2011-2012 Executive Committe/Board of Directors

Happy Spring, Everyone! With spring also comes PT school graduation(!!), which means that a number of Executive Committee and Board of Directors members will be transitioning on. We are so thankful for the energy and dedication of ‘retiring’ members and appreciate that Wren McLaughlin, Marcy Crouch, and Nicole Coleman are willing to advise and guide the new EC/BoD as we step into new roles.

 We are excited to announce the 2011-2012 Executive Committee and Board of Directors for the SSIG:

Executive Committee

Director: Erika Ruzzeddu Grace (erika.grace@duke.edu)

Membership Coordinator: Jaci Brandt (jmbrand@emory.edu)

Communications Coordinator: Sarah Hnath (sarah_hnath@nymc.edu)

Programming Coordinator: Maura Towne (marymargaret.towne@ucdenver.edu)

Secretary: Vacant

Board of Directors

NE Representatives: Samantha Peabody and vacant

SE Representatives: Nikita Sanghrajka

MW Representative: Alice Buchanan

NW Representatives: Katy Band and Nicole Baldridge

SW Representatives: Monica Rose Gross and Chelsea Kerr

Advisor: Pat Wolfe, SOWH Vice-President

We are looking forward to continuing to grow the SSIG and welcome your comments and emails. If you are not involved but would like to be, get in touch! We’d love to have you join us.

Erika Grace

SOWH SSIG in the News!!

Please check out the entry for 4/24/11 on the website below to watch an interview on pelvic floor PT with SSIG Executive Committee member Marcy Crouch, DPT! Way to represent, Marcy!

http://docdano.com

Welcome to the SSIGWH blog!

Hello fellow students,

If you are on this site I congratulate you for taking the steps toward enhancing your knowledge and increasing your involvement in the field of Women's Health Physical Therapy. This is an open forum for students to ask questions, post thoughts, opinions and innovative ideas related to this growing area of practice. Here may be some helpful information for you below regarding upcoming events related to the Student Special Interest Group for Women's Health:

CSM 2011 in New Orleans: Feb 9th- 12th

At this national meeting, there will be several opportunities to be involved in SSIGWH events including:
Friday, Feb 11th 8:00 am: Informational student forum on "What does a Women's Health PT really do?"
Friday, Feb 11th 8:30- 9:30 pm: SSIGWH Social Hour: Come meet members of the SSIG and find out how to become more involved in a group that is passionate about Women's Health! (place TBA)
Feb 9- 12th: Section on Women's Health will have a booth in the exhibit area where there will be a great deal of helpful information about the section, residency programs, courses, and the student interest group. Please stop by!

All of this information will be emailed as well to our current members on our email distribution list, however I just wanted to jump start this blog! Hope to see you at CSM, and happy posting!

Sarah Caston
member of Executive Committee SSIGWH
Emory University 2011