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AlliedMedTODAYA publication for Alumni and Friends of the School of Allied Medical Professions | Spring 2010

Service Learning:Students in the Communityat home and abroad

Research inOccupationalTherapy:IMPROVING LIFE FORTHOSE AT RISK

Rehabilitationin Haiti:HOW ONE ALUMIS HELPING

The School’s mission is to “improve the lives of people and create the futureof Allied Health professions through innovation, education, and service.” Withinthis issue of Allied Med Today, these three mission areas come together in themany service learning and volunteer service activities that are creatively changinghealth care locally and globally. Our faculty, students and alumni are reaching outto those in need and providing critical care and consultation to improve the healthof diverse populations. In addition, our faculty lead outreach research projects toaddress health disparities and health literacy and promote healthy lifestyles inunderserved communities. Students in multiple programs participate in researchexperiences associated with these projects.

In June 2009, the University voted to transition from quarters to semesters,beginning in 2012. A large focus of 2009-2010 has been preparing for this con-version, which has included curricular mapping of each academic program todetermine not only how to organize current content into semester classes, butalso, at the heart of each program’s plan, to create the future in allied health edu-cation through educational innovation. We are striving to prepare our students forthe practice of tomorrow, including the rapidly changing technology and practiceskills within each of our disciplines; to develop interdisciplinary courses that willfacilitate our graduates’ transition into the team-focused healthcare work environ-ment; to expand research opportunities to catalyze evidence-based practice andpromote a higher standard of patient care; and to build upon our dedication toservice through the expansion of content on health disparities and health promo-tion across programs and the inclusion of more service-learning opportunities.We are looking at this transition as an exciting opportunity for growth and innova-tion, as we move forward into 2012.

Our service-learning activities and educational innovations are, in part, sup-ported by the generous contributions of our alumni, faculty, staff and friends tothe School’s development funds and endowments. So, once again, I want to takethis opportunity to thank our many supporters for their generosity, as we look toimprove people’s lives through education, research and service.

Deborah S. Larsen, PT, PhDAssociate Dean and Director, School of Allied Medical Professions

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Contents

Departments

School News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Division Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Faculty Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Student Service Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Development News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Alumni News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

A publication for Alumni and Friends of the School of Allied Medical Professions

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Beth Bohlander,Medical Center Communications and Marketing

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Research and Copywriting:Frances Riggins, Student InternFreelance writing:Terri CarrollLisa Lopez SnyderLarry DiGiovanni

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Allied Med Today day is published annuallyfor alumni and friends of The Ohio StateUniversity School of Allied Medical Professions(SAMP). Correspondence should be sent to:Allied Med Today, School of Allied MedicalProfessions, 127 Atwell Hall, 453 W. 10th Ave.,Columbus, OH 43210. Changes of address maybe made online at http://amp.osu.edu/alumni.

WelcomeNEW SAMP FACULTY

CARMEN DIGIOVINE PHD, ATP, RETAssistant Professor in the School of Allied Medical ProfessionsProgram Director, Assistive Technology Center at Dodd Rehabilitation Hospital

Formerly president of 6 Degrees of Freedom, LLC, a rehabilitation engineering and assis-tive technology consulting firm in Wheaton, Ill., Dr. DiGiovine brings his expertise in technol-ogy and engineering to Ohio State’s School of Allied Medical Professions and to theAssistive Technology Center within Dodd Rehabilitation Hospital. He earned both his mas-ter’s (2000) and doctoral degrees in Bioengineering (2001) at the University of Pittsburghand received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Inaddition to his entrepreneurial pursuits, Dr. DiGiovine has served as a clinical assistant pro-fessor in the departments of Disability and Human Development and Bioengineering at theUniversity of Illinois in Chicago. His research and development endeavors focus on develop-ing assistive technology service delivery models within The Ohio State University MedicalCenter and the Veterans Affairs Polytrauma Rehabilitation Center in collaboration with theUniversity of Pittsburgh. The author of numerous articles and book chapters, Dr. DiGiovinehas explored the numerous facets of rehabilitation engineering and technology.

TAMERAH HUNT, PHD, ATC, CSCSAssistant Professor of Clinical Allied Medical Professions

Dr. Hunt joins Ohio State from the University of South Carolina, where she was anassistant professor within the undergraduate and graduate athletic training programs. Shehas been a practicing athletic trainer since 2000. Her focus is on sports-related concus-sions, the adolescent athlete, cognitive maturity and psychometric properties of concus-sion assessment tools and her research interests are in youth concussion assessment.She has worked with various high schools in Ohio, South Carolina, Georgia and Marylandexamining high school athlete recovery patterns, concussion assessments, co-morbiditiesand possible educational intervention in multiple populations. Currently, Dr. Hunt is con-ducting research on the cumulative effects of low-grade head impact forces on clinicaloutcomes in collegiate rugby players and the disparities of knowledge and access to carefor sports injuries in urban and suburban girls. Dr. Hunt received her master’s degree fromJames Madison University in 2002 and her PhD in Kinesiology from the University ofGeorgia in 2006. She has published several articles, given numerous presentations andwas invited to present for the Georgia and Ohio High School Coaches Workshop and TheUniversity of Georgia Sports Medicine Conference.

MARCIA NAHIKIAN-NELMS, PHD, RD, LDProfessor of Clinical Allied Medical ProfessionsDirector, Clinical Education/ Dietetic Internship, Division of Medical Dietetics

Marcia Nahikian-Nelms, PhD, RD, LD, comes to Ohio State from Southeast MissouriState University, where she was the Director of the Didactic Program in Dietetics andProfessor of Nutrition and Dietetics from 1991 to 2009. As a registered Dietitian since1982, Dr. Nahikian-Nelms has focused on nutritional care during the treatment of cancer,GI disorders, pathophysiology and dietetics education.

Dr. Nahikian-Nelms has published numerous peer-reviewed articles and books. Oneof her most recent projects has been serving as the primary author for Nutrition Therapyand Pathophysiology, published by Cengage. More than 80 undergraduate and graduateprograms in the United States have currently adopted this text and the second edition will

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be released in June 2010. Dr. Nahikian-Nelms’ research interests lie in developing evi-dence-based nutrition therapy along with the translation of nutrition therapy for use byclinicians and clients to promote behavior change. She earned her PhD from SouthernIllinois University – Carbondale in Health Education, a Master’s of Education in Nutritionfrom the University of North Carolina – Greensboro and a bachelor’s degree in PublicHealth Nutrition from the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill.

JAMES OÑATE, PHD, ATCAssociate Professor of Athletic Training

Dr. Oñate joins Ohio State’s Department of Athletic Training from Old DominionUniversity, where he was the director of the Sports Medicine Research Laboratory and theApplied Human Anatomy Laboratory. Dr. Oñate earned his master’s degree in AthleticTraining from the University of North Carolina in 1997 and continued at UNC to earn hisPhD in Human Movement Science in 2002. As a new faculty member at Ohio State, Dr.Oñate will also serve as co-director of the University’s Movement Analysis and PerformanceResearch Program and as director of the Functional Motion Assessment Laboratory, whichfocuses on issues related to lower extremity injury, in particular anterior cruciate ligament(ACL) injury, and human performance optimization. Dr. Oñate’s current research focuses onACL injuries, feedback instructional systems, jump-landing technique, periodic health andperformance evaluation screening, and military human performance.

EMILY PATTERSON, PHDAssistant Professor of Health Information Management and Systems

Dr. Patterson came to Ohio State in 1994 as a graduate student in Industrial andSystems Engineering after receiving her bachelor’s degree at the University of IllinoisUrbana-Champaign. Upon completing her doctorate in 1999, she conducted health serv-ices research with a joint appointment at Ohio State and the Veterans HealthAdministration’s Getting at Patient Safety (GAPS) Center. Her work focuses on applyinghuman factors research to improve system performance in complex, socio-technical set-tings. Dr. Patterson currently serves on the advisory board for the Joint CommissionJournal on Quality and Patient Safety, the Center for Innovation of the National Board ofMedical Examiners, and formerly the Joint Commission International Center for PatientSafety. Her current research interests are improving patient handoffs, reducing boardingtimes for mental health patients in emergency departments, and using computer-aideddiagnostics to improve cancer screening and staging.

LAURA SCHMITT, MPT, PHDAssistant Professor of Physical Therapy

Dr. Schmitt comes to Ohio State from the Sports Medicine Biodynamics Center,Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, University of Cincinnati, where she completed a postdoc-toral research fellowship. She has been a licensed physical therapist since 2001 andbrings her expertise in anterior cruciate ligament injuries, osteoarthritis, biomechanicsand gait analysis to the teaching and research mission of Ohio State’s School of AlliedMedical Professions. Dr. Schmitt’s research focuses on neuromuscular and biomechanicalaspects of human movement related to joint injury, rehabilitation and sports performance.Dr. Schmitt currently has a grant from the National Football League Charities Foundationand National Institutes of Health to study the longitudinal clinical and biomechanical out-comes following anterior cruciate ligament injury and reconstruction. She and her col-leagues recently received the NCAA Research Award from the American OrthopaedicSociety for Sports Medicine for research, titled “Biomechanical Measures during Landingand Postural Stability Predict Second Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury after ACLReconstruction and Return to Sport.” Dr. Schmitt received her PhD from the University ofDelaware in Biomechanics and Movement Science, and both her master’s degree inPhysical Therapy and Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Delaware.

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A Graduate Interdisciplinary Specialization in Global Health pro-gram, offered by the Health Sciences Center for Global Health, isbringing together students from all OSU health sciences programs,including the allied medical professions, to foster interdisciplinarylearning, international education and opportunities for study abroad.Funded by a National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant, the programrequires students to complete at least 14 credit hours of courseworkin global health from outside the student’s major. Currently, 36students, eight from the School of Allied Medical Professions, haveentered the program.

The grant also provides funding for multidisciplinary educationalprograms. Physical therapy student Debra Nickoli was the firststudent to receive funds from this grant, which paid for a servicelearning experience in Merida, Mexico.

Global HealthProgram Introduced

Mary Ellen Wewers, PhD, MPH, teaching Introduction to Global Health in anew specialized program offered by Ohio State’s Health Sciences Center forGlobal Health.

The School of Allied Medical Professions(SAMP) has recently received accreditationfor three of its newest programs. TheRadiologist Assistant – MS program was

granted accreditation by the American Registry of RadiologicTechnologists (ARRT). Ohio State’s Radiologic Assistant program isone of only three in the United States and the only one in a four-state area (Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and West Virginia). In addition,the Medical Dietetics Division received accreditation on both itsCombined Masters and Internship Program and its CoordinatedUndergraduate and Graduate Program, using the new accreditationstandards set forth by the Commission on Accreditation forDietetics Education.

SAMP Programs Accredited

OSU and UADYTies StrengthenProgramming

Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán(UADY) is preparing to become the firstuniversity in the Yucatan peninsula tooffer a master’s degree in physical ther-apy. An important step toward reachingthat goal has been learning more aboutOhio State’s DPT program, one of the top-ranked programs in the United States.

Last fall, UADY faculty membersAlejandro Ojeda Manzana, Coordinatorof UADY’s rehabilitation program, andClaudia Barrero Solís, rehabilitationfaculty member, visited Ohio State’scampus and met with SAMP facultymembers Dale Deubler PT, MS, andAnne Kloos, PT, PhD, to talk about cur-ricula, research and SAMP’s global serv-ice learning course, a conversation theybegan in Merida in 2007. The UADYteam members returned to UADY witha better idea of how to incorporate evi-denced-based practice into their cur-riculum, ideas about starting a PT edu-cation experience at OSU for a UADYstudent and how to access OSU’sContinuing Medical Education pro-grams. In return, OSU made headway inestablishing additional therapy sitesneeded to strengthen the program’sservice learning course.

UADY faculty members Alejandro OjedaManzana (left) and Claudia Berrero Solis (right).

The private support of alumni and friends is increas-ingly critical to building the financial aid resources of theSchool of Allied Medical Professions. Each year, generousgifts are designated for scholarships across the divisionsthat enable talented students to meet their educationalexpenses. With diminishing state support, however, stu-dents are relying more on loans to pay their tuition andother expenses. The creation of additional scholarshipendowments is essential to sustaining the quality of alliedhealth education and to attracting and retaining thedynamic students SAMP has traditionally drawn to its pro-grams.

“We truly appreciate the donations made to the schol-arship funds in the School from our loyal alumni, and wehope to create more momentum into the future for thissupport to grow and expand,” said Deborah S. Larsen, asso-ciate dean and director of the School. “Our commitment toquality, to personalized education, and to outstanding clini-cal experiences for our students is clear,” she said. “Thelevel of private support we receive from alumni is key tothese achievements.”

Currently, the annual cost for undergraduate studentsenrolled in allied health who are Ohio residents averages$9,600 in tuition and fees. For graduate students enrolled inprograms such as Physical Therapy and OccupationalTherapy, the annual cost averages $16,500 per year fortuition and fees.

Annual and endowed scholarships have an immediateimpact for students, from assisting in the purchase of booksand materials to defraying tuition and fees.

For student Tiffany Page, receiving funding from theEdgar W. Ingram Scholarship fund helped her move onestep closer to her goal of working as a nutritionist in thecommunity. “Receiving the scholarship will help to eliminatefuture student loans, and I look forward to giving back tothe community once I finish the program,” she noted.

Laura Bills Fisher, a DPT student, credits support fromthe Gladys Woods Scholarship Endowment and the GwenMoody Harre Scholarship Endowment for advancing herwork toward her degree. “This scholarship allows me tofocus on my studies and relieves some of the financial pres-sure of earning my degree,” she said. “Ohio State Universitywas an easy choice for me – it allowed me to attend aworld-class university close to home, and I am still happywith that decision five years later.”

For more information about creating an endowed schol-arship fund or learning about planned gift options to createan endowed fund, contact Julie Conry, Director ofDevelopment for SAMP, at 614-366-0229 or emailjulie.conry@osumc.edu.

To donate on-line to any gift fund for SAMP, visit:www.giveto.osu.edu and click on the Make a Gift link.

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2010 SAMP StudentScholarship Recipientswith Faculty

Standing (l to r): Deb Larsen, Laura Bills-Fisher, Dale Deubler,Susan Wilson, Jennifer Heney, Philip Wang, Laura Roberts,Georgianna Sergakis, Marcia Nahikian-Nelms, Tiffany Page,Christina Phelps, and Kynthia DroeschSeated (l to r): Lisa Terek, Lindsey Himes, Amber Pollard, andSarah Buty

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ATHLETIC TRAININGAthletic Training graduated 18 stu-dents in 2009, bringing the totalnumber of graduates to 115 since theprogram graduated its first class in2003. Of the 72 pre-athletic trainingmajors who applied for admission tothe major, 22 were admitted to beginthe 2009-2010 academic year. Theprogram underwent its reaccredita-tion self-study and on-site review andinstituted several programmaticupdates in the past year. Among themost important of these was a majorchange to student clinical rotations.Junior students now spend the entireyear at off-campus clinical sitesincluding a high school, outpatientsports medicine, and physicianoffice/general medical rotation.

CIRCULATIONTECHNOLOGYThe Circulation Technology Divisionhas been deactivated and graduatedits last class in June 2010.

HEALTH INFORMATIONAND MANAGEMENTSYSTEMSIn the academic year 2009-10, 53HIMS students were enrolled asundergraduates. Twenty-three seniorsgraduated after successfully complet-ing their eight-week, full-timeinternships. Thirty students wereadmitted in the fall of 2009 (25juniors and 5 sophomores). Of the2009 graduates, two went on tograduate school in OT and nursingwith the rest employed within twomonths of graduating. There are ninegraduate students enrolled in the

Health Informatics mastersspecialization.

HEALTH SCIENCESThe 2010 graduating seniors inHealth & Wellness have aspirationsas varied as their personalities.Nearly 80% will be heading on tograduate and/or professional pro-grams following graduation. Most ofthose will be enrolled in medical andhealth-related professional programssuch as nurse practitioner programs,occupational and physical therapies,physician’s assistants, public healthand epidemiology. While many stu-dents will remain at the Ohio StateUniversity for their graduate studies,the rest will be scattered across thenation from USC to Duke. Theremainder will be working or seekingemployment in various capacitiessuch as health educators and com-munity program coordinators.

MEDICAL DIETETICSIn 2009, five Medical Dietetic stu-dents graduated from the combinedmaster’s internship; three graduatedfrom the coordinated graduate pro-gram; and 18 graduated from the coor-dinated undergraduate program.Among the students admitted for the2009-2010 academic year, six (out of35 applicants) were accepted into thecombined master’s program; six (outof eight applicants) entered the coor-dinated graduate program; and 20(out of 78 applicants) entered thecoordinated undergraduate program.In all, there were 20 seniors, 24 jun-iors, 19 sophomores, six coordinatedgraduate students, 10 graduateinterns, and four students in the pro-fessional clinical nutrition track.

Faculty members in Medical Dieteticswere advisors to two students in theAllied Medicine Management MastersTrack. Of the 23 graduate students inthe program, nine were completingtheir theses. Four honors studentscompleted their research projects.

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Medical Technology graduated 42students in 2009. The Class of 2010includes 62 students and the Class of2011 comprises 15. The program hasconsistently exceeded its goal ofadmitting 30 new students in eachcertification track class. Enrollmentscontinue to grow in the MedicalScience and Medical LaboratoryTechnology Articulation Tracks. TheCoordinated Master’s Program cur-rently has one first-year and one sec-ond-year student. Graduates of theCertification Track continue to scoreabove the national mean on the certi-fication exams, and 96 percent ofthose taking the national examination in2008-2009 received a passing score.

Medical Dietetics students and faculty toura mobile unit of the Center for DiseaseControl to learn how the agency collectsdata for assessing the nation’s health andnutritional status.

OCCUPATIONALTHERAPY

In academic year 2009-2010, 129professional students were enrolledin the Master of OccupationalTherapy program. This numberincludes one class that graduatedmid-year and one that began insummer 2009. Of the studentswho graduated in June 2009, all 43successfully completed their field-work II by April 2010, and 100 per-cent passed the National Board forCertification in OccupationalTherapy examination. In summer2009, 38 students entered the pro-gram. Of the 2009 graduatingclass, 15 will complete a researchspecialization and one completedthe LEND traineeship.

PHYSICAL THERAPYAmong the 280 applications forentrance into the Doctor of PhysicalTherapy (DPT) degree program, 44students were admitted, 25 (56 per-cent) of whom were Ohio Stategraduates. Eleven students gradu-ated in December 2008 as the lastgroup to be awarded the Master ofPhysical Therapy (MPT) degree

from Ohio State. All of these stu-dents passed the National PhysicalTherapy Exam (NPTE) on the firstattempt. When added to the 29DPT graduates in 2008, the first-time pass rate was 95 percent, com-pared to a national average of 84percent. Twenty–seven studentsgraduated in August 2009 with theDPT degree, which is now the onlyprofessional physical therapy degreeoffered by OSU. Most of these stu-dents have passed the NPTE on thefirst attempt to date. The Division isadding an MPT-to-DPT program foralumni who graduated with theirMPT and want to obtain their DPT.

