Recipients in the news.

Stacy C Dusing, PT, PhD, a Mary McMillan Doctoral Scholarship recipient (2002) and a Promotion of Doctoral Studies (PODS) II recipient (2005), was recently awarded her PhD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The topic of her dissertation was "Gross Motor and Gait Abilities of Children With Hurler Syndrome, Pre- and Post-Umbilical Cord Blood Transplant." Dusing has joined the faculty of Virginia Commonwealth University as an assistant professor in the Department of Physical Therapy.

Jill C Heathcock, PT, MPT, PhD, recently received her PhD from the University of Delaware. The topic of her dissertation was "The Effects of Daily Training on Movement Skills in Infants Born Premature." Heathcock was a recipient of a Mary McMillan Doctoral Scholarship (2001), 2 PODS I doctoral scholarships (2002 and 2003), and 2 PODS II doctoral scholarships (2004 and 2005).

Joanne M Wagner, PT, MS, Phi), a PODS II recipient (2004 and 2005), was awarded her PhD in May 2006 from the Washington University at St Louis. The topic of her dissertation was "Upper Extremity Impairment and Motor Performance in Post Stroke Hemiparesis." During summer 2006, Wagner began a postdoctoral fellowship at the Veterans Administration Palo Alto Health Care System and Stanford University.