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Shalit presents at American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine
Rehab Science doctoral student Emily Shalit, OTD, OTR/L, new member to Kinesiology's DWELL Laboratory, presented at the American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine Conference in New Orleans.
University of Minnesota Rehabilitation Science Graduate Program doctoral student Emily Shalit, OTD, OTR/L, presented at the American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine (AACPDM) 2025 Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana. Shalit is the University of Minnesota's first OTD/PhD (Rehabilitation Science) trainee and recently joined the School of Kinesiology's DWELL Laboratory, directed by assistant professor Emily Kringle, PhD, OTR/L, to complete her PhD training. Shalit's poster presentation at AACPDM included results from her OTD capstone research titled, "Exploration into Balance Confidence in Children with Cerebral Palsy." Co-authors on the poster included Corey McGee (UMN Occupational Therapy), and Liz Boyer and Heather Forst (Gillette Children's Rehabilitation Research Program).