Celebrations & Awards
Ryan Center Celebrates 10 Years
Since its founding in 2006, the state-of-the-art Ryan Center for Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation has treated thousands of patients from the BU community and beyond. The center promotes holistic preventive care by integrating clinicians and faculty from the Boston University Physical Therapy Center, Sargent Choice Nutrition Center, Athletic Training Services, and physicians from Boston Medical Center specializing in family medicine/sports medicine and orthopedics.
“My husband, Robert, and I have been impressed with the Ryan Center over the last 10 years, and we wanted to do something significant for students and research.”
—Sharon Ryan (’70)
The only center in Boston that combines these resources—along with students, residents, and fellows—the Ryan Center has become a premier site for interprofessional practice and education. Sharon Ryan (’70) and her husband Robert, whose gift founded the center, recently established a fund to support PhD students in rehabilitation sciences. The next 10 years at the Ryan Center will see the development of a concussion clinic, as well as a novel system for the collection of clinical outcomes established in conjunction with Intermountain Healthcare.
Top Awards
Faculty
Sara Brown, a clinical associate professor of athletic training, received the Sayers “Bud” Miller Distinguished Educator Award from the National Athletic Trainers’ Association. Mark Laursen, a clinical associate professor and director of athletic training services, received a Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer Award from the National Athletic Trainers’ Association and a Quality of Life Award from the College Athletic Trainers’ Society. Cara Lewis, an associate professor of physical therapy & athletic training, received a Eugene Michels New Investigator Award from the American Physical Therapy Association. Paula A. Quatromoni, an associate professor and chair of health sciences, received the Nutrition and Dietetic Educators and Preceptors Area 7 DPD Outstanding Dietetics Educator Award. Julie Starr, a clinical associate professor of physical therapy, delivered the Linda Crane Memorial Lecture at the American Physical Therapy Association Combined Sections Meeting.
Students
Clare Brabson (’16), occupational therapy, received an Albert Schweitzer fellowship. Kari Loverro (’19), rehabilitation sciences, was awarded the Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation Scholarship for Service Program. Carolyn Michener (’16), SLHS, received the ASHA Students Preparing for Academic and Research Careers Award. Liz Heller Murray (’18), SLHS, was awarded a PhD scholarship from the Council of Academic Programs in Communication Sciences and Disorders.
New Faculty and Promotions
New Faculty
- Louis Awad, assistant professor, physical therapy & athletic training
- Alyssa Boucher, clinical assistant professor, speech, language & hearing sciences
- Deepak Kumar, assistant professor, physical therapy & athletic training
- Megan McCrory, clinical associate professor, department of health sciences, programs in nutrition
- Craig Slater, clinical assistant professor, director for interprofessional education and practice
Promotion
- Cara Lewis, associate professor, physical therapy & athletic training
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