Foundation Recipients Receive Awards and Recognition.

In an effort to highlight the accomplishments and research of the Foundation's recipients of grant research funds and scholarships, the Foundation is launching a new feature that will appear in this section of Physical Therapy. "Profiles in Excellence" will publicize recipients' doctoral research, their education background, and how funding from the Foundation assisted their research pursuits.

Christian C Evans, PT, PhD, a Promotion of Doctoral Studies (PODS II) scholarship recipient, received the "Outstanding Thesis Award" from the University of Illinois at Chicago Graduate College for his doctoral thesis on the "Effects of a Familial Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy-Linked Mutation in Alpha Tropomyosin on Cardiac Function." Dr. Evans received two $15,000 scholarships in 1998 and 1999.

Joan C Darbee, PT, PhD, a funding recipient in 1994, 1995, and 1996, gave a poster presentation of her doctoral research abstracts "Positive Expiratory Pressure Breathing and Gas Distribution in Cystic Fibrosis" and "High Positive Expiratory Pressure (PEP) Breathing Improves Gas Distribution in Individuals with Cystic Fibrosis" at the Annual North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference

and the American Physical Therapy Conference, respectively. Dr Darbee stated, "I am incredibly grateful to the Foundation for funding my research because I know I wouldn't be where I am today without their financial assistance."

Foundation funding recipients are encouraged to notify the Foundation about awards or recognition they receive so that this information can be published in "Profiles in Excellence." Submissions can be sent to [e-mail].