Youngstown State University Physical Therapy

A successful Walk With a Doc today with a topic of Healthy Heart-Healthy Brian presented by Melissa Chambers. We thank our sponsors Cornerstone Caregiving and Buckeye PACE, and the Southern Park mall for supporting our event.
We will take a break for summer and encourage our walkers to keep walking in the nice weather. We will resume in September with more great speakers!

Day 1 for the DPT class of 2028, and MAT class of 2029 starting Human Gross Anatomy together. Good luck to these eager future healthcare professionals!🐧

YSU Assistant Professor Becky Riblet talks about Movement is Medicine and arthritis at our Walk With A Doc monthly education and walking event! Come get your blood pressure checked, your balance screened-learn and walk!! DPT Join us the first Thursday of the month at 10:00 AM!!

Recognizing our distinguished faculty and staff tonight:
Dr. Edmund Ickert-Distinguished professor in Service
Dr. Shannon Dudash-Distinguished professor in teaching.
Dr. Ken Learman-Distinguished professor in Scholarship.
Ashley Shilot-Distinguished Service to the department and outstanding operations specialist-Truely the glue to the department.
Congratulations all!

Rachel Ward and Jenna Troxil highlight their dissertation research at the Ohio Physical Therapy conference. Both are YSU DPT grads and are continuing in the PhD in Health Sciences program. We are very proud of their accomplishments!

The Ohio Physical Therapy spring conference does not disappoint. 42 YSU DPT students and faculty and alumnae are presenting, learning, networking and having a great time!

Dr. Ashley Rice from Healthsource chiropractic talks about stress management while walking during Walk with a Doc at the Southern Park mall. Join the YSU DPT program monthly for this program. Our next walk is May 7th. Come learn about arthritis and activity next month and get walking!!!Youngstown State Bitonte College of Health and Human ServicesHealthSource Chiropractic of Boardman

Representing YSU interprofessional education at the National Academies of Practice in Indianapolis. So thankful for the support of Dean Michaliszyn and the opportunity to learn more and strengthen our IPE initiative.

Recap of Walk with a Doc with guest speaker Dr. Witter from Barak Podiatry. Dr. Witter talked about how podiatrists help patients with balance, proper footwear and other common foot and ankle problems. Thank you Barak podiatry for supporting WWAD and our community!

Physical Therapy students and faculty represent YSU strong at the APTA 2026 Combined Sections meeting in Anaheim! Learning, networking and some fun has filled these last few days! So proud of all the hard work that went into the presentations, posters, awards and fundraising that got us here!