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Jesiah Bradshaw

Hometown: Quincy, IL

Involvement in DPQoL: I serve as both the lab coordinator and a research assistant for the iROLL project.

Career Goals: My goal is to become a physical therapist, specializing in working with athletes at a

Sahel Mohan

Hometown: From Iran.

Involvement in DPQoL: I am a 2nd year PhD student and graduate research assistant at the Disability, Participation, and Quality of Life Research Laboratory, where I focus on research related to fall risk assessment, fall

This Lab Member Spotlight is Tangonan. Currently a 2nd-year PhD student in the Department of Health and Kinesiology, Tangonan serves as the lead graduate research assistant on the Fall Management in Wheelchair Users (FaMe) study. We’re excited to see their

Weiwei joined the DPQoL laboratory in Fall 2022 and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Kinesiology. She received her bachelor’s degree in Health Science from Truman State University and her master’s degree in Occupational Science and Therapy from Grand Valley

This Lab Member Spotlight is Gaby Trier. Gaby works as the lab coordinator and is graduating this upcoming May. We wish her the best of luck in the future!

Hometown: Crystal Lake, IL

DPQoL Involvement: Right now I

This semester the FaMe team got the opportunity to participate in the Cozad New Venture Challenge. The Cozad New Venture Challenge is a way to accelerate your startup idea, receive mentoring and compete for funding sources. The FaMe team worked

On Thursday April 25th, two of our undergraduate research assistants presented at the Undergraduate Research Symposium. Congratulations to both Grace and Maryanne! They have worked hard all semester and we are so proud of the work they have put in!

Here is one of our graduate students, Sahel, with her latest poster presentation! Sahel presented this poster on our latest paper coming out soon. Be on the look out for our new publications!

Two of our DPQoL graduate students recently won awards!

Sahel has won one of the two Kathleen M. Haywood Graduate Kinesiology Scholarship Fund awards. Established byDr. Kathleen Haywood, a retired professor in physical education, and internationally known scholar of motor

Check out our latest article on a study conducted by the DPQoL! This study examines best practices associated with fire preparedness among individuals who use a wheelchair or scooter to inform and facilitate fire preparedness education.