RADIOLOGIC SCIENCESAND THERAPYThe 2008 RST senior classgraduated 40 students in June2009. This represents the Division’sfirst set of BS graduates inRadiography, Diagnostic MedicalSonography/Vascular Technology,and Radiation Therapy. All of the2009 graduates passed their respec-tive national board exams at orabove the 90th percentile. JeffCowen (RST ’09) was accepted tothe Ohio University Physical Therapyprogram, Sarah Viall (RST ’09) toYale University’s Nurse Practitionerprogram, JenMain (RST ’09) to theOhio College of Podiatric Medicine,Tim Lin (RST ’10) to the OSU DPTprogram and Lisa Morshauser (RST’10) to the OSU Optometry program.The Radiologic Therapy Class of 2011is the largest new RT class ever, with22 new students accepted. In the2009-2010 academic year, theDivision had 90 RST undergraduatesenrolled in the program. The newMaster of Science course of studyfor the Radiologist Assistant pro-gram was accredited by theAmerican Registry of RadiologicTechnology (ARRT) in spring 2009.Leslie Partridge, MS, RT(R) (RRA)became the first credentialedRadiologist Assistant to graduatefrom the program.

RESPIRATORY THERAPYFollowing the retirement of F.Herbert Douce, MS, RRT-NPS,RPFT, in June 2009, the RespiratoryTherapy Division merged with the

Radiologic Sciences Division underthe leadership of division chairKevin Evans, PhD. GeorgiannaSergakis, PhD, RRT, assistant pro-fessor of Clinical Allied Medicine,will serve as the program director forRespiratory Therapy. The2008–2009 academic year beganwith 54 undergraduate studentsenrolled in the major and graduated19 seniors in June 2009. One gradu-ating student received thePresident’s Salute for UndergraduateAcademic Achievement and tworeceived the Respiratory TherapyEndowed Scholarship. Six studentsgraduated magna cum laude, sixgraduated cum laude, and four wereinducted into the Lambda BetaSociety, the national honor societyfor respiratory care. Ninety–five per-cent of seniors graduated asRegistered Respiratory Therapists,the largest number and highest classpercentage ever. One student gradu-ated with the Certified RespiratoryTherapist credential. The Committeeon Accreditation for RespiratoryCare (CoARC) confirmed theDivision exceeded its “OutcomesAssessment Thresholds” for contin-uing program accreditation.

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Alodie Lim, RRT, and Lauren Speakman,RRT, were among the team members whowon first prize for their research posterpresentation at the Current Concepts inRespiratory Care conference held on cam-pus at the new Ohio Union this spring.

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• Senior Athletic Training studentMasahiro “Masa"Mizutani was awarded the Trainers’ AssociationResearch and Education Foundation Scholarship, anational scholarship awarded annually to approximately75 of the top undergraduate, master’s and doctoral stu-dents in athletic training based on academic perform-ance, athletic training clinical performance, leadershipand community involvement.

• Five Health Information Management and Systems stu-dents John Cali, Ciera Crawford, Denise Doneski,Amanda King, andMJ Nguyen, received Heron FamilyScholarship Awards this year. Loretta Hunt wasawarded a Central and Southern Health InformationManagement Systems Society scholarship and KellyKirk received the Ohio Health Information ManagementAssociation’s New Graduate Award for 2009 andAndrea Brown received the award for 2010.

• HIMS juniors,Maria Miller and Indi Ekanayake, wereselected to participate in McKesson TechnologySolutions summer internship program—Maria atMcKesson’s headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, and Indieat the Charlotte, North Carolina office. McKesson is aleading international provider of integrated informationsystem solutions for the healthcare industry.

• The Med Tech Class of 2008 selected Ina Yeung as the2008 Beth Bowman Award recipient. Named in honorof Medical Technology alumnus Beth Bowman, theaward recognizes professionalism, responsibility, self-lessness, cooperation and enthusiasm.

• OSUMedical Technology students Shannon Edwards,Christine Hoppe, Keelie Kuhn, Andrea Lorenz andLaurel Zilka placed first in the fourth annual AcademicChallenge for students graduating from medical tech-nology and medical laboratory technician programsthroughout Ohio. The event was hosted by the OhioSociety of the American Society for Clinical LaboratoryScience (ASCLS-OHIO). Faculty member KathyWaller,PhD, organized the OSU team.

• Occupational Therapy students Suellen Sharp receiveda fellowship with Leadership Education inNeurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND),Yoshi Kim and Florence Angelo held graduate assistant-ships, and Amy Atterholt and Stephanie TeDrick wonAmerican Occupational Therapy Foundation scholar-ships. Nicole Mayer received the Judy E. SmithScholarship, and Anne Deringer was awarded the HiteFamily Scholarship. Elise Dew has been elected to serveas Communications and Advocacy Chairperson on theASD Steering Committee of the American OccupationalTherapy Association, Assembly of Student Delegates.

• Junior Kathryn Zale was awarded a student scholarshipby the Society of Diagnostic Medical SonographyEducational Foundation and was selected by the Societyto present her scientific undergraduate research posterat the annual conference held in Nashville next fall. Zalewill be the first Radiologic Sciences and Therapy studentto exhibit undergraduate research at this meeting.

• Daniel Eiler, a junior Radiation Therapy major, wasawarded the prestigious Varian Radiation TherapyStudent Scholarship. Only 17 awards were presentednationally. The scholarship awards $5,000 to academi-cally outstanding students attending an entry-level radi-ation therapy program.

• Radiology studentMegan Moser was selected toreceive a scholarship awarded by the Ohio Society ofRadiologic Technologists.

Radiation Therapy seniors Tina Vansuch and Luke Barhorstm eachreceived a Varian Radiation Therapy Scholarship given by theAmerican Society of Radiologic Technologists.

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HIMS studentrecipients of the2010 Heron FamilyScholarshipAwards are (bot-tom row) AmandaKing, DeniseDoneski, CieraCrawford; (toprow) Manjusri(MJ) Nguyen andJohn Cali.

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OSU PHYSICAL THERAPYOSU Physical Therapy students, along with student athletes from the OSU football team and PT and PTA students fromthe University of Toledo and Owens Technical College, provided FUNfitness screens to more than 119 special-needs ath-letes during the Ohio Special Olympics State games in summer 2009. Special Olympics FUNfitness is a physical therapyscreening program designed to assess and improve physical strength, flexibility and balance. Developed in partnership withthe American Physical Therapy Association (APTA), the program also educates athletes and parents on the importance ofstaying physically fit and flexible, and provides hands-on opportunities for Special Olympics athletes to learn more aboutphysical therapy. In 2009, OSU PT faculty member John DeWitt, DPT, SCS, ATC, and FUNfitness Ohio clinical director LanaSilverman, DPT, coordinated the event. This was the second year for screens and has since grown into a service learning initia-tive for Physical Therapy Division students.

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• Angie Beisner, MA, ATC, adjunct lecturer for theAthletic Training Division, received the Ohio AthleticTrainer’s Association’s 2009 Athletic Trainer of theYear Award. A 1996 alumna, Beisner became a mem-ber of Ohio State’s Athletic Training staff in 1999.She works primarily with OSU’s tennis and men’slacrosse athletes, directs the Biggs Athletic TrainingFacility, teaches courses related to injury evaluationand athletic training administration, and serves as aclinical preceptor.

• Laurie Rinehart-Thompson, JD, RHIA, CHP, HealthInformation and Management Systems, was namedthe Ohio Health Information ManagementAssociation’s 2010 Distinguished Member this year.

• Melanie Brodnik, PhD, RHIA, Health Information andManagement Systems director, was nominated to serveon the national Commission on Accreditation of HealthInformatics and Information Management Education.

• Chris Taylor, PhD, RD, LD, Medical Dietetics, wasnamed Dietetic Educator of the Year by the AmericanDietetic Association and was awarded Faculty

Member of the Year for Coordinated Programs by theOhio Dietetic Association.

• MaureenGeraghty, PhD, RD, LD,Medical Dietetics, receivedtheOSUStudentGroupAdvisor of theYearAward.

• Faculty members Evans, Steffen Sammet, MD, PhD,Yvette Ramos, RDMS, RVT, andMichael Knopp, MD,PHD, have been recognized with a Gottesfeld Awardfor their 2008 article published in the Journal ofDiagnostic Medical Sonography. The article, titled“Image segmentation for evaluating axillary lymphnodes,” appeared in JDMS 24: 329-336. The award isgiven to honor outstanding scientific publications andreviews. The group is currently working on a secondarticle that extends this research effort.

• Respiratory Therapy associate professor emeritus F.Herbert Douce, MS, RRT-NPS, RPFT, received the inaugu-ral Ohio Society for Respiratory Care (OSRC)Outstanding Contributor Award. Douce retired in June2009, having served as the Division director for 35 years.

• Georgianna Sergakis, PhD, RRT, assistant professor ofClinical Allied Medicine, will serve as the programdirector for Respiratory Therapy.

In the photo: Richard J. and Martha D. Denman pose with OSU President E. Gordon Gee and the 2010 SAMP Denman Research Forum awardees, asfollows: Row 1: Lydia Kern (SAMP Health Sciences) 3rd place, advisor Jill Clutter, and Ashley Strapp (Radiologic Sciences), 2nd place, advisors KevinEvans & Steffen Sammet; Row 2; Jillian Hoyt (head hidden), Alyssa Bistak, Dana Khy, Leah Seebon, Melissa Frasure (Respiratory Therapy), 3rd place,advisor Herb Douce; and Kathryn Zale (Radiologic Sciences) 2nd place, advisor Kevin Evans.

The 15th Annual Denman Undergraduate Research Forum held this past spring was the largestDenman forum ever, with 540 students from across the university participating with 498 projects.Among the winners were eight SAMP students. Created in 1996, the Denman Undergraduate ResearchForum is a cooperative effort of The Ohio State University's Honors & Scholars Center, The Under-graduate Research Office, and The Office of Research that showcases outstanding student researchand encourages undergraduate participation in research as a value-added element of their education.

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-----In an occupation where the focusis on rehabilitating and treating oth-ers, injuries that physical and occupa-tional therapists sustain are largelyoverlooked and left untreated. Backinjuries due to lifting and transferringpatients and injuries to upper extremi-ties from administering manual ther-apy are common among these profes-sionals. Research shows that abouthalf of them have some kind of painand around 20 percent suffer frommusculoskeletal pain that is severeenough to be classified as a disorder.

