Assisting the Global Geriatric Population: Meet Rizing Tide Scholar Nanami Mano

Video call still of Nanami Mano as she smiles with text reading "Rizing Tide 2021 Surge Recipient Nanami Mano, DPT"

This is the seventh installment of Rizing Tide’s Lighthouse Series which spotlights our exceptional scholars. Stay tuned for the next installment! Physical therapy’s movement-focused approach to medicine and patient care acts like a magnet for some aspiring healthcare workers—and Nanami Mano, DPT, was no different. She first encountered the field in high school when she…

Read More

Service: Worthy to Do and Worth Doing

Headshot of Efosa on a beige background with orange and off-white abstract embellishments

I began this essay while traveling on a plane, during which, every now and again, I gazed through the windows to take in the clouds. I felt hopeful. That is what the clouds have always meant to me: hope, possibility, and the promise of positive change to be found in the unknown if we dare…

Read More

6 Secrets to Success for Aspiring DPT Students

illustration of two students sitting on oversized books and reading

Are you wondering how to get into a DPT program? As a prospective doctor of physical therapy (DPT) student, getting into your chosen DPT school may feel like a daunting goal—especially as you work to maintain your competitive undergraduate GPA while simultaneously preparing applications for various programs. (Yeesh!) Fear not, though—many student physical therapists have…

Read More

A Journey into Neurological PT: Meet Rizing Tide Scholar Uzair Hammad

This is the sixth installment of Rizing Tide’s Lighthouse Series which spotlights our exceptional scholars. Stay tuned for the next installment! Dr. Uzair Hammad didn’t always know which PT specialty he wanted to pursue—but today, he’s completing his neurological physical therapy residency with the University of Central Florida and the Orlando Health Regional Medical Center.…

Read More