1st year DPT Student Earns Top Honors at Student Research Symposium

Mason Hearn (DPT, Class of 2020; SDSU MS Applied Movement Science, Class of 2017) earned a President’s Award at the 2018 SDSU Student Research Symposium for his study entitled, “Acrophobic? Let’s walk the plank.” His mentor on the project was DPT faculty member, Dr. Harsimran Baweja.

Congratulations, Mason!

A list of other presentations at the 2018 Student Research Symposium from the DPT program is below (DPT student presenters are indicated in italics, DPT faculty are indicated in bold.)

Let’s talk about secs: Gender differences in distracted driving
Hedaya Rizeq
Mentor: Dr. Harsimran Baweja
***Dean’s Award: Health & Human Services

Low-frequency oscillations in postural sway scale with dual tasking and fall-risk in older adults
Vineetta Parupudi & Hedaya Rizeq
Mentor: Dr. Harsimran Baweja

Association between habitual sleep patterns and endogenous pain modulation in people with and without chronic spine pain
Sonnen Olson, Tristen Giron, Luisa Davila-Pablo & Chelsea Chapman
Mentor: Dr. Katrina Maluf