Since joining Ohio State in 2008as an assistant professor of occupa-tional therapy, Amy RowntreeDarragh, PhD, OTR/L, has been study-ing this group to better understandthese work-related musculoskeletaldisorders and to find methods fortreating and preventing them. She isalso interested in learning whether

and to what extent the disorder inter-feres with a therapist’s job perform-ance. In a related study, she is lookingat musculoskeletal disorders amonginformal caregivers – those who carefor an individual with a physical condi-tion or disability, usually a familymember – with the goal of finding outif they are experiencing pain as aresult of the tasks they are performingand, if so, to provide interventions thatwill reduce the burden.

As transferring patients is the pri-mary cause of injury in therapists,Darragh has been studying the use ofmechanical lift devices to assist in thecare giving process and help preventinjury. But because there is noresearch on the effect that using suchequipment has on patient outcomes,she is also looking at whether theiruse impedes progress.

Amy Darragh has been a practic-

ing occupational therapist since 1995.She earned her PhD from ColoradoState University in environmentalhealth, a master’s in OccupationalTherapy from Colorado StateUniversity, and bachelor’s degreesfrom Barnard College at ColumbiaUniversity in psychology and dance.

The project described was supportedby Award Number UL1RR025755 fromthe National Center for ResearchResources, funded by the Office of theDirector, National Institutes of Health(OD) and supported by the NIH Roadmapfor Medical Research. The content issolely the responsibility of the authors anddoes not necessarily represent the officialviews of the National Center for ResearchResources or the National Institutes ofHealth.

Caring for the CaregiversAmy Darragh’s research concerning musculoskeletal disordersfound in therapists and caregivers seeks to bring relief from painand occupational effectiveness to these healthcare providers. Amy Roundtree Darragh, PhD, OTR/L

Faculty members Amy Darragh

and Jill Heathcock are studying

motor functioning in certain at

risk populations with the hope

of leading to better diagnosis,

treatment and prevention

strategies for these groups.

Researchers in Physical andOccupational Therapy:

Improving Life forThose at Risk

Physical stressors on a therapist’s hands duringpatient treatment activities are assessed during anergonomic evaluation.

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Inside Jill Heathcock’s lab atOhio State’s MarthaMorehouse Pavilion, a dimple-faced, four-month-old coos and

lights up with excitement as he ispresented with a brightly coloredtoy. But this bouncing boy is not justplaying; he is part of a study toimprove early motor skill develop-ment in infants at risk for delay.

Jill Heathcock, MPT, PhD, hasbeen conducting research to deter-mine how infants modify their spon-taneous movements into purposefulmovement, such as reaching andstepping, and how to design treat-ment programs to improve theseskills. The two-year study testsimproved grasping ability in 40preterm babies who have sufferedfrom stroke, each participating in 10trials. The sample also includesbabies under six months of age whohave not suffered from a stroke andbabies with learning disabilities.During the trials, the baby’s reachingis tested through “chair play” and“floor play.” Progress in graspingability and interaction with the toy is

measured using the Bayley Scale ofInfant Development and a growthmotor test.

Dr. Heathcock began herresearch in 2001 at the University ofDelaware, where she received herMPT and PhD. Her previous studieshave investigated the effects ofteaching early gross motor skills toinfants at risk for cerebral palsy, andhow enhanced sensory input influ-ences lower extremity coordinationin infants at risk for cerebral palsyand infants with spina bifida.

From her previous studies, Dr.Heathcock has found that pre-scribed baby exercises with a cer-tain number of repetitions canimprove a functional skill. In herstudy, published in the October2009 issue of Physical Therapy (PTJ),she found that “Preterm infants whoreceive leg movement training dis-play feet-reaching behaviors similarto that of full-term infants.” Her cur-rent study aims to test these find-ings for reaching and grasping abili-ties. The babies at risk for delay whoparticipate in this study will receive

Dr. Heathcock’s proposed treatmentof prescribed baby exercises, whichcan be easily performed at home.

The population that Dr.Heathcock is studying – babies whohave suffered from a stroke – are athigh risk for developing cerebralpalsy later in life. Dr. Heathcockbelieves that developing early treat-ments may improve these babies’motor skills. “It is a population thatis defined as a great area of need;there is a 50-50 chance of a childhaving cerebral palsy if he or shehas suffered from a neonatal stroke.Presently, there is a two-year periodwhere these babies are monitored,but not treated. My goal is to find aneffective way to treat this at riskgroup earlier.”

Dr. Heathcock's research,Training in Infants with NeonatalStroke, is funded by the Foundationfor Physical Therapy. Individualsinterested in participating in Dr.Heathcock’s studymay contact her viaphone at 614-292-2397 or e-mailjill.heathcock@osumc.edu.

Jill Heathcock is hopeful that her study to understand the mechanisms behindpurposeful movement in infants will lead to better treatments for babies at risk fordiseases such as cerebral palsy.

Improving Motor Skills in At Risk Infants

Jill Heathcock, MPT, PhD, and DPT student research assistant Jess Lewisin the lab testing motor skill development in an infant who is at risk forcerebral palsy.

Each year, students from Ohio State’s School of Allied

Medical Professions participate in medical missions at

home and abroad, using their knowledge, practicing

their skills and growing in their professions while

helping others.

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Extending aHelping Hand

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Finding Solutions: Collaborating in MexicoThe Merida service learning program is a part of an international elective courseestablished by OSU faculty members, Dale Deubler PT, MS, and Anne Kloos, PT, PhD,NCS, in 2007. Formed in partnership with Wheeling Jesuit University, which has ties inMerida through the Misión de Armistad, the program offers students a global experienceand strengthens outreach efforts in the area.

“The OSU and Wheeling Jesuitprograms send their students toMerida at different times, providing alot more service for these people inneed,” explains faculty member DaleDeubler, PT, MS, one of the leadorganizers of Ohio State’s servicelearning program. “Our collaborationis so successful because we keep thelines of communication open and col-laborate together to find solutions forthis area.”

During their visit to Merida lastwinter, the OSU team worked at fivedifferent sites within the community.They administered treatments andtherapies to patients in local nursinghomes, rehab centers, shelters,schools and daycare centers. Studentshad the chance to use their training togain practical experience, test theircreative thinking skills with limitedresources and learn more about anancient culture.

Occupational therapy studentJess Glenn worked at a homelessshelter and a nursing home. “At theshelter site, we would offer treat-ments to the patients daily. We taughtthem exercises that were easy toincorporate into their everyday life. Atthe nursing home, we practiced treat-

ments and refurbished equipmentsuch as wheelchairs for the center,”recalls Jess.

Glenn put together an exercisegroup for the residents, using chairyoga, stretching and ball exercises.She and her team produced instruc-tional sheets in Spanish so that theycould continue the exercises aftertheir departure, and they appointedone of the residents to be a leader andimplemented staff training on exer-cises and transfers.

Now in its third year, the interna-tional elective program is flourishingand bringing a global opportunity tomany of SAMP’s students. “It was fas-

cinating to learn about the Mayan cul-ture and to see the great sense ofcommunity in Merida. The people weworked with were living with the bareminimum, but still cared so muchabout one another,” remembers Jess.

Jess Glenn and Staphanie Smith (photo left) take time out to tour a local hacienda, while team-mates Lauren Holt Carrity and Andy Todd (photo right) provide therapy in Merida, Mexico.

AROUNDthe GLOBE

Last year, physical therapy and

occupational therapy students traveled to

countries as near as Mexico and as far away

as India and Uganda to attend to the needs

of the injured and disabled.

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WITH 2,000 BEDS and treatingapproximately 4,400 outpatients eachday, most of whom are poor and dis-advantaged, Vellore’s ChristianMedical College (CMC) offers serv-ices that include surgical subspecial-ties, neonatology, in vitro fertilization,invasive cardiology, bone marrow andkidney transplant, CT, MRI, internalmedicine, pediatrics and obstetrics.The hospital demonstrates its com-mitment to education by enrolling 80newmedical students each year andtraining nurses, therapists, pharmacists,laboratory specialists and other healthprofessionals, as well as hosting visitingstudents from around the world.

From June 21 through August 17,2009, Marcy Coonce served at CMCin the physiotherapy department,which includes eight physiotherapyservice departments – an outpatientdepartment of electrotherapy andgymnasium, and inpatient depart-ments of neurology and orthopedics,medical and surgical wards, acutePMR, cardiothoracic, and a rehabilita-tion institute. She worked in the hos-pital with patients suffering from mus-cular dystrophy, spinal tuberculosis,spinal cord injuries, femur fractures,Parkinson’s disease, and a variety ofother conditions, and participated in

medical community outreach pro-grams sponsored by CMC.

Two of those – the Low-CostEffective Care Unit (LCECU) and theCommunity Health and Development(CHAD) programs – provide much-needed medical services to theimpoverished living in and aroundVellore. LCECU has established clinicsin the poorest areas of the city, wherepatients can go to get treatment or, ifnecessary, receive home visits fromclinical staff. “We checked on a manwho had tuberculosis and made surethat he was taking his medication,”recalls Coonce. “Another man had suf-fered a spinal cord injury, so we wereteaching him vocational training. It’s upto you to find the resources and toteach the patients exercises for the pro-grams like LCECU where there is not asmuch financial assistance provided.”

CHAD focuses on patients fromcities surrounding Vellore and pro-vides hospital wards and mobile clin-ics that travel into rural villages. Withlittle or no income and few resources,these patients would often pay fortheir services by bartering whateverservices or skills they had at their dis-posal, such as making candles orshoes, recalls Coonce.

