Grand Rounds Seminars

Please join us for our upcoming Grand Rounds Seminars! Seminars will specify whether they are available for participation via Zoom, in-person, or both.

The seminar on June 12, 2024 will be in-person & online. 

Webinar Link: https://northwestern.zoom.us/s/96276336108 
Meeting ID: 962 7633 6108

In-person Location: NUPTHMS- 645 N. Michigan Ave. | Rm. 800 (8th floor)

July 10, 2024 | 12:00pm (CST) 

Linnéa Corell, MD, PhD Student

Title: Exercise Performance and Adaptations to Aerobic Training in Individuals with Cerebral Palsy

Abstract: Individuals with cerebral palsy are less physically active and have a more sedentary lifestyle compared to typically developed individuals. This is particularly true for non-walkers with cerebral palsy, who are less physically active, have reduced cardiopulmonary capacity, and lack good alternatives for physical activity. However, Frame Running is a promising alternative for people of all ages experiencing mobility and balance limitations. This form of physical activity has been shown to result in adaptations in exercise capacity and muscle thickness in individuals with cerebral palsy.

Our research on Frame Running has so far provided insights into how individuals with cerebral palsy respond to physical activity at various intensities and how this can lead to significant improvements in both physical performance and metabolic health.

Comprehensive data from our recent studies conducted in Sweden will be presented, during which physical performance has been assessed using a variety of tests, including the 6-Minute Frame Running Test (6-MFRT) as well as submaximal and maximal incremental tests on a wide treadmill. Data from ongoing work investigating the systemic metabolic response to exercise in individuals with CP will also be presented.

July 17, 2024 | 12:00pm (CST) 

PACE Day (Professional Advancement & Community Engagement)
ft. Christopher M. Powers, PT, PhD, FACSM, FAPTA

Title: Community Engagement: A Benefit for All

Abstract: The physical therapy profession has evolved to embrace a larger vision that aims to ‘transform society’ through individual and collective power. The American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) places social responsibility as a ‘core value’ for physical therapists, calling on each individual to think about not only the patient in front of them, but the community at large. Community engagement and service are a means of answering the larger ‘call’ by the APTA. If done well, it can foster personal and professional transformation and improve the lives of many in the community. In this talk, Dr. Jeff Hartman, PT, DPT, MPH will share his experiences working with communities around the world and explore some of the potential benefits and pitfalls of community engagement and service. He will also reflect on his career, sharing how he initially set out to change the world early in his career but eventually realized it was he that needed to be changed first.

Bio: Jeff Hartman, PT, DPT, MPH, is an assistant professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health and teaches in the Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. In the DPT Program, Dr. Hartman teaches several courses related to clinical medicine and population health, coordinates the experiential learning component of the curriculum, and serves as the advisor for the dual DPT/MPH degree students. Dr. Hartman is Orthopedic residency trained and was one of the early clinicians in the United States to work full-time as a physiotherapist in a Level I Trauma Center in Indianapolis, Indiana. Dr. Hartman also has a degree in public health and a global health certificate, and he has blended his physical therapy and public health backgrounds into an extensive global health career. Dr. Hartman’s research focuses on professional development and capacity building at the community level in diverse areas around the world. He was the recipient of a Fulbright Scholar award in 2020 and performed a situational analysis of the physiotherapy profession throughout the country of Belize. Dr. Hartman has many institutional and professional service responsibilities including the University of Wisconsin’s Global Health Institute’s advisory committee and the DPT Program’s Global Health coordinator. Dr. Hartman has served with the Consortium of Universities for Global Health and has been a dedicated member of the American Physical Therapy Association’s (APTA) Global Health Special Interest Group since 2003. Dr. Hartman was awarded the APTA’s Leadership and Innovation Section’s Ronnie Leavitt award for Social Responsibility in 2022.  

Schedule for the afternoon:
Presentation with Jeff Hartman, PT, DPT, MPH (in-person & online)
12:00-1:00PM Department of Physical Therapy & Human Movement Sciences
645 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60611
*8th floor
Community & Service Work Presentations Presented by 2nd-year DPT Students
1:00-3:00PM Department of Physical Therapy & Human Movement Sciences
645 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60611
*7th floor

Upcoming Grand Rounds Seminars

Linnéa Corell, MD
PhD Student
Department of Women's & Children's Health
Karolina Institute- Stockholm, Sweden
July 10, 2024

PACE Day
ft. Jeff Hartman, PT, DPT, MPH
Assistant Professor
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program
University of Wisconsin-Madison
July 17, 2024

Cara Lewis, PT, PhD
Program Director, Rehabilitation Sciences and Associate Professor, Physical Therapy
Boston University
September 11, 2024

Brooke Slavens, PhD
Richard and Joanne Grigg Professor of Mechanical Engineering
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
October 30, 2024