School of Health Sciences hosts fourth annual Global Engagement and Research Forum - Today at Elon

Sporting a brace of achromatic virtual world goggles, Doctor of Physical Therapy pupil Alex Japit G’24 shared however the probe he’s conducting with chap DPT students Chris Go, Matthew Lawler and Alicia Wilson volition analyse obstacle clearance for older radical utilizing virtual and mixed realities connected Tuesday successful McKinnon Hall.

Alex Japit G’24, left, with goggles, and his co-researchers Matthew Lawler G’24, 2nd from left, and Alicia Wilson G’24 during the 2022 School of Health Sciences Global Engagement and Research Forum.

The goggles displayed a virtual obstacle projected connected the existent environment. The team’s probe challenged radical to wide a virtual obstacle that stood astir 15 inches tall, the mean region of stepping onto a bus. The results gathered from probe participants offered the squad penetration into what clearing strategies the aged usage and however to usage mixed world successful low-stakes carnal therapy.

“With VR and mixed reality, we are trying to integrate that into carnal therapy arsenic a mode to person idiosyncratic amended their gait training, and past spell into the carnal world due to the fact that it’s little of a risk,” Wilson said.

Theirs was 1 of galore innovative projects focused connected improving the satellite connected show Tuesday during the 4th yearly Global Engagement and Research Forum hosted by the Elon University School of Health Sciences. Dozens of aboriginal doc assistants, carnal therapists and nurses presented their probe connected a assortment of topics.

The forum was an accidental to showcase the results of collaborations crossed Elon’s campus, arsenic good arsenic the engaging experiences students person learned from portion studying abroad.

Assistant Professor of Physician Assistant Studies Alexis Moore with Johanna Dauray G’23 during the 2022 School of Health Sciences Global Engagement and Research Forum.

Johanna Dauray G’23 volition person her maestro of subject successful doc adjunct studies connected Friday, Dec. 9 astatine the School of Health Sciences Commencement. Before seeking her PA grade astatine Elon, Dauray spent a twelvemonth moving astatine a maximum information situation successful Rhode Island wherever she learned astir the state’s medicine programme for addiction treatment. During her enactment astatine the prison, she realized Rhode Island is the lone authorities that gives inmates with opioid usage upset 3 FDA-approved attraction options — methadone, Suboxone and depot naltrexone. Rhode Island inmates are besides provided entree to psychiatrists and Narcotics Anonymous.

Thanks successful portion to this treatment, the authorities of Rhode Island saw a 60.5% simplification successful opioid-related deaths aft incarceration arsenic good arsenic a alteration successful re-incarceration. Dauray presented the lawsuit for wherefore this attraction should beryllium implemented nationwide to assistance guarantee rehabilitation for those who request it.

“There isn’t immoderate grounds against it,” she said. “This attraction gives radical hope. I’m precise passionate astir them getting this medicine due to the fact that not everyone successful situation is bad, a batch are determination for drug-related crimes … and this is simply a bully span to assistance them get to the beingness that they deserve.”

Niamh Sutherburg G’23 explaining her probe connected community-based doulas to Associate Professor Kim Stokes during the 2022 School of Health Sciences Global Engagement and Research Forum.

Niamh Sutherburg’s probe focused connected whether community-based doula organizations could play a large relation successful mitigating gestation and commencement disparities for Black women successful the U.S. by improving prenatal care.

Sutherburg, a subordinate of the Physician Assistant Studies Class of 2023, recovered that women person much spot and consciousness much respected by their OBGYN and the birthing process arsenic a full erstwhile accompanied by a doula. Sutherburg entered Elon’s PA programme with a heightened involvement successful women’s wellness and during her objective rotations, noticed a important deficiency of diversity.

“I admit my pitfalls arsenic a achromatic pistillate going into this field. So for my patients to person these services offered and for them to consciousness much respected is simply a win-win for everyone,” Sutherburg said. “The propulsion with this probe is trying to get Medicare to commencement covering the services a small much and hopefully, it tin beforehand much equity and alteration immoderate of the wellness disparities.”