Biography
Dr. Soo Yeon Sun has extensive research background. Though her doctoral and postdoctoral training, she gained research experience both in basic science (chicken embryos) and translational science (humans with spinal cord injury). In the statistics and research courses she teaches at Alvernia, her expertise in research will help students develop research questions, choose an appropriate research paradigm and statistical analysis. This will not only advance students’ understanding and involvement in clinical research, but also contribute to the scholarship of the DPT program by developing mechanistic questions related to the clinical inquiries.
Through her research, she investigated spinal locomotor network in developing chicken embryos and humans with spinal cord injury. With her knowledge in spinal locomotor systems, combined with clinical experience as a pediatric physical therapist in South Korea, she connects knowledge among neuro-motor development, neuroanatomy, neurophysiology and principles of physical therapy interventions in the courses she teaches at Alvernia. She also demonstrates broad knowledge in emerging neurorehabilitation tools, which will help students prepare for what they may see in their patients in clinics in the future.
Doctor of Physical Therapy Program at ×îÐÂ91ÖÆƬ³§ is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy (CAPTE), 1111 North Fairfax Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314; telephone: 703-706-3245; email: accreditation@apta.org; website: . If needing to contact the program/institution directly, please call 610-568-1546 or email christopher.wise@alvernia.edu.
For more information regarding the process of accreditation, please contact the:
Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education
1111 North Fairfax Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone: 703-706-3245
Email: accreditation@apta.org