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FCER News Release
For Immediate Release: October 9, 2006
Contact:
Robin R. Merrifield
1304 Perry Ave., Bremerton WA 98310
Phone:
800-343-0549 or 360-471-7837
Fax:
360-478-0834 E-mail: FCERedit@aol.com
FCER Announces
Fellowship Support 2006
Norwalk, Iowa—Recognizing the need for the chiropractic profession to
develop its own research infrastructure, the Foundation for
Chiropractic Education and Research (FCER) took the lead many years
ago to develop a research Fellowship program. To date, FCER has
provided financial assistance to 148 promising scholars who had
expressed a desire to study various aspects of chiropractic methods of
care. FCER is therefore pleased to announce the Foot Levelers and
National Board of Chiropractic Examiners financial support of FCER’s
2006 Fellows, as well as the recipients of those awards.
Renewed Fellows
All four of the renewed FCER Fellows have demonstrated achievements
that continue to impress the FCER Research Committee. The renewed
Fellows are:
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Kathleen Linaker, D.C., is seeking her Ph.D. in higher
education: leadership foundations and counseling psychology at
Loyola University in Chicago, IL.
In the last year, Dr. Linaker has completed a first draft of a
Masters of Diagnostic Imaging program at Life University; the
program has been submitted to the Board of Directors for review. In
addition, the compilation of radiology pathology files which she has
overseen for use by interns and residents at National University of
Health Sciences now contains over 1300 cases. She has co-developed a
Case Review Panel for upper quarter students at Life University. She
is preparing a paper on treating musculoskeletal injuries with
monochromatic infrared light, to be submitted to the Journal of
Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, and she is completing
two other studies—on facet tropism and a correlation of L4 and L5
spondylolisthesis with S1 spina bifida occulta—which will also then
be prepared for publication.
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Jacqueline D. Bougie, D.C., seeks a DPH in preventive care at
Loma Linda University in California.
The transcripts provided by Loma Linda University show Dr. Bougie
displaying a near perfect record thus far in her program. She brings
an extensive clinical research background to the program and has won
the admiration of her colleagues and professors.
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Anthony D’Antoni, D.C., M.S, seeks his PhD. in health
sciences at Seton Hall University, in South Orange, NJ.
Dr. D’Antoni completed a research investigation with Dr. Arthur
Croft on the prevalence of herniated intervertebral discs of the
cervical spine in asymptomatic subjects using MRI scans that is to
be published in the Journal of Whiplash and Related Disorders; it
was also presented at the ACC-RAC X conference in March 2006. He has
been asked to write a review paper on the topic of applying
mind-mapping technique for the Journal of Chiropractic Humanities.
Dr. D’Antoni also presented a paper called “Federico di
Montefeltro's Hyperkyphosis: A Visuohistorical Case Study with
Applications for Chiropractic Education” at FCER’s Conference on
Chiropractic Research (CCR) in September 2006.
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Stephen Burnie, BSc, D.C., seeks his MSc in Rehabilitation
Sciences from McMaster University, Hamilton, ONT.
Showing a perfect record on his transcripts from the University in
biostatistics and rehabilitation sciences, Dr. Burnie was also
recognized as a Canadian Institutes of Health Research “Strategic
Training Fellow in Rehabilitation Research” in October 2005, and he
was a guest lecturer at Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College. His
proposed to complete his thesis on the systematic review of the
literature on neck manipulation for pain and he will use the results
to formulate a dose-response study for treating neck pain with
adjustments.
New FCER Fellowship Support
In order to obtain an FCER Fellowship, applicants must show financial
need in addition to providing satisfactory documentation that
establishes superior transcripts; detailed, insightful and
enthusiastic letters of recommendation; and a feasible, lasting
interest in research. The purpose of the FCER Fellowship awards is to
provide the chiropractic profession with a steady supply of
high-quality, dedicated researchers and to increase the research base
of the profession.
The 2006 FCER Fellows are:
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Steven Passmore, D.C., seeks
his PhD in Human Biodynamics at McMaster University.
Before entering chiropractic college at NYCC, Dr. Passmore earned
his Masters of Science in kinesiology, specializing in human motor
behavior, and was therefore able to design an IRB approved research
study while at NYCC. The results of this study were published as an
abstract in the Journal of Sport and Exercise Physiology, presented
at the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and
Physical Activity, and will be submitted for publication in a
peer-reviewed journal. As a student intern at the Buffalo Veterans
Affairs Medical Center, Dr. Passmore reports that he was able to
design and implement clinical research projects at multiple sites
with the Veterans Health Administration populations. He intends his
current program’s thesis to focus on developing appropriate
quantitative measures to evaluate chiropractic intervention based on
patient performance.
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Paul Nolet, D.C., seeks his MPH
at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, ONT.
As a private practitioner with multiple publication in the Journal
of the Canadian Chiropractic Association, Dr. Nolet now intends to
continue his education at Lakehead. He proposes to work with Dr.
Pierre Cote and use the data from the Saskatchewan Health and Back
Pain Survey to do a prospective, longitudinal cohort study comparing
neck pain and headaches n the general population of Saskatchewan to
those in the province who have a history of neck trauma due to motor
vehicle collision.
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Sydney Rubinstein, D.C., is
pursuing a PhD in Epidemiology at the Institution for Research in
Extramural Medicine, one of the research institutes at the VU
University Medical Center in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Dr. Rubinstein has one of the most extensive and distinguished
bibliographies ever seen from an applicant for FCER Fellowship. He
is currently one of the principal investigators of a prospective
cohort study of 580 chiropractic patients in The Netherlands who are
undergoing cervical manipulation. With Dr. Scott Haldeman, Dr.
Rubinstein has developed a model and attempt to explain the etiology
of dissection with specific reference to manipulation. He plans to
examine why the medical profession views cervical manipulation as
dangerous in the absence of definitive information.
"Nothing less than the future of chiropractic
research rests with these individuals who have chosen this demanding
yet rewarding career path," said FCER’s Director of Research and
Education, Anthony L. Rosner, Ph.D. "Their achievements at this stage
already rival those of far more senior faculty, and we are as proud as
hopeful that these Fellows show every indication that their
contributions to the research literature will be recognized for years
to come."
Information on FCER, its programs, funded research, products that
support further research, and more may be found at
www.fcer.org.
Foot Levelers and the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners (NBCE)
has a generous history of supporting FCER and the chiropractic
profession. For further information on Foot Levelers and the National
Board of Chiropractic Examiners (NBCE), please go to
www.footlevelers.com and
www.nbce.org.
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