In and Out of the Hospital:Delivering Therapies in IndiaVellore, India, a predominately Hindu community with a population of 3.5million, lies on the banks of the Palar River and is considered one of the old-est surviving cities in Southern India. Situated in the heart of Vellore is theChristian Medical College (CMC Vellore), one of the largest and mostreputed medical centers in India, offering both in-patient and outpatientservices and clinics serving the rural districts. That is where Marcy Coonce(DPT 2009) spent eight weeks in the summer of 2009, as a part of a serv-ice learning practicum in Physical Therapy.

(top to bottom) Marcy Coonce in Kumily, India, where she and two other international medical studentsstayed with a local family; a group of children in a local village in Vellore where Marcy worked in a diabetesclinic; a wheelchair basketball game for patients with spinal cord injuries or traumatic brain injuries at theRehabilitation Institute, a satellite campus of the Christian Medical College in Vellore.|16|

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Answering the Call: Dispelling Myths in UgandaElise Kaufman is using her knowledge and skills to educate those who regard thedisabled with fear and distain, and to teach them how to provide needed care.

IN UGANDA, SUFFERING from a dis-ability is looked down upon by mostmembers of society, and treatment isnot seen as a priority,” explainsPhysical Therapy student EliseKaufman. “There is so much informa-tion that we have on disabilities thatthese people do not have access to. Alot of what I did there was to teachthe people simple procedures that wehere at home take for granted.”

Simple though it may seem, it isnot so simple to change perceptionsand misconceptions that have sur-vived generations. Getting that infor-mation and training through toUgandans living in hut communities onthe fringes of Kampala, the nation’scapital, where Elise served, was a realchallenge. In addition, resources arelimited, with only one occupationaltherapist and a small number of physi-cal therapists to serve the nation’s need.

In several of these outlying com-munities, Elise, along with a few stu-

dents from Michigan, Canada andUganda, trained family members andcaregivers in proper and safe transfermethods and exercises that could bepracticed every day. Elise recalls,“There was an older gentleman whohad suffered from a stroke. I educatedhis family on different safety measureslike transfers and protecting his arm onthe side that had been affected.”

In Gulu, a district 332 kilometersnorth of Kampala, Elise worked withpatients in a hospital rehabilitationunit and in a home for disabled chil-dren, where she built assistive devicesto help children with cerebral palsyperform exercises to increase mobil-ity, and educated parents on how touse general passive stretches thatcould help their children.

“In Uganda, if your child has adisability, it is looked upon as a conse-quence of something the parent musthave done – the child’s disability is theparent’s punishment for having done

something terrible,” comments Elise.Working against that stigma presents achallenge to therapists like Elise, whoare trained to heal. Another impedi-ment is the lack of infrastructure tosupport the disabled. “There are nowheelchairs or paved roads, and it isnearly impossible for them to travelanywhere for treatment,” she explains.

Nevertheless, Elise felt the skillsshe shared in Uganda could actuallyimprove the quality of life for disabledpeople there. “It really challenged meto brainstorm and think outside of thebox and made me so grateful for whatI have.”

Today, Elise is working as a physicaltherapist at Riverside MethodistHospital in Columbus, Ohio, and isplanning an interdisciplinary programalong with an annual mission tripabroad for staff interested in contribut-ing to the global community.

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DPT student Elise Kaufman provides physical ther-

apy services to a child with cerebral palsy at Mengo

Hospital in the Ugandan capital of Kampala (photo

left) and to a woman post-stroke while educating

staff on proper care (photo right).

From class projects to volunteer

activities, SAMP students across disciplines

are reaching into their communities to

help those in need.

HELPINGHOMEthose

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JONATHAN MAZAL, BSRT(R)(MR),volunteers his training in radiology toperform diagnostic imaging examsto patients who would otherwise nothave access to those services. Agraduate student in Ohio State’sRadiologic Sciences and Therapyprogram, Jonathan is able to aid inmaking a diagnosis and connect apatient with a social worker thesame day to take the next steps inthe process.

Along with his work at thePhysician’s Free Clinic, Mazalspreads the word about MedWishInternational, a Cleveland-basednonprofit organization whose mis-sion is to recover and recycledonated medical supplies that areahealthcare providers are required todiscard. In presentations given atstaff meetings in OSU’s radiologydepartments, Mazal explains whatsupplies qualify as recyclable so thatthey may be donated to developingcountries in dire need of medicalsupplies.

Active in many professionalgroups, including RAD-AID, theWorld Health Imaging, Telemedicineand Informatics Alliance (WHITIA)and the International Society ofRadiographers and RadiologicalTechnologists (ISRRT), Mazal isexploring the international need forradiologic technologists and how toreach underprivileged communitieswith care, technologies and supplies.

Mazal graduated with honorsfrom OSU’s School of Allied MedicalProfessions in 2004 with a doublemajor in Radiologic Technology andHumanities. He is currently pursuinga master’s degree in Ohio State’sRadiologic Assistant program, whichprepares ARRT-registered and Ohio-licensed radiographers for expandedroles working with a supervisingradiologist. When he graduates inthe spring of 2011, he will be the sec-ond graduate from this relativelynew program.

Opening Doors in Columbus’ Free Clinic:Imaging the UninsuredLike other free clinics across the country, the Physician’s Free Clinic inColumbus, Ohio, provides free, one-time care to thousands of underservedpatients each year, operating solely on the services of volunteer physicians,nurses, specialists and other health care professionals. Most of its patientsdo not have health insurance.

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Radiographer Jonathan Mazal (‘04) and fellowalumna Jennifer Rosen (‘05) performing an imagingdiagnosis on a patient at the Physician’s Free Clinicin Columbus, Ohio.

Supporting the Agency7,500 hours – almost a full year of eight-hourworkdays; that’s how many service hours studentsenrolled in SAMP’s health sciences servicelearning course have given to the community sincethe course was introduced in 2005.

DEVELOPED BY JILL CLUTTER, PhD,CHES, Health, Wellness and MedicalDietetics, and Georgianna Sergakis,PhD, RRT, Geriatrics and Gerontologytrack in Health Sciences, the healthsciences service learning course givesstudents the opportunity to learnabout teamwork and leadership in areal-world setting while supportingcommunity agencies.

“Beyond the sheer number ofservice hours, the impact of our stu-dents’ service is immeasurable,” saysClutter. “Whether it is creating aninteractive Web site to support hos-pice services, developing resources forfamilies of children with chronic ill-nesses, or locating support services inunderserved areas, our studentschange lives.”

Students in the service learningcourse worked with a number of com-munity agencies, including theArthritis Foundation, YMCA, GoodwillIndustries, Senior Home Care,Hospice and Columbus PublicSchools. Grouped into consultingteams of four and assigned an agencyfor the quarter, they worked togetherto identify a need at the agency,researched and developed possiblesolutions, presented ideas to theagency and implemented a workingprogram before the quarter’s end.

Senior Anne Hereda and hergroup developed and taught a three-part class on dementia awareness forthe Hilltop YMCA in Columbus. “As aGeriatrics and Gerontology major, Iwas especially excited about this pro-gram,” she says. “With all of theemerging research about healthyaging, both physically and mentally,there is so much information to sharethat could really help people improvequality of life.” Thirty-five people par-ticipated in the program.

Erin Brossia, a Health andWellness major, coordinated anannual Walkathon for GoodwillIndustries. “As the agency’s largestfundraiser, it was imperative that wesucceed in our efforts,” notes Erin.

Her team managed the eventfrom start to finish, from choosing thetheme to coordinating training ses-sions and keeping people motivatedthroughout the initiative.

Both students came out of theexperience confident about their abil-ity to solve problems, work within agroup and develop practical solutionsto complex issues.

“Watching students grow in com-petence and confidence while servingthe community, we couldn’t ask foranything better,” concludes Clutter.

Geriatrics and gerontology major AnneHereda (top photo, standing left) and herteam developed and delivered a course indementia at a local YMCA, while a healthand wellness team led by Erin Brossia -(middle photo, top row, center) coordinatedan annual walkathon fundraiser for GoodwillIndustries.

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COLLEEN SPEES, a registered dietitianand PhD candidate in Medical Dietetics,recognized that these intrinsic skills hadpowerful possibilities for linking themwith community agencies. As part of anutrition education class, Speescharged her computer-savvy studentswith creating evidence-based healthand wellness messages using accessibleand portable media (DVDs, laptops,podcasts, etc.) in an engaging, low-costand entertaining format.

“I didn’t want this just to be an aca-demic exercise,” stresses Spees. “Thecommunity really needs accessible andtimely information about good nutrition,and our students need experience work-ing in real world environments.”

Accordingly, students wereassigned to agencies that serve high-risk populations, such as food banks,free clinics and the Red Cross.Students visited the agencies,researched community needs andassessed target populations beforedeveloping health messages tailored

to specific client needs and interests.Ericca Lovegrove, a senior in

Medical Dietetics, worked with thePhysician’s Free Clinic to develop aPowerPoint presentation on thevirtues of eating more fiber. She says,“While the technical part of theassignment was relatively easy, thechallenge came in talking about spe-cific nutrition information in waysthat would connect with the patientaudience. Working with my agencypartners, I developed a five-minutemedia loop for the patient waitingarea that isn’t too wordy and relies onlots of colorful pictures to effectivelycommunicate with patients.”

Spees explains that is part of theclass goal. “Our students have greatknowledge and skills about technologyand evidence-based medicine, but lackdirect patient experience; our commu-nity colleagues are experts in caring forspecific patient populations, but mayhave limited technology and computerapplication skills. By bridging this gap,our community colleagues gained atangible and useful product and ourstudents learned about translatingclassroom experiences into profes-sional environments.”

Six other students built from afoundation of work Spees and DianeHabash, PhD, RD, LD, had previouslycompleted for the Red Cross. Theagency asked students to develop pre-

sentations about specific topics theagency needed to share with the com-munity. The resulting presentationswere titled “Increasing Iron,”“Overcoming Iron Deficiency,” and“Your Blood Iron before Donation.”

