USC Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy

NEWS ARCHIVE

12.12.2025

The Ultimate Gift

USC is home to one of a few DPT programs nationwide to offer its students a dedicated anatomy lab. Earlier this month, the Division will hold its third annual donor appreciation ceremony to thank the

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12.02.2025

Diaz Earns AASPT Excellence in Education Award

Associate Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy Aimee Diaz has earned the 2026 Excellence in Education Award from the American Academy of Sports Physical Therapy. By earning the prestigious award �

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11.05.2025

The Making of a Clinician-Scientist

With recent DPT graduate and current PhD student Dan McPherson, the Division sees a model for future physical therapists — a clinician-scientist who can move confidently between the research lab and

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10.29.2025

How Extended Reality Can Help Rehab Patients

A new grant will fund the use of extended reality — technologies that merge the physical and virtual worlds — as rehabilitation for patients with cardiovascular and Parkinson’s diseases.

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10.10.2025

USC Researchers Study How Neural Systems Shape the Chronic Pain Experience

Associate Professor Jason Kutch has earned a new $2.9 million grant for a study using brain images from thousands of patients with endometriosis to better understand treatment response.

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10.06.2025

Monitoring Baby

Division researcher Kari Kretch has earned a new federal grant that will use wearable technology and machine learning to measure how infants’ everyday movements are related to optimal motor developm

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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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