Recipients in the news.

Sheila Schindler-Ivens, PT, PhD recently received a 3-year, $214,500 grant from the American Heart Association (Midwest Affiliate) to examine cortical and somatosensory contributions to locomotor control and recovery after stroke. Schindler-Ivens is an assistant professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisc. She received 2 PODS I (1998, 1999) doctoral scholarships and a PODS II (2000) doctoral scholarship from the Foundation.

An article appearing in this month's issue of Physical Therapy, "Shoulder Function and Three-Dimensional Scapular Kinematics in People With and Without Shoulder Impingement Syndrome," is co-authored by Phillip W McClure, PT, PhD, Lori A Michener, PT, PhD, ATC, SCS and Andrew R Karduna, PhD. The findings are based, in part, upon research done by Michener during her 1997 Foundation funded doctoral research, "Effects of a 6-Week Physical Therapy Treatment for Shoulder Impingement." McClure, a past Foundation funding recipient, received a 1994 doctoral scholarship and a research grant in 1999.