News & Events

• Feb12

  Seminar: Translational Development of Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation Linda C. Cendales, M.D.,Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine; 12:00 - 1:00; Centennial Research Building (CRB), room 119J.

• Minoru Shinohara, PhD, published a book entitled "Advances in Neuromuscular Physiology of Motor Skills and Muscle Fatigue" for which he served as the editor and co-author.(February 2010)
  One third of the chapters were authored by our faculty members or associated researchers including Edward Balog, PhD, Thomas Burkholder, PhD, Young-Hui Chang, PhD, and Boris Prilutsky, PhD.
• Aging study at the Neuormuscular Physiology Lab (Director: Minoru Shinohara, PhD) is featured in Senior News newspaper (January, 2010)
• Young-Hui Chang, Ph.D., an Assistant Professor in AP received the National Science Foundation's Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award. The Award is viewed as NSF's "most prestigious award for junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholar." detail
• Mary Beth Brown, Doctoral Student in Applied Physiology, was awarded the Gisolfi Research Grant from the American College of Sports Medicine and was recognized in Seattle at the Annual Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine May 2009. detail
• Minoru Shinohara, Ph.D., is selected as an awardee of the 2009 ACSM Visiting Scholar Award to visit the laboratory of Mathias Fink (Paris, France) for studying mechanical activity of contracting human muscle with ultrafast ultrasound technology. (April 2009)
• Arick Auyang, Ph.D. student, won the "Best Podium Presentation" award at the 2009 Southeast American Society of Biomechanics Conference (April, 2009). detail
• Mary Beth Brown (Ph.D. Student) and Andy Allison (MSPO class of 2007) were awarded the Thranhardt lecture award at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists, Atlanta, GA, March 2009. detail
• Lee Childers, Ph.D. Student, was awarded the Thranhardt lecture award at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists, Atlanta, GA, March 2009.
• Minoru Shinohara, PhD, receives GT Health Systems Institute Research Seed Grant (September, 2008).
• The School receives a NIH training grant on Prosthetics & Orthotics (August 2008).
• The School welcomes Lewis Wheaton, PhD, Assistant Professor in Cognitive Motor Control. (August 2008)
• The School congratulates adjunct faculty member, John Michael, MEd, who served as editor for the recently released fourth edition of the AAOS Atlas of Orthoses and Assistive Devices. (August 2008)
• The School welcomes Geza Kogler, PhD, Academic Professional in Prosthetics & Orthotics. (July 2008)
• Mindy Millard-Stafford, PhD, President of the American College of Sports Medicine, hosted a press conference.