“The students’ completed DVDsadd a multimedia approach to donorrecruitment at health fairs. The con-cepts of iron, anemia and blood dona-tion become so much clearer whenpresented in this format,” states AnniePowell, donor relations coordinator,American Red Cross Blood Services.

Teaching Healthy Eating: Computer SavvyMeets Health EducationIf there’s one thing today’s students have in common, it’s theirtechnological capabilities. Often called the “millennial” generation, thesestudents have grown up with technology and are particularly adept atembracing new and emerging technology to communicate with each other.

For her nutrition education class project,Ericca Lovegrove developed a PowerPointpresentation on the virtues of eating morefiber for visitors to the Columbus Free Clinic.

The American Dietetic Associationrecently recognized Ohio State as theTop Innovator in Education at theNational Innovations in Practice andEducation Showcase. Colleen Spees,CCTS doctoral fellow, MEd, RD, LD;Diane Habash, PhD, RD, LD; and KayWolf, PhD, RD, LD, were selected fromeducators and practitioners across thecountry for their innovation in develop-ing and successfully implementingTechnology Skills of Millennials Appliedto Nutrition Education CourseAssignment: Computer Savvy MeetsNutrition Education to Transcend theClassroom into the Community.

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Colleen Spees, Kay Wolf and Diane Habash

Rebuilding Lives for the HomelessFor many students, spring break means sunning on some sandy beachor hooking up with hometown friends. For three Allied Med students, itmeans helping others rebuild lives while learning about their communitiesand themselves.

FIFTH-YEAR HEALTH INFORMATIONand Management Systems studentSachin Sharma and third-year MedicalTechnology student Kevin Doyle havespent their spring break helping low-income working families to rebuildtheir homes with other Habitat forHumanity volunteers in cities likeJacksonville and New Orleans and lit-tle known places like John’s Island,South Carolina.

Doyle chose Habitat for Humanitybecause, as he says, “I liked its philos-ophy of helping people to build some-thing themselves.” While in John’sIsland, South Carolina, he helped tobuild homes for families at three dif-ferent sites. “In some cases, we wererefurbishing the homes; at othertimes, we were insulating walls, put-ting up drywall or painting,” he said.

Sharma’s work with Habitat forHumanity included a stint in NewOrleans, two years after HurricaneKatrina, and another in Jacksonville,Florida. While learning how to put upsiding, roofing and insulation, he gotto know some of the families whose

homes he was rebuilding. Seeing howmuch the families appreciated hishelp made him realize how much oneperson can make a difference, andhow “by working together,” as he says,“we can help change the world.”

In addition to his work withHabitat, Sharma has spent time work-ing as a cook and serving meals at ahomeless shelter run by theInspiration Corporation, a nonprofitorganization that provides housing,employment and support services tothe homeless in Chicago.

The organization’s goal, explainsSharma, is to provide support andpromote self-sufficiency in an environ-ment where individuals can feelrespected and retain their dignity. In2009, the organization placed 107long-time homeless individuals andfamilies into subsidized apartmentsand 126 men and women into jobs.

Caroline Marra has also given ofher time serving the homeless.

Passing homeless people on her wayto church in her hometown ofPittsburgh, PA, she often wonderedwhy her fellow parishioners wouldinvolve themselves in missions aroundthe world but showed little or nointerest in helping those in their ownback yard. So, with guidance from heryouth group leader, Marra created theYouth Outreach Council to engageyoung people at the church to servePittsburgh’s most vulnerable people.

Today, six years later, when Marrareturns home for spring break, sheplunges right back into coordinatingcouncil activities, collecting donations,and serving food at a shelter for home-less men. “Most of these men are justlike anyone else,” says Marra, a third-year Medical Technology student atOhio State. “They have just fallen onhard times for one reason or another.”

SAMP students Caroline Marra (photo left), Sachin Sharma (center photo, rear) and Kevin Doyle (photoright) spent part of their summer vacations housing the homeless and improving lives across America.

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IT’S THE SPIRIT of competition thatrallies Athletic Training studentsaround community service, accordingto Caroline Lewis, a graduating senior inthe Athletic Training Division. As presi-dent of the Athletic Training Club(ATC), Lewis has helped the groupidentify overlooked service learningopportunities. In the past year, the ATChas used its enthusiasm for beating pre-vious goals to organize students aroundseveral new community service proj-ects, including a Thanksgiving fooddrive that collected 700 cans of food todonate to the Homeless FamiliesFoundation, a school supplies collectionthat sent needed materials to school-age children in Iraq, and a “dress drive”that collected more than 100 previouslyworn prom dresses to underserved girlsin the Columbus area.

“Theissues thatget lessattention arethe oneswe’ve tried toaddress,”Lewis says.The dressdrive ideastarted whenseveral stu-dents weretalking aboutthe promdresses thatwere just sit-ting in their closets at home. Thegroup found an organization inColumbus called Fairy Goodmothersthat gives donated prom dresses togirls with limited means.

Alana King, a junior in the secondyear of the Athletic Training program,feels participating in the ATC outreachprograms has broadened her under-standing of the world around her.Much as her clinical field experience

with the Columbus Crew has helpedher learn how to be the “first line ofdefense” for athletes, she says she’slearned how her role in service out-reach can be a powerful “first line” ofaction that can make a difference insomeone’s life. Acting on an observa-tion from fellow classmates who hadserved in Iraq, club members got theidea to conduct a drive for school sup-plies to send to children in those war-torn villages.

The ATC continues several otherlong-standing and popular serviceoutreach efforts, including the annualEaster egg hunt at SullivantElementary School, Christmas carol-ing at the James Cancer Hospital andthe 24-hour Relay for Life walk toraise money for the American CancerSociety. Associate Professor and

ClinicalCoordinatorLaura Harris,PhD, ATC,says the out-reach activi-ties help thestudentsbecome well-rounded indi-viduals andpractitionersin the field.“The studentsare really driv-ing this activ-ity,” says

Harris, a founding adviser to the club,“and they’re increasing people’sawareness of how everyone can havean impact on their community.”

Working through the OrganizationAthletic Training Club members Caroline Lewis and Alana King have beenorganizing students in volunteer efforts that range from a food drive for thehomeless in Columbus to a school supplies collection for children in Iraq.

In their spare time, OSU Athletic Training Club members, led by President Caroline Lewis (top right) andAlana King (top left), are reaching out to communities near and far collecting food, clothing and schoolsupplies; raising funds for cancer; caroling; and bringing Easter egg hunts to inner city school children.

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Championing the Champ CampersRespiratory Therapy student Melissa Frasure is one of many students andalumni who each year serve as volunteer counselors at Champ Camp, a week-long summer camp for children and adolescents with tracheostomies andthose who require respiratory assistance.

CAN YOU IMAGINE children whohave to wear a tracheostomy or venti-lator just to breathe camping, hiking,canoeing and horseback riding atsummer camp? That’s how “ChampCamp” campers have been campingevery summer for nearly 20 yearswith the help of trained professionals– respiratory therapists, doctors,nurses, and physical and occupationaltherapists – at their sides.

Respiratory therapy seniorMelissaFrasure was one of six SAMP studentsand seven SAMP alumni to serve asChamp Camp counselors last summer.For one week, Frasure bunked with thecampers in order to monitor and pro-vide medical interventions during thenight and awoke each morning to outfither charges with ventilators and trachs,administer vest treatments for clearingtheir lungs, and generally make surethey would be able to breathe properlybefore joining the other campers withsimilar challenges.

Their respiratory conditions, chal-lenging as they may be in terms ofinhibiting activity and movement, aregenerally not the worst of the prob-lems for these children. In fact, they

are usually the result of other seriousconditions, diseases and physicalchallenges.

“Kids come to camp with a varietyof conditions, including muscular dys-trophy, cerebral palsy, and spinal mus-cular atrophy, which result in respira-tory problems and difficulty swallow-ing. Some have scoliosis of the spineand quadriplegia,” explains Melissa.

But that doesn’t stop them fromventuring out and having a good time.With specially adapted equipmentand activities, Champ Camp providesthese children with opportunities forfishing, pontoon boating, canoeing,creative arts, swimming, horsebackriding, nature and stream study, tentcamping, and photography. There isalso a 60-foot tower that simulateswhat they call “alpine climbing.”Willing participants are fastened intoa climbing stretcher and hoisted upthe side of the 60-foot tower for aview that would make a seasoned ath-letic feel queasy. “These kids love it,”exclaims Melissa.“They are fearless.”

With an average of 2.5 counselorsassigned to each camper, the childrenare guaranteed a good mix of caring

and sharing. “We try to give thecampers room to experience theirenvironment in their own way and attheir own speed and, most impor-tantly, within safe bounds,” saysMelissa. “The goal is to help themlearn to build faith in themselves andtrust others.”

Located in Ashley, Ohio, justnorth of Columbus, Champ Camp Inc.is a non-profit, private organizationbegun in 1991 by David Carter andNancy McCurdy. It is one of only afew such programs in the nation tooffer camping opportunities for youth“living on a ventilator.”

For more informationabout Champ Camp, visithttp://www.champcamp.org/about/story.html.

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Respiratory Therapy junior Melissa Frasure(center photo) has spent the past few summersmaking sure that children with severe respira-tory conditions have as close to a “traditional”camping experience as possible at ChampCamp, a summer camp specifically designed forchildren with tracheotomies or dependent ontechnological and ventilator assistance.

Tiffin, Ohio based P.T. ServicesRehabilitation, Inc. has launched afive-year effort to support scholarshipsfor Ohio State students enrolled in theDPT program.

The scholarship fund was initiated byState PT alumnus Mike Herbert, presidentof the company, to assist students in theirprofessional training. The PT students whoreceived awards in 2009 were Elise Bertke,Megan Martin, and Sarah Poling. The 2010scholarship awardees are Erica Bruggeman,Katherine Egbert, and Preston Stoller.

