan is very excited to be a part of the neurological rehabilitation track in the DSc program and to join the GSC.
Niels Lund DPT, cohort 7 7/16 - 3/18 68 East Parkway Ave. Salt Lake City, UT. 84106 CELL: 817.565.4335 [email protected]
Niels Lund has called Utah home since 1992. He graduated from Weber State University with a degree in Psychology in 2005 and enjoyed a semester abroad in Germany. After this, he moved from Ogden to Salt Lake City and spent seven years working for Schlumberger in the oil and gas industry specializing in photography and well fracture simula-tions with high pressure equipment. There he assisted with establishing standard operating procedures and participated with the Loss Preven-tion Team (LPT) focused on safety and the perspectives of the various departments. Niels completed his physical therapy pre-requisite cours-es at the University of Utah. After a year of learning rock climbing with friends, he joined Momentum Climbing LLC as a youth climbing coach in 2014 and continues to teach climbing part time. He has volunteered with Splore Organization helping disadvantaged youths experience rock climbing. He enjoys many outdoor recreation activities including rock climbing, hiking, landscape photography, skiing, and motorcycling.
Thomas Melanson DPT, cohort 8 10/17 - 6/19 1168 North 800 West Provo, Utah 84604 CELL: 503.688.4078 [email protected]
Thomas Melanson was born in Orem, Utah but was raised in Albu-querque, New Mexico, and Portland, Oregon. He went Brigham Young University received his Bachelor’s in Exercise Science in 2016. While attending school Thomas was an assistant basketball coach at Timpview High School along with working and volunteering at various PT clinics. After graduation he and his wife, Heather, moved down to Austin, Texas. Thomas is currently enrolled in the eDPT program at RMUoHP and is representing cohort 8. During his free time, Thomas loves to play any sports, expressly basketball and disc golf, enjoy nature by hiking, mountain bike riding, backpacking, and camping, and spend time with his wife and is excited to spend time with his child that is coming in December.
Julian Sisman MSHS, cohort 6 1/18 - 1/19 9205 Winterset Drive Potomac, Maryland 20854 CELL: 240.460.1744 [email protected]
Julian was born in Washington DC. He has a bachelor of science in
business administration degree from American University. He played
1 year of soccer at Ohio State University. While attending American
he tried to play professional soccer in Europe and was also a personal
trainer. He then received his CSCS upon completing his Bacholor De-
gree. He then started working at a local big box gym as a perfor-
mance coach and started his business on the side as well. After
about a year at the big box gym he and a friend opened a gym
focusing on performance training and soccer training for the
youth athletes. Julian is currently enrolled in the Masters Degree
in health science with a focus in Sports Performance. During his
free time he likes to play soccer , strength train and go hiking
Jamie Peatrowsky MPAS, cohort 2
7/17 - 3/19
325 W 500 N Unit 3
Provo, Utah 80210
CELL: 402.380.0606
Jamie Peatrowsky was born and raised in small-town Ne-braska. After graduating high school, she moved to Omaha, NE where she completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psy-chology. After graduation, she partook in activities within the collegiate and medical field. She also volunteered for Planned Parenthood, assisting in healthcare education throughout the community. She moved to Denver, CO in 2013 and began volunteer work with The Blue Bench, a rape crisis hot-line. After this volunteer work and exploring the fields of dermatology, uro-gynecology, fertility and orthope-dics, she realized her passion for medicine and began work-ing on completing classes for Physician Assistant school. Her employment in Denver, lead her to become a member of the Employee Advisory Committee. As a committee member, she was a voice to fellow co-workers and worked collectively with clinics throughout the HealthOne System to improve employee satisfaction, work flow efficiencies and engage-ment across the various offices. During her free time, Jamie enjoys hiking, camping, attending musical concerts and adult gymnastics. She is excited to become a voice for the MPAS class and to collaborate with other programs of RMUoHP.
