Alumni/Donor Spotlight
The Sudha Agrawal Memorial Endowment
The Sudha Agrawal Memorial Endowment has been established in memory of Sudha Agrawal (1956-2016) through a generous gift from her family and friends for the benefit of the Department of Physical Therapy.
Sudha received her MPT from Ohio University in 1998, but her path to physical therapy was non-traditional. She had a degree in architecture from Bhopal, India and worked as an architect in New Delhi and Syracuse, NY. In 1983, she moved with her two young sons to Athens, Ohio where her husband accepted a faculty position at Ohio University. In Athens, she worked with a local architect firm on a part-time basis for about 8 years.
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The Sudha Agrawal Memorial Endowment is her legacy to the students and faculty of the Department of Physical Therapy at Ohio University. It will provide funds to the Department of Physical Therapy to invite annually one or more prominent researcher(s) or practitioner(s) in the field as guest speaker(s) to organize lectures, symposia, workshops, seminars, or colloquia for the benefit of research and professional development of faculty and students. May it assist in educating the next generation of therapists who are as passionate about the field as she was.
2025 Agrawal Lecture Series
Pursuing Innovation and Excellence in Physical Therapy Education
The 2025 Agrawal Lecture Series, Pursuing Innovation and Excellence in Physical Therapy Education, will be held on January 30-31 featuring Ana Acosta, PhD from the Northwestern University Department of Physical Therapy and Movement Sciences in the Feinberg School of Medicine. Her background is in electrical and biomedical engineering with specific training and experience in robotics, human biomechanics and movement and rehabilitation science. The focus of her research is to characterize the mechanisms underlying the loss of independent joint control of the arm, leg and trunk following brain injury due to stroke. The main approach that she is pursuing in her research is the development of portable robotic devices that can be used for therapeutic and diagnostic purposes to help stroke survivors regain movement of the arm.
Stay tuned for information regarding specific times and session topics that will be distributed here and on social media.