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FCER News Release

For Immediate Release: October 12, 2007

Contact: Tom Blackett, APR

380 Wright Road, Norwalk, IA 50211 USA

Phone: 800-622-6309 or 515-981-9888

Fax: 515-981-9427 • E-mail: teblackett@fcer.org

DCs Awarded FCER Fellowships
for Research-Related Post-Doctoral Degrees

Six doctors of chiropractic from the United States, Canada and The Netherlands were recently awarded Fellowships by the Foundation for Chiropractic Education and Research (FCER) to pursue research-related post-doctoral degrees. The doctors were awarded the Fellowship grants at the FCER Board of Trustees meeting in Orlando, Florida. Each year, FCER trustees review applications from doctors worldwide to determine the grants.

“These Fellowships are important to the profession and to these doctors since they encourage and nurture chiropractic and health care-related research,” Charles R. Herring, DC, FCER President, said. “These doctors all are involved with much-needed research leading to published papers, contributing to chiropractic’s evidence-based research needs. FCER is proud to support these outstanding scholars as they add to their educational achievements,” he added.

The FCER Fellowships were awarded to:

• Kathleen Linaker, DC, who is seeking her doctorate (PhD) in Higher Education: Leadership Foundations and Counseling Psychology at Loyola University in Chicago, Illinois

• Jacqueline D. Bougie, DC, who is working toward a Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) degree in Preventive Care at Loma Linda University in Loma Linda, California

• Anthony D’Antoni, DC, MS, who seeks his PhD in Health Sciences at Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey

• Steven Passmore, DC, who is pursuing a PhD in Human Biodynamics at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario

• Paul Nolet, DC, is earning his Master of Public Health (MPH) degree at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario

• Sydney Rubinstein, DC, who is seeking a doctorate (PhD) in Epidemiology at the Institution for Research in Extramural Medicine, one of the research institutes at VU University Medical Center in Amsterdam, The Netherlands

“The primary objective of FCER's Fellowship Program is to provide doctors of chiropractic with advanced graduate education which incorporates research training,” Reed B. Phillips, DC, PhD, FCER Vice President and chairperson of the FCER Research Committee, said. “The intent of the program is to increase the numbers of trained chiropractic researchers. The FCER Fellowship program is one component of FCER’s aggressive evidence-based research emphasis.”

FCER Fellowships are funded entirely by membership fees and donations. Foot Levelers, Inc., a well-known manufacturer and financial supporter of chiropractic, has donated $5 thousand to help support these grants. The FCER Board of Trustees gratefully acknowledges all Members and Donors who help make this program possible.

FCER is the chiropractic profession’s oldest not-for-profit foundation, serving the profession since 1944. FCER is based in Norwalk, Iowa, and has as its mission to “Translate Research into Practice” by granting funds for research and producing practitioner and patient educational materials including teleconferences, CDs, books and pamphlets. FCER is developing the profession’s only Evidence-Based Resource Center.

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