P.T. Services Rehabilitation, Inc. is a pri-vate practice group with clinics and serviceoffices throughout Northwest Ohio,Southern Michigan, and Eastern Iowa. Itwas founded in 1972 by a group of OhioState Physical Therapy graduates.Currently,14 Ohio State alumni in allied health work for thecompany.

“P.T. Services values the strong academic program atOhio State and the capabilities of its graduates,” said MarkS. Somodi, executive director of the company. “We havesupported the rehab industry in Ohio for many years andour business and employees actively support their almamaters through clinical affiliations and financial support,”Somodi added.

“The management team of P.T. Service Rehabwanted to support Ohio State’s PhysicalTherapy through a special scholarship thatsupports those individuals who are interestedin pursuing their profession in our company’sgeographic service area,” Somodi said.

The company also values building partnerships with PTdegree programs because it strengthens the profession andoffers opportunities for students to be mentored within theprivate practice setting, he said.

According to scholarship recipient and third-year stu-dent Elise Bertke, the funds were a significant help in meet-ing school costs during her clinical rotations. “It is the sup-port of generous donors who make it possible for studentslike me to succeed in this program,” Bertke said. “I was notable to work part-time during my clinical experiences, sothe scholarship was incredibly helpful.”

For Megan Martin, the scholarship was also key to herschool success. “The scholarship helps me focus on pursuingmy goals in Physical Therapy with less financial burden and Iam truly grateful,” Martin said. “I hope that one day I am ableto return the favor for future Physical Therapy students.”

Deborah Givens, director of the division of PhysicalTherapy, notes that scholarship support from successfulalumni who have established private practices is immenselyimportant for the program and its students. “We are fortu-nate to have wonderful alumni who have built tremendouspractices and we celebrate their generosity and willingness topay forward to advance our program and help our students.”

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For more information about these gifts or additional giving opportunities, please contact Julie Conry,Medical Center Development, at (614) 366-0229 or julie.conry@osumc.edu, or visit www.giveto.osu.edu/index.asp.

Wallace Family Creates Scholarshipfor Physical Therapy

Advocate, educator, clinician, innovator, mentor, andfriend. No one who met LynnWallace within or outside thePhysical Therapy and athletic training community could missthe passion and devotion he held for his profession. It was a37-year commitment that took him from the sidelines of OhioState football to the creation of a private practice thatblended his special talents and love for athletics and physicaltherapy.

His fearlessness, independence and persistence shapedhis career and carried him through a six year battle with can-cer that ended in 2009. Those who knew him best couldalways recall his philosophy to “pay forward, work harderthan anyone else, put patients first, and if you can’t answer aquestion, find an answer.”

To honor his legacy, career, and life-long support foreducation, theWallace family, led by his wife Diane Tuuri anddaughters EmilyWallace and Kate Snyder, have establishedthe Lynn AllenWallace Scholarship Fund in Sports PhysicalTherapy at Ohio State. Approved by the Board of Trustees inMay, the endowed scholarship will be used to support stu-dents with a career interest in sports physical therapy.

When he arrived on the Ohio State campus as a fresh-man in 1966, he was intent on obtaining dual certifications inathletic training and physical therapy at a time when the spe-cialties were not closely aligned. He traversed the split loyal-ties of the diverse disciplines and earned a BS in HealthEducation in 1971, and a certificate in PT in 1972 from OhioState. He later obtained a MS from CaseWestern Reserve in1977 and a PhD from Columbia Pacific University in 1991. Heselected Ohio State as an undergrad because he was advisedhe would have a broader experience. The advice proved true,as he trained under Ernie Biggs, the head athletic trainer, andserved theWoody Hayes football program during two trips tothe Rose Bowl in 1969 and 1971.

“Ernie Biggs, Coach Hayes, and PT faculty Frank Piersonand John Chidley were chief influences those first four yearson his independence, optimism, and work ethic,” recalled hiswife Diane Tuuri. “When it came to education, he believedyou can never get enough and you can never give enough.”

After leaving Ohio State, he served as an athletic trainerand therapist at the University of Iowa. He later started thesports medicine program at Rainbow Babies and Children’sHospital and CaseWestern Reserve University in Clevelandand entered private practice in 1977 atWestern ReserveTherapy. He founded his own practice in 1985, Ohio PhysicalTherapy and Sports Medicine Inc. in Cleveland. He devel-oped a post graduate fellowship for sports physical therapyand trained national leaders in the field, including GordonEiland, Steve Hoffman, DolphWoodall, and Bob Tank.

“Lynn continually mentored andtaught orthopedic and pediatric resi-

dents, PT students, and students exploring PT careers,” Tuurisaid. “Andrew Naylor came to Lynn for two summers of PTexperience and is now an OSU DPT graduate. He had asuperb patience for listening and was happiest when he couldhelp someone – a student, peer, patient or friend with hisknowledge, resources, talent, or kindness,” she added.

He pioneered many ideas in the early ‘70s and taughtevidence based practice before it was in vogue. He taughtextensively both nationally and internationally espousing thenotion that “you don’t really know it until you can teach it.”His approach was to demonstrate the art and science ofphysical therapy, with the patient as the focal point.

According to his colleagues and friends, theWallacelegacy of learning and service helped shaped the path of theprofessional development of sports physical therapy.

He served on the APTA committee to develop the SportsMedicine Specialty, the APTA Committee to write the SportsMedicine Specialty Examination, and was the second presi-dent of the Sports Physical Therapy Section from 1976-1980.In 2004, the LynnWallace Clinical Education Award wasestablished to honor excellence in clinical education in sportsphysical therapy. In 2007, he received the LifetimeAchievement Award by the Sports Physical Therapy Sectionof the APTA.

“While much of his passion was athletic train-ing, the time was right to steer the focus of hisscholarship to sports physical therapy, nowestablished nationally as a specialty andthriving, thanks to Lynn,” noted Tuuri.

“He would be proud that a scholarship bearing his nameis like planting a seed with no guarantee or preordained out-come, but where the combination of financial support and thetalent of an individual might yield great things,” she added.“He was an optimist with a capital “O” and the driving pas-sion of his life’s work traces back to his years at Ohio State,the best six years and five summers of his life.”

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Woody Hayes emphasized how important it is for us to “pay forward.” He believedthe great education we received at Ohio State provided us with the ability to payforward for the rest of our lives. As a board member of the School of AlliedMedical Professions Alumni Society for the past five years, I have had the privilegeto serve and interact with alumni who pay forward in appreciation for the placethat prepared them for their careers.

In 2010, the SAMP Alumni Society hopes to establish more events and program-ming to engage alumni and students. We encourage our alumni to provide insighton how we can continue to grow and improve the Society, and how we interactwith our members. I would like to extend an invitation to alumni who are inter-ested in serving on the board, or on a committee of the board, to contact usthrough our Web site, http://sampalumni.clubexpress.com/, and attend one of ourupcoming meetings to experience what we are about and what we are planningfor the future.

Thanks to contributions from many sources, including the generosity of SAMPalumni, a deserving student will soon receive the first SAMP Alumni SocietyScholarship. We ask that you continue to support our scholarship endowmentfund by participating in the SAMP Golf Outing on August 7, and attending our tail-gating event, Bucks, Brew and Barbeque, during OSU Alumni Weekend. Pleasecontinue to visit our Web site, or visit us on Facebook, to access current informa-tion on SAMP alumni events, apply for membership in the SAMP Alumni Society,or purchase raffle tickets for a chance to purchase a pair of tickets to any of thisyear’s home football games.

In closing, I’d like to thank our alumni who have remained committed to payingforward through the SAMP Alumni Society. We look forward to seeing familiarfaces and welcoming new society members at upcoming alumni events. I hopethat these experiences will lead to renewed and lasting friendships.

Thank you for your support,

Timothy P ClousePresident, School of Allied Medical Professions Alumni Society

FROM THE President

Timothy P. Clouse

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For Charles Gulas (PT ’76), PhD, GCS, rivetingblog posts each day from Hospital AlbertSchweitzer in Deschapelles, Haiti, became away to update concerned colleagues following

the nation’s devastating January 12 earthquake.Now dean of the School of Health Professions at

Maryville University in St. Louis, Gulas has served thehospital for the past two years through HealthVolunteers Overseas. On a brief sabbatical fromMaryville, he was helping to educate six students at thebeginning of a nine-month rehabilitation techniciantraining program when the earthquake struck.

One night later, the 60-bed hospital staff had organ-ized presurgical triage in the emergency room, observa-tion area, hallways, outpatient areas and put mats on thefloor to stabilize more than 200 traumatic injury patients.At one point, Hospital Albert Schweitzer techniciansmatched 500 X-rays in a 24-hour period.

“We had families delivering hundreds of patients tous on trucks and by bus from Port-au-Prince,” Gulas said.“The patients we sawwere the more stable ones becausethey had to withstand a two-hour ride from the city.”

To the hospital’s benefit was the fact that, inAugust 2009, its first physical therapist, David Charles,was hired to run a PT unit with three rehabilitationtechnicians whom Gulas had helped educate the yearbefore. The earthquake-initiated injuries they were sta-bilizing before surgery, including fractured and crushedlimbs, spinal cord injuries, amputations and even braininjury, became complicated due to shortening supplies.

“We have learned to be very creative withmakeshift equipment, given that we are out of smallcrutches, immobilizers and splints,” Gulas posted in hisJanuary 16 blog, part of a series found at

http://drgulas.com. “I think I amnow an expert with cardboard andace bandages. Although the pic-tures tend to show mostly crutchwalking, we are also doing quite abit of exercise.”

The emotions within the hospi-tal were equal parts heartbreak andinspiration, he said. While incredi-bly proud of the manner in whichhis current and former studentsengaged patients with range-of-motion exercises, gaitingtraining and other treatments, he was struck by the med-ical realities his patients will face for years to come.Healing Hands for Haiti, a Port-au-Prince clinic with aprosthetic unit where Gulas served in 2007, his first yearin Haiti, was leveled by the earthquake.

