USC Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy

NEWS ARCHIVE

08.21.2025

Decoding How Apathy Works in the Body and Brain

Assistant Professor Kristan Leech has received a new grant to study how motivation and walking work together in patients post-stroke.

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07.30.2025

Practicing What They Preach

In pursuing their own academic doctorate degrees, three seasoned USC DPT faculty members (including Elise Ruckert, pictured above with her two children) model lifelong learning and continuous personal

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07.29.2025

Faculty Member Takes on an Advisory Role at the American Medical Association

Stephanie Woelfel has spent her career focused on wounds and other ways to improve physical therapy. BY KATHARINE GAMMON STEPHANIE WOELFEL HAS BEEN SELECTED to serve on the American Medical Associatio

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07.24.2025

Five Things to Know:
Steven Garcia
Assistant Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy

Steven Garcia recently the USC Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy as an assistant professor of clinical physical therapy. With a passion for anatomy, kinesiology and research, Garcia brin

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07.07.2025

Five Things to Know:
Emily Lundstrom
Assistant Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy

BY ANDREW FAUGHT A LIFELONG ATHLETE, Assistant Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy Emily Lundstrom has always been passionate about the role of teaching and research in expanding the understanding

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06.24.2025

Woelfel Earns APTA Practice Award

The Henry O. and Florence P. Kendall Practice Award honors individuals who have made outstanding and lasting contributions to physical therapy practice. BY JOHN HOBBS MA ’14 ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR O

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05.27.2025

Lori Michener recognized as 2025 National Athletic Trainers’ Association Fellow

Professor-Clinical Scholar Lori Michener has been recognized as a 2025 Fellow of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA), a distinction awarded to only the most accomplished scholars cont

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05.16.2025

The Accidental Physical Therapist

Once an aspiring pharmacist, an auto accident forever changed the career trajectory of Anika Nazari DPT ’25 to one in physical therapy. BY JAMIE WETHERBE MA ’04 ANIKA NAZARI DPT ’25 FOUND HE

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05.14.2025

Rising from the Ashes

To finish his studies, graduate Jason Ezzy DPT ’25 had to balance his DPT studies with unimaginable loss, including the destruction of his Altadena home.

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05.12.2025

Future in Focus

The first doctor in his family, graduate Bolaji Oshin DPT ’25 reflects on the total transformation he experienced while pursuing his DPT degree at USC. BY MICHELLE McCARTHY AS BOLAJI OSHIN APPROACHE

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