CONCORDIA INTRAMURAL TEACHING GRANT
2007-2008 Award Recipients
Lois Harrison - Awarded one teaching credit of regular teaching load for OT 605 Community Practice
Team teaching approach: (Lois Harrison and Christine Moser) DPT students will have the opportunity to take OT 605 in the Fall of 2007. The collaboration of DPT and OT students and faculty in an academic setting encourages and facilitates the type of professional interaction that is necessary in the healthcare environment.
Jeff Walz - Awarded three teaching credits of regular teaching load for POLS 410/HIST 464 The Christian and Politics
Team teaching approach: (Jeff Walz and Jim Burkee) This course will focus on the two main movements within religious politics, the Christian Right and the Christian Left. As one who identifies in many ways with the Christian Right, Dr. Burkee will bring an informed perspective to class on issues from this vantage point. As one who identifies in the many ways with the Christian Left, Dr. Walz will bring an informed perspective to class on issues from this vantage point.
Phil Arnholt - Awarded $1,060 for research project How Lake Effect’ Weather Patterns Influence Bluebird Reproductive Behavior.
Description: This project is an extension of bluebird nesting phenology research that was funded last year. Data on bluebird reproduction will be gathered and compiled by students as part of a class project. Students record nest box temperatures, number of eggs or hatchlings, species, and number and location of various nest boxes.
Teresa Steffen / Co-applicant: Cheryl Petersen - Awarded $3,000 for research project Clinical Significant Change of Functional Tests and a Measure of Quality of Life in People with Stroke and Parkinson’s Disease.
Description: This study involves two common neurological diseases (Parkinson’s and stroke). Test-retest reliability on ambulation, balance, and quality of life will be performed in two sessions one week apart. This project has already collected data on people with Parkinson’s but needs to complete the data collection on 30-40 people with stroke.
Steven Cope - Awarded $1, 526 for research project Sensory Defensiveness in Infants and Toddlers: The Effectiveness of the Wilbarger Protocol
Description: The main aim of this research project is to investigate the effectiveness of the Wilbarger Protocol by comparing it to standard occupational therapy care for infants and toddlers with sensory defensiveness. The Wilbarger Protocol involves educating the parent or caregiver about sensory defensiveness, modifying the environment to decrease the overwhelming stimuli, and providing deep sensory input through brushing quickly and firmly over the arms, legs, and back with a surgical scrub brush followed by joint compressions.
Annette Caruso - Awarded $1,000 for research project Exercise Verification and Motivation: Web-Site Sign-In for Instructor Manageability of Data Verification and HR Monitors as Motivating Tools for Exercise Adherence.
Description: This study continues a pilot study’s investigation on technological tools that motivate individuals to achieve physical fitness. This research investigates the effect of heart rate monitors as motivating tools for exercise adherence, the use of the internet-as a web based site for instructor manageability and verification of exercise data, and the use of Blackboard for course content delivery and testing.
EXTERNAL GRANTS:
On behalf of the Wisconsin Parkinson Association, Teresa Steffen, Ph.D., PT has received a $7500 support grant from the National Parkinson Foundation. The grant monies will be used to provide a new exercise group for people with Parkinson’s Disease who demonstrate significantly more upper extremity involvement than lower extremity involvement and to develop power point presentations and handouts that are useful for clients and therapists in the development of a wellness program in their area.
Steve Cope Ph.D., OT is a working on a two year project entitled "Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Before and After Constraint Induced Movement Therapy in Children with Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy." This two year project received a grant of $84,894 from the United Cerebral Palsy Research and Education Foundation. Dr. Cope is working in collaboration with the Medical College of Wisconsin and Children's Hospital of Milwaukee.
Teresa Steffen, Ph.D., PT was awarded a $10,000 grant from the Milwaukee Foundation: Elsa Schoeneich Medical Research Fund for her project entitled, Wellness for People with Disabilities: An Exercise Program for People with Parkinson’s Disease.
