End-of-Summer 2021 Professional Notes

09/08/2021

A round-up of awards, presentations, papers and the other professional achievements of SLU faculty, staff members and students.

Faculty / Staff 

Chris Sebelski, Ph.D. (Physical Therapy and Athletic Training) was named Interim Chairperson for the Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training and Program Director for Program in Physical Therapy for the 2021-2022 Academic Year.

The Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (CALEA), the Gold Standard in Public Safety, announced the reappointment of six commissioners. Joseph A. Schafer, Ph.D. (Criminology and Criminal Justice) was one of the commissioners reappointed. 

The Saint Louis University Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy (OSOT) department recently hired Wendy Stav, Ph.D.,  as its new department chairperson. Stav comes to SLU from Nova Southeastern University, where she has experience as a department chair and a professor. Stav began working at SLU on Sept. 1.

In 2009,  Stav was named a Fellow of the American Occupational Therapy Association, in part, due to her major contributions in the areas of driving and community mobility. More recently,  Stav has focused her research on occupation-based treatments.

Ruth Evans, Ph.D., (English) delivered the 2021 Presidential Lecture for the New Chaucer Society on July 22.

Denise Côté-Arsenault Ph.D. (Nursing) spent the summer as a Fulbright Scholar at Edinburgh Napier University in Scotland. In addition to her current research study "Cultural Analysis of Perinatal Bereavement Support in Edinburgh/Lothian, Scotland," she presented two talks. The first, on July 21, was titled "Evidence-based Care for Families Facing Fetal Diagnosis and Perinatal Loss." The talk talk focused on how to improve care for parents who experience pregnancy or neonatal death through research. It was given at  University of Manchester Maternal & Fetal Health Research Centre, St. Mary’s Hospital, Manchester, UK.

The second talk on July 22 was about how to improve care for parents who experience pregnancy or neonatal death through research.  It was a Fulbright Scholar Seminar to faculty and students; Edinburgh Napier University School of Health & Social Care; Edinburgh, UK.

Richard T. Middleton, IV, Ph.D., J.D. (Law) presented a talk on a panel, "What is Critical Race Theory," sponsored by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Air Force Surgeon General's Office.

The 2021 Missouri ACP Chapter Scientific Meeting will be at the Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri, Margaritaville Lake Resort, Sept. 9-12. Hospitalists Day is scheduled on Thursday, Sept. 9. Safa Farrag, M.D., and Adam Fritz, M.D., FACP are scheduled to present on “Overview of Quality Improvement and Patient Safety - A Guide for Internists" at this inaugural event.

Ethel Frese, PT, DPT, (Physical Therapy and Athletic Training) was quoted in Very Well Health about breathing exercises to build lung strength. Frese also was quoted in a Yahoo! Eurosport UK article about chest pains. 

Kate Moran, Ph.D. (American Studies) and Torrie Hester, Ph.D. (History) are collaborating with game designer Lien Tran to explore classroom uses for a board game designed to be played by children in immigrant detention centers. The work was highlighted in an Axios article.

Heidi Ardizzone, Ph.D. (American Studies) was mentioned in the Christian Science Monitor for her award-winning biography of Belle da Costa Greene, in an article about a new novel about Greene's life.

In the Aug. 17 edition of the National Catholic Reporter,  Jason T. Eberl, Ph.D.  (Health Care Ethics) and Tobias Winright, Ph.D. (Health Care Ethics & Theological Studies) have an article titled: "Catholics have no grounds to claim exemption from COVID vaccine mandates."

Eberl also was published in America: The Jesuit Review with an article headlined "Vaccine mandates are coming. Catholics have no moral reason to oppose them. 

Winright also was interviewed on the Mornings with Donal show on Spirit Radio Ireland about just war ethics and Afghanistan on Monday, Sept. 6.

 Jeffrey P. Bishop, Ph.D. (Health Care Ethics, Philosophy, and Theological Studies) was quoted in The Common Reader article headlined "Why James Cameron’s Skynet Is Even More Disturbing as Reality - The power elite, the transhumanism movement, and our obsession with immortality."

Whitney Linsenmeyer, Ph.D. (Nutrition and Dietetics) was awarded a grant  from the Association of Schools Advancing Health Professions (ASAHP)

A paper published in Postgraduate Medical Journal, "Residency match interview scheduling: quantifying the applicant experience," was written by Amanda Barnard, Michael Thomure, M.D., Chad Miller, M.D., and Jeff Gavard, Ph.D.

Rebecca C. Hyde, M.L.I.S., (Pius XII Memorial Library) published a book chapter, "The St. Louis Model: Depository Collections at the Confluence," in Transforming Print: Collection Development and Management for Our Connected Future, edited by Lorrie McAllister and Shari Laster (Chicago, IL: ALA Editions, 2021), pp. 51-63.

The Athletic Injury Prevention and Health Promotion lab at the Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training, headed by Oluwatoyosi (Olu) Owoeye, Ph.D., in collaboration with labs/researchers in Canada, Australia and internationally published articles in the Ankle and Foot International, British Journal of Sports Medicine and the Journal of Athletic Training.

The articles are:

• Owoeye OBA, Whittaker JL, Toomey CM, Räisänen AM, Jaremko JL, Carlesso LC, Manske SL, Emery CA. Health-Related Outcomes 3-15 Years Following Ankle Sprain Injury in Youth Sport: What Does the Future Hold? Foot and Ankle International, 2021  
• Smith MD, Vicenzino B, Bahr R, Bandholm T, Cooke R, De Michelis Mendonça L, Fourchet F, Glasgow P, Gribble P, Herrington L, Hiller C, Lee SY, Macaluso A, Meeusen R, Owoeye OBA, Reid D, Tassignon B, Terada M, Thorborg K, Verhagen E, Verscheuren J, Wang D, Whiteley R, Wikstrom E, Delahunt E. "Return to sport decisions after an acute lateral ankle sprain injury: introducing the PAASS framework—an international multidisciplinary consensus." British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2021 Jun 22.
• Hannington M, Tyler T, Docking S, Cook J, Owoeye OBA, Bonello C, Emery CA, Pasanen L, Edwards S, Rio E. "Prevalence and pain distribution of anterior knee pain in college basketball players." Journal of Athletic Training (2021).

Terri Rebmann, Ph.D. (Director, Institute for Biosecurity) published two studies in the AJIC summarizing findings from COVID-19 focus groups among APIC members. 

The articles are:

• Infection preventionists’ experiences during the first nine months of the COVID-19 pandemic: Findings from focus groups conducted with Association of Professionals in Infection Control & Epidemiology (APIC) members"
• Rural infection preventionists’ experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic: Findings from focus groups conducted with association of professionals in infection control & epidemiology (APIC) members

 Jintong Tang, Ph.D.  (Management) published "Now is the time: The effects of linguistic time reference and national time orientation on innovative new ventures," in Journal of Business Venturing.

Rubén Rosario Rodríguez, Ph.D. (Theological Studies) had three publications come out recently. They are: 

• “Reclaiming the Prophetic for Dystopian Times: Marc Ellis and the New Diaspora,” in The New Diaspora and The Global Prophetic: An Exploration of the Scholarship of Marc H. Ellis, ed. by Susanne Scholz and Santiago Slabodsky (Lexington Books, 2021).
• “Immigrants, Refugees, and Asylum Seekers: The Migratory Beginnings of Reformed Public Theology,” in Reformed Public Theology: A Global Vision for Life in the World, ed. by Matthew Kaemingk (Baker Academic, 2021). 
• “Liberation Hermeneutics in Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Exegesis: A Latino/a Perspective,” Latino/a Theology and the Bible, edited by Fernando Segovia and Francisco Lozada (Fortress Press, 2021). 

Christopher Duncan, Ph.D. (Political Science) had a book, "Radical Conversion: Theorizing Catholic Citizenship in the American Liberal Tradition," published by Cascade Books. 

Amy Gallop, M.D. (Resident, Psychiatry) was named the July 2021 Excellence in Professionalism award winner by the Office of Professional Oversight. The Excellence in Professionalism award recognizes educators (faculty, fellows, residents, students, nurses, administration, etc.) that exceptionally model the core principles of professionalism. Gallop is a PGY III resident in psychiatry and a Chief Resident of Educational Affairs. 

Saint Louis University faculty were recognized by the Association of Schools Advancing Health Professions (ASAHP) with the Journal of Allied Health's J. Warren Perry Outstanding Manuscript Award for 2021. The article “Longitudinal Assessment of Students’ Perceived Collaboration Skills at an Institution with a Structured Interprofessional Education Curriculum”, published in Winter 2020, was authored by Anthony Breitbach, Ph.D. (Athletic Training), David Pole, Ph.D. (Center for Interprofessional Education and Research), Ginge Kettenbach, Ph.D. (Physical Therapy), Rachel (Shelly) Rauvola Ph.D. (DePaul University) and Leslie Hinyard, Ph.D. (AHEAD Institute).

Jeffrey Bishop, Ph.D. and his co-authors won a prestigious international award, the 2021 Expanded Reason Award from the Joseph Ratzinger-Benedict XVI Vatican Foundation. The recognition was highlighted by Clare Hall at Cambridge where Bishop spent his sabbatical finishing the project. 

Students

The Foundation for Physical Therapy Research (FPTR) awarded the Saint Louis University Program in Physical Therapy students with an Honorable Mention for their efforts to support the Foundation through the 2019-2020 & 2020-2021 VCU-Marquette Challenge. Altogether, the SLU Program in Physical Therapy raised over $4,000 in donations.

Audrey Benedict was recognized by Parking, Card and Transportation Services for winning resident parking for both fall and spring semesters. The lottery was open to undergraduate students who applied for parking online by July 31. Benedict was one of 1,091 students who participated in the lottery.