Brian Shrum DSc-HSP, cohort 3 4/16 – 4/18 170 Route 981 Belle Vernon, PA. 15012 CELL: 724.570.9114 [email protected]
Brian Shrum is the assistant women’s soccer coach and an ad-junct professor at Duquesne University. His primary responsibil-ities are strength and conditioning, player wellness monitoring, and nutritional strategies for the women’s soccer team. Addi-tionally, he teaches Integrated Performance Training for senior athletic training students. Brian’s passion and research interests are training readiness/fatigue management and appropriate periodization for speed development in soccer. Brian received a Master of Science from California University of Pennsylvania with a concentration in Sports Performance and Injury Preven-tion. He is a member of the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) and received his Certified Strength and Con-ditioning Specialist (CSCS) certification in 2010. He is the co-host of the popular podcast “JustKickinPod” devoted to providing coaching information to soccer coaches, parents, players, and staff. In collaboration with experts from around the world the podcast offers information on nutrition, sports science, leader-ship and other areas for coaching. Brian also contributes to the National Academy of Speed and Explosion with articles on speed development in soccer. Brian resides in Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania with his wonderful wife Lori and dog Messi.
Lamija Rahmanovic MS SLP cohort 1
10/17— 7/19
05670 Summit Avenue
Villa Park, Illinois
CELL: 630.935.7308
Lamija Rahmanovic was born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Her-
cegovina during the time of the Siege of Sarajevo, and
came to the U.S. as a refugee in November of 1995 and
has lived in the Chicagoland area since. She received her
Bachelors of Science in Speech and Hearing Sciences with
a concentration in Speech-Language Pathology from the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in May of
2017. Lamija is currently enrolled in the RMUoHP Masters
of Medical Speech-Language Pathology program and is a
part of the inaugural class. When not in school, she en-
joys hiking around Utah, with her favorite place being
Zion so far. She also enjoys winter sports like skiing and
snowboarding and loves to travel to different places.
Shawna Townsend OTD, cohort 30 10/17 - 10/18 2439 253rd Street Iomita, California CELL: 310.500.5165 [email protected]
Shawna Townsend was born and raised in Manhattan Beach
California. Shawna completed her Bachelors of science degree
in occupational therapy from California State University
Dominguez Hills in 2003. She earned a graduate certificate in
low vision rehabilitation from the University of Alabama at
Birmingham. Shawna has worked in a variety of practice
settings including outpatient sensory integration, school based
therapy, and acute care on the neurology, stroke and brain
injury unit. Currently she works full time in a level III neonatal
intensive care unit where she holds advanced practice in feed-
ing and swallowing and specializes in infant development and
feeding. Shawna also teaches as an adjunct professor at Cali-
fornia State University Dominguez Hills in the MSOT program.
Shawna is an active member of the National Association of
Neonatal Therapists (NANT) and has presented at the state and
national level. In her free time, Shawna enjoys watching Dodg-
er games and traveling with her husband, their three young
children and boxer named Bella.
Allison Smith ClinScD SLP, cohort 5 10/17 - 6/19 385 Gooch Lane Madison, Alabama CELL: 318.450.7268 [email protected]
Allison Smith completed her Bachelor of Science in Speech, Language, and Hearing Therapies at Louisiana Tech University in 2007. She obtained her Masters in Communication Disor-ders in 2009 from Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in Shreveport, Louisiana. Since graduation, Allison has worked as a speech-language pathologist for the past 8 years in schools, hospitals, outpatient clinics, private practices, and skilled nursing facilities. She holds the certificate of clinical competence from the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association, and is licensed as a speech-language pathologist in Alabama, Alaska, Tennessee, and Texas. Allison currently lives in Madison, Alabama and is the Director of Rehab at a Skilled Nursing Facility. She enjoys working with the geriatric popula-tion with a focus on stroke recovery and dementia while man-aging her therapy department. Allison looks forward to serving as the SLP representative for the graduate student council as she continues her studies in the ClinScD program as a member of Cohort 5. In her free time, she enjoys spending time running and hiking with her husband, Brian, and her dog, Roux.
Robert Thorson DPT, cohort 9 1/18 - 8/20 4 S. Hazelcrest Drive Sugar Grove, Ill. 60554 CELL: 630.777.2667 [email protected]
Robert was born and raised in Sugar Grove, Illinois just west of Chicago. He completed his Associates in Science from Elgin Community College in 2013. He then went to Campbell Univer-sity in North Carolina where he graduated with a Bachelors in Exercise Science in 2016. He played baseball as a pitcher for both institutions he attended. Before getting into the DPT pro-gram here at RMU he worked as a rehab aide in an outpatient physical therapy clinic and as a program director for a local high school baseball organization called the Kane County Phan-toms. In his free time, he loves to coach youth sports, play golf, learn guitar, and do anything that involves NASCAR or sports car racing. Robert is excited for the opportunity he has been presented with here at RMU and hopes to make the most of it. He also is looking forward to getting married in October of 2018.
