Mission
The Department of Physical Therapy-PETAL Lab is an interdisciplinary group of health and wellness educators aimed at promoting excellence in the scholarship of teaching and learning while preparing professionals to effectively translate evidence into practice and embrace the responsibility of serving diverse communities and evolving professions.
Collaboration
The interdisciplinary members of the DPT-PETAL Lab include those with backgrounds in physical therapy, medicine, athletic training, exercise science, leadership, education, and psychology.
DPT-PETAL Lab members welcome opportunities for collaboration, with individuals pursuing various educational research topics including but not limited to:
- Academic Coaching
- Clinical Education
- Community-Based Health and Wellness Programs
- Faculty Development
- Health Literacy
- Interprofessional Education
- Pain Science Education
- Simulation Education
Please contact individual lab members directly to discuss collaborative opportunities and specific areas of interest or email lab coordinator Brad Willis, PT, PhD at willisbw@umsystem.edu with questions.
DPT-PETAL Lab Members
- Associate Teaching Professor
- DHS Coordinator of Curriculum and Programmatic Assessment; CHS Faculty Fellow for AI in Teaching
- Areas of Interest: Artificial Intelligence-Supported Classroom Learning, Leadership Development
- Email: coxgc@health.missouri.edu
- Associate Professor
- Area of Interest: Pain Science Education
- Email: danneckere@health.missouri.edu
Janelle Engel PT, DPT, NCS
- MU Health Care – Mizzou Therapy Services
- Area of Interest: Mentorship
- Email: jfod39@health.missouri.edu
- Assistant Teaching Professor, Assistant Director of Clinical Education
- Areas of Interest: Clinical Education, Motivational Interviewing
- Email: krfbhb@health.missouri.edu
Laura Korte, PT, DPT, MHA, OCS
- MU Health Care – Mizzou Therapy Services
- Program Director of the University of Missouri’s Orthopedic Physical Therapy Residency Program
- Areas of Interest: Clinical Reasoning, Program Assessment
- Email: kortell@health.missouri.edu
Leanna B. Lawrence, M.H.S., CCC-SLP
- Associate Clinical Professor
- Areas of Interest: Clinical Education, Interprofessional Education, Faculty Development.
- Email: lawrencelb@health.missouri.edu
- Teaching Professor
- Areas of Interest: Service Learning, Interprofessional Education, Health Literacy
- Email: martindan@umsystem.edu
Megan J. McCracken, DVM, MS, DACVS-LA
- Associate Teaching Professor
- Equine Surgery
- Areas of Interest: Clinical Education, Use of Simulators and Models in Education
- Email: mccrackenme@missouri.edu
- Associate Extension Professor
- Areas of Interest: Community-based Program Assessment
- Email: millerkris@missouri.edu
- Associate Clinical Professor
- Doctoral Capstone Coordinator
- Areas of Interest: Interprofessionalism, Intraprofessionalism, Rural Health
- Email: pifergl@health.missouri.edu
- Associate Adjunct Professor
- Areas of Interest: Ageism, Intergenerational Relations
- Email: proste@missouri.edu
- Teaching Professor
- Director of Clinical Education
- Areas of Interest: Health Literacy, Exploring Student Perspectives using Photovoice
- Email: stephenska@health.missouri.edu
Alice Townsend, MBA, RDMS (AB, OB/GYN), RVT
- Assistant Teaching Professor
- Diagnostic Medical Ultrasound Program Director
- Areas of Interest: Student Burnout, Mentorship, Program Assessment
- Email: alicetownsend@health.missouri.edu
Kelsey Weitzel, MS, PhD, ACSM-EP
- Associate Extension Professor
- Areas of Interest: Community-based Program Assessment, Faculty and Student Mentorship
- Email: weitzeljk@missouri.edu
- Professor of Clinical Family and Community Medicine, University of Missouri School of Medicine
- Medical Director, Shelden Clinical Simulation Center
- Areas of Interest: Simulation, Faculty Development, Clinical Assessment
- Email: wellsjack@umsystem.edu
Katie Burnham Wilkins, MSW, LCSW
- Assistant Teaching Professor
- Areas of Interest: Applied Learning in Homelessness, Housing, and Health Systems; Systems Thinking, Improvement Science, and Data Literacy; Community Partnerships, Policy, and Cross-Section Collaboration.
- Email: kbwilkins@health.missouri.edu
- Associate Teaching Professor
- DPT-PETAL Lab Coordinator and Director of Scholarly Activity
- Areas of Interest: Faculty Development, Interprofessional Education, Leadership
- Email: willisbw@umsystem.edu
DPT-PETAL Lab: University of Missouri Campus Partners
