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Welcome to Balachandar Kathirvelu, MD, PhD – our newest clinical assistant professor. Dr. “Bala” is teaching many of the foundational science courses, including Human Anatomy. He received his medical degree from Kilpauk Medical College (Chennai, India), and his MS and PhD in Behavioral Neuroscience from Tulane University (New Orleans, Louisiana). He then completed his postdoctoral training at the University of California at Los Angeles. Before moving to ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ, Dr. Bala worked as an instructor of anatomy and as a researcher at Central Michigan University. We are thrilled to have him join our ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ DPT Family.

Congratulations to Dr. Arlianne Bejarano (DPT Class of 2015) for earning her Orthopaedic Clinical Specialist certification!

Congratulations to Dr. Jason Boyle, Dr. Rhonda Manning, and colleagues for publication of their study entitled A Novel Approach to Enhancing Upper Extremity Coordination in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in the Journal of Motor Behavior.

Congratulations to Dr. Alvaro Gurovich and colleagues, who have had multiple publications of their studies this summer! These are:  1) Comparison Between Cuff-based and Radial Tonometry Exercise-induced Central Blood Pressure in the European Journal of Applied Physiology; 2) Characterization of Blood Flow Patterns and Endothelial Shear Stress during Flow Mediated Dilation in the Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging; and 3) Acute Dietary Nitrate Does Not Reduce Resting Metabolic Rate or Oxidative Stress Marker 8-isoprostane in Healthy Males and Females in the International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition.