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2024
IASTM Research
Since starting PT school, I have joined a research project with one of my professors in March of 2024. We jumped right into doing a research project with rats to see if soft tissue mobilization can help accelerate muscle regeneration after a period of immobilization. This research ultimately led to a published paper and will be continuing in the Fall of 2025.
Cole Seminar Presentation
I was one of two Wabash College Biology alumni invited back to campus to speak about my journey to graduate school and the research projects I am working on as a graduate student. This event was an incredibly opportunity to serve the profession and advocate for physical therapy and the IUI DPT program to future biologists and healthcare professionals. This platform also allowed me to share some of the struggles I faced in this journey and the process I used to overcome them. This opportunity fits into the Duty folder because of the responsibility I have to serve the profession by speaking out about the research I am involved in as well as giving credit to those who have helped me get to the place that I am today.
2025
QSTM Research
In 2024 during my first year of PT school, I used the tools shown in the rat research mentioned previously. We were able to set a target force of 3N to the rats because of the QSTM technology seen in the figure. In December of 2025, my research colleagues and helped lead a training session for four clinicians at ATI who will be using our IASTM tools and computer program in a pilot study to get data on the types of graphs that are created when different stroke patterns and forces are used on the calf muscles. This data will help us determine how well the QSTM concept will be able to be adopted by clinicians. In February of 2025, we led a more formal training session for the same four clinicians as well as giving them a set of tools and a laptop to use in their clinics to collect data from March to September of 2025.
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