We are thrilled to share DPT Professor Dr. Steve Wolf’s recent publication in The Lancet. The study titled Positive Stroke Rehabilitation Clinical Trial Results for the Vivistim® Paired VNS™ System was published in The Lancet. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the Vivistim® Paired VNS™ System combined with intense physical therapy compared to intense physical therapy (Controls) in subjects with arm and hand impairment after chronic stroke. The study was funded by Microtransponder, Inc. Dr. Wolf served as the Emory site PI for the study.
Emory DPT Students Come Together to Raise Funds for Physical Therapy Research
The Emory DPT program was excited to have their Annual Marquette Challenge Gala reestablished this year after taking a short hiatus due to COVID-19. Funds raised by physical therapy programs across the country during the Marquette Challenge support the Foundation for Physical Therapy Research and are used for grants, scholarships and fellowships to support physical therapy research.
This year’s Emory DPT Gala took place on Friday November 12th, at the Emory School of Medicine. DPT students and faculty enjoyed a fun evening with light refreshments and snacks, along with a raffle including exciting items such as a one-month membership at Barre3 studio, or Atlanta Hawks tickets and many more. There were 150 attendees and DPT students raised $3,691 for the Marquette Challenge. The event was organized by second year students Madison Winter and Lydia Rotenberger with help from the first, second and third year social and philanthropy committees.
Learn more about the Marquette Challenge.
Sarah Caston Received the 2021 ACAPT Emerging Educator Award
The Division of Physical Therapy is pleased to announce that Dr. Sarah Caston PT, DPT has received the 2021 ACAPT Emerging Educator Award. The award recognizes Dr. Caston’s contribution to scholarship, teaching, service, and administration/leadership.
Dr. Caston is committed to lifelong learning as it relates to excellence in Physical Therapy education, innovative teaching methodology and relevant publications and program initiatives. Her early clinical practice marked the beginning of Dr. Caston’s life-long commitment to learning and the essential integration of the social and human dimensions of clinical practice that carried over to academia. Her innovative teaching methodologies foster critical skills of empathy, cultural humility, and reflective practice in her students.
Apart from teaching, Dr. Caston was one of the primary interventionists on my NIH-NINDS K23 funded pilot clinical trial (Evaluation of a Carepartner Integrated Telehealth Rehabilitation Program for Persons with Stroke) evaluating the impact of a family centered intensive upper extremity rehabilitation program in families after stroke.
Dr. Caston is committed to student wellbeing. She is one of the three faculty members engaged in the development the Emory Learning Community Initiative (ELCI). Working with her colleagues, the ELCI creates regular small group discussion formats with faculty advisors enhancing faculty-student communication, fostering meaning-making through additional opportunities for structured reflection and facilitating strategies for process improvement with clinical education. Partnering with DPT students, Dr. Caston has supported a student driven wellness enhancement program to address student struggles with mental, emotional and physical well-being during their intense graduate education.
Dr. Caston continues to distinguish herself in her dedication to promoting DEI work at every level. Through the DEI initiatives Dr. Caston creates a sense of belonging among DPT students.
Dr. Caston has taught in Tbilisi, Georgia working on a USAID grant awarded to Emory University Physical Therapy program with the mission of enhancing the delivery of physical therapy care in Georgia, assisting to develop clinical reasoning and clinical skills of the therapists.
What distinguishes Dr. Caston is her passion for the humanities, disability studies and DEI initiatives which are all grounded in clinical wisdom.
Dr. Caston is a graduate of the Emory DPT program and is a Board-Certified Neurologic and Geriatric Clinical Specialist.
Latest Issue: Spring 2021 Journal of Humanities in Rehabilitation
Read the Spring 2021 issue of Journal of Humanities in Rehabilitation.
Steven Wolf, Emory Site PI’s Publication in The Lancet
