The Academy of Orthopaedic Physical Therapy has awarded Department of Physical Therapy faculty members Meryl Alappattu, D.P.T., Ph.D., a research assistant professor, and Mark Bishop, P.T., Ph.D., FAPTA, an associate professor and director of the UF Doctor of Physical Therapy program, funding to support their study “Underserved and undertreated: musculoskeletal pain and dysfunction following gender affirmation surgery.”
Co-investigators include Nichole Stetten, Ph.D., M.P.H., C.P.H., a research assistant professor in the UF Department of Occupational Therapy, and Harvey Chim, M.D., FACS, an associate professor in the division of plastic and reconstructive surgery in the UF College of Medicine.
Amazing work, team!