“How do you tell a 13-year-old girl that she may neverhave a prosthesis for her right leg?” he noted in his blog.

Through it all, Gulas said he plans to go back toHospital Albert Schweitzer by January 2011, if notsooner. He enjoys working with his health volunteercolleagues, including Denise English, PT, the programdirector of the rehabilitation technician training.

Hospital Albert Schweitzer is in dire need of donorfunds to increase its rehabilitation services with a pros-thetic clinic, while expanding its operating rooms,Gulas reported. Donations may be sent towww.hashaiti.org, or www.friendsofhas.org.

In addition to his physical therapy certificate fromOhio State, Gulas earned a bachelor’s in psychology andbiology from Hiram College, a master’s in education fromMaryville University and his doctorate in higher educa-tional administration from St. Louis University.

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2009 SAMP Alumni SocietyGolf OutingThe 2009 SAMP Alumni Golf Outing to benefit the scholarship fund hadbeautiful weather and an excellent course at Bent Tree Golf Course inSunbury, Ohio. After lunch, the first three games of the football ticket rafflewere drawn, prizes distributed to the participants and trophies awarded tothe winning foursome. The 2009 winning team included Kristen Bach,Mindy Hunter, Brian Raike and Steve Lewis.

Alumni onMore than 200 alumni have joined the OSU SAMP Alumni group on Facebook. The site contains postings of past,current and future event information and photos. Alumni interested in joining should first sign up for a Facebookaccount and connect to “OSU SAMP Alumni.”

Bucks, Brew and BarbequeThe 2009 Bucks, Brew and Barbeque saw the return of more than 100 SAMP alumni, family and friends to campuslast fall to participate in a silent auction and a cornhole tournament, as well as to hear a pregame speech by formerOSU football star, two-time Heisman Trophy winner Archie Griffin. The event provided an excellent tailgate experi-ence for all, with good music, large-screen projection of the game, and catering provided by City Barbecue.

Thanks to the following2009 Golf Outing Sponsors:

ELITE EVENT SPONSOR ($1000)Physical Therapy Consultative Services

EVENT SPONSORS ($500+)Nationwide Children’s HospitalOhio Healthcare Federal Credit UnionOhio State’s Comprehensive Cancer Center –The James Cancer Hospital andSolove Research InstituteThe Ohio State University Medical CenterSAMP Alumni Society

CONTEST SPONSORS ($100)Cleverley + Associates - Closest to PinOhioHealth - Longest PuttLIQUIDDESIGN - Longest DriveLiberty Mutual – Hole-in-One

HOLE SPONSORS ($50)Elite Detailing ServicesOHIMAOhio Medical Physics Consulting, LLC

Door PrizesArena Grand Theater, TheBuckeye Corner, TheChamppsCold Stone CreameryColumbus CrewColumbus ZooThe James Cancer HospitalLIQUIDDESIGNPei Wei Asian Diner – SawmillOSU Medical Center,The SAMP Alumni SocietyThe Scarlet Ribbon Gift Shop

Other Supporters:All American Awards – trophiesLIQUID DESIGN – golf ballsResch’s Bakery – breakfast items

Special Thanks to our volunteers who made this daypossible: Brad Locke, Deborah Larsen, Tim Clouse,Valarie Hannahs, Julie Conry, Kristin Liggett, Lindsay Heil,Jen Morgenstern, Liz Crabill, and Katrina Dailey

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CONGRATULATIONSTO THE 2009FOOTBALL TICKETWINNERS

Robert R. (Apex, NC)

Sean H. (Houston, TX)

Pamela S. (Wadsworth, OH)

Marcy D. (Columbus, OH)

Karen M. (Heiskell, TN)

MIndy L. (Hilliard, OH)

Rachelle W. (Columbus, OH)

Wendy D. (Wimberly, TX)

Renee P. (Lewis Center, OH)

Jeff H. (Cincinnati, OH)

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION TICKET LOTTERY PROCESS FOR 2010Anyone who is an active dues-paying member of the Association asof March 1 and applies by May 31 will be entered into a randomticket lottery. The Alumni Association is no longer using an alphabetbreak system to determine your specific game eligibility, and gamesare no longer pre-assigned. The Athletics Ticket Office is also nolonger using the “consecutive years” criteria to determine ticket pri-ority. Names and games will be drawn randomly from all of themember ticket applications. There will be no special lottery for theMichigan game, and tickets to that game will be included in the ran-dom lottery along with all of the other home games. Additionalinformation on the Alumni Association’s ticket policy changes isavailable at www.ohiostatealumni.org/newscenter/football08.php

Alumni cannot be awarded tickets through the Alumni Associationand Alumni Society for the same game.

Foo tba l l t i cke t POL ICY

2010 FOOTBALL SEASON SCHEDULE(Start time to be announced)

DATE OPPONENT LOCATION

Thursday, September 2 Marshall Columbus, OhioSaturday, September 11 Miami (FL) Columbus, OhioSaturday, September 18 Ohio Columbus, OhioSaturday, September 25 Eastern Michigan Columbus, OhioSaturday, October 02 Illinois * at Champaign, Ill.Saturday, October 09 Indiana * Columbus, OhioSaturday, October 16 Wisconsin * at Madison, Wis.Saturday, October 23 Purdue * Columbus, OhioSaturday, October 30 Minnesota * at Minneapolis, Minn.Saturday, November 13 Penn State * Columbus, OhioSaturday, November 20 Iowa * at Iowa City, IowaSaturday, November 27 Michigan * Columbus, Ohio

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� First Society Scholarships Awarded

Two students have been named to receivescholarships from the newly-endowed SAMPAlumni Society Scholarship Fund. Mary Secor, ajunior in the HIMS program, and Jesse Cook, agraduate student in the Occupational Therapy pro-gram, are the first recipients of the fund, whichbecame fully endowed last year, thanks to contribu-tions from alumni and friends of the School.

� SAMP Connect Links Studentswith Alumni

For graduates to excel inthe rapidly changing field ofallied medicine, it is importantfor them to have not only astrong classroom foundation,but also practical guidancefrom those who are estab-lished in the industry. SAMPConnect, a new studentorganization created by HIMSjuniors Allison Spara andManjursi (MJ) Nguyen, bringstogether HIMS students with

alumni professionals in their field for some practi-cal advice on industry trends and career paths, aswell as to develop and cultivate a professional net-work. The new program closes the gap betweenwhat is learned in the classroom and how thatknowledge can be used to build a career. For moreinformation about SAMP Connect, contact AllisonSpara at spara.2@osu.edu.

Locke Receives OAA AwardBrad Locke (’01, RT) was cho-sen to receive a 2009 OSUAlumni AssociationOutstanding Society LeaderAward.During his two yearsas treasurer of the School ofAllied Medical ProfessionsAlumni Society Board, Bradhas managed the society’sfinances, grown membership,initiated web development,

and enhanced communications with both membersand non-members. Brad’s contributions are mostappreciated.

For more details about upcoming events,visit http://sampalumni.clubexpress.com/

2010 – 2011Calendar of Events

2010 SAMP Alumni Scholarship Golf OutingSaturday, August 7, 2010Bent Tree Golf Club350 Bent Tree Road,Sunbury, OhioStart Time: 8:15 a.m.

• Cost: $100 (Includes green fees, cart fee, cookout buffet andbeverage tickets)

• Door prizes and tournament prizes provided• Host: OSU Great, two-time Heisman Trophy winnerArchie Griffin

• Sponsorships are available. Please contact Lauree Handlon athandlon.1@osu.edu, if you are interested in providing financialsupport or in donating items for door prizes.

2010 Bucks, Brew and BarbequeScheduled for OSU Alumni Reunion Weekend -Saturday, September 11, 2010

• OSU vs. Miami – Game time 3:40 p.m.• Catering by City Barbeque• Silent auction of OSU merchandise and memorabiliaCornhole tournament

• Limited tickets available.• Contact SAMP Alumni society at sas@osumc.edu.

2011 Student – Alumni Hockey EventFebruary 2011Date and game to be announced

“Dinner for 12 Strangers” –Student-Alumni Mentoring ProgramDate and Times TBA

Out-To-Eat NightFall event to be announced

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Timothy P. ClousePresident

Health Sciences, 2005Senior Physician Informatics Analyst

Mount Carmel Health System

Matt RidleyPresident-Elect

Health Sciences, 2005Director of Customer Service

Memorial Hospital of Union County

Brad LockeTreasurer

Respiratory Therapy, 2001Respiratory Therapist

Doctors and Riverside Methodist Hospitals

Lauree (Ring)Handlon,MS, RHIA, CCS, CPC-HTreasurer-ElectHIMS, 2000

Data Quality and Reimbursement ConsultantCleverley + Associates

Kristin Liggett, RHIASecretary

HIMS, 2003Assistant Director – Medical Information Management

Ohio State University Hospital East

Jerimee Graham, RHIAHIMS, 2007Manager

The Ohio State University Medical Center

Lindsey Heil, RHIAHIMS, 2006

Charge Master AnalystThe Ohio State University Medical Center

Jennifer MorgensternHealth Sciences, 2007Graduate Student

The Ohio State University College of Nursing

Katrina DaileyHIMS, 2008

Team Manager of File Services and Document ImagingThe Ohio State University Medical Center

Curt ShondellPhysical Therapy, 2004

Physical TherapistOhio Therapy Institute at The OhioOrthopedic Center of Excellence

2009-2010 SAMP ALUMNI SOCIETY BOARD

SAMP Alumni Society Board members (front row) Kynthia Droesch, LaureeHandlon, Lindsay Heil, Katrina Dailey, Kristin Liggett and Deb Larson; (second

row) Brad Locke, Matt Ridley, Curt Shondell and Tim Clouse

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