A two-time Trojan, Ani Misirian became interested in global health after completing a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship in Armenia. During her year abroad, she volunteered in different health-related nonprofit organizations and witnessed firsthand how various economic and sociocultural issues contribute … Read More »

Edwin Enwia always enjoyed the medicine in his 10 years as a paramedic and firefighter. He would arrive on scene, conduct his assessment and drop the patient off at the hospital. However, Enwia felt frustrated that he often had no … Read More »

When Roneisha Joyner was applying for physical therapy schools across the nation, she noticed there weren’t a lot of people in the profession who looked like her.

It’s an observation borne out by the data. A little more than 5 percent … Read More »

Luke Snyder remembers the moment he realized the power of physical therapy.

He was a high-school, cross-country runner in Thousand Oaks when he began suffering from knee pain. In physical therapy, his therapist had him doing hip strengthening exercises — something … Read More »

When Esther Leon’s grandfather suffered a severe stroke, the then-9-year-old girl wanted nothing more than for him to get better so he could again take her to the park like they always used to.

Maybe out of a sense of helplessness, … Read More »