USC Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy

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09.19.2025

Powers Earns 2026 McMillan Visionary Leader Lecture Award

Professor/Associate Chair Christopher Powers PhD '96 has earned the 2026 McMillan Visionary Leader Lecture Award, which is meant to recognize a physical therapist who has made “inspirational, signif

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09.08.2025

Division Names Interim Associate Dean/Chair

Professor-Clinical Scholar of Physical Therapy Lori Michener has stepped into the Interim Associate Dean and Chair role for at least a year until a permanent leader is installed.

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09.08.2025

Celebrating Jim Gordon’s 25 Years of Leadership

Twenty-five years after taking the reins, James Gordon has stepped down from his leadership role as Associate Dean and Chair, leaving the Division transformed into a model for research, education and

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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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