In May, Bernadette Gillick, PhD, MSPT, PT, professor in the Division of Developmental Pediatrics and Rehabilitation Medicine, was honored as a Catherine Worthingham Fellow by the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). It is the association’s most prestigious membership category. APTA describes the honor as “eligible to APTA physical therapist members [. . .] who have demonstrated unwavering efforts to advance the physical therapy profession for more than 15 years, prior to the time of nomination.”
Established in 1921, the ATPA is a professional organization currently representing a membership of 100,000 physical therapists, assistants, and students.
Gillick is an expert in pediatric stroke and early brain injury, rehabilitation, neuromodulation, and neuroplasticity. She studies assessment and intervention tools to advance lifelong outcomes for children with early brain injury, and has pioneered a neuromodulation program integrating non-invasive stimulation for children with brain injury, stroke, and cerebral palsy. Her goal is to improve diagnosis and enhance rehabilitation interventions targeted to individual development.
Gillick serves as the director of the Waisman Center Neuromodulation Laboratory and director of research design at the Institute for Clinical and Translational Research. Beyond Madison, she serves on the Cerebral Palsy Foundation Scientific Advisory Council and on the board of director for the American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine.