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May 27, 2020 • Caitlin Burns
Dr. Kathleen Kline Mangione, professor of Physical Therapy, has been nominated for an inspiring clinical research professional with The Florence Effect, a global initiative celebrating and bringing together those who are practicing extraordinary clinical research. This initiative is run through...
Oct 1, 2019 • Caitlin Burns
Each year, 300,000 Americans suffer a hip fracture and struggle to return to the ambulatory activities they enjoyed prior to it. Dr. Rebecca Craik, dean of the College of Health Sciences, and Dr. Kate Mangione, professor of Physical Therapy, recently co-published the study “Effect of a...
Oct 1, 2019 • Caitlin Burns
To better understand the results of the study, “Effect of a Multicomponent Home-Based Physical Therapy Intervention on Ambulation After Hip Fracture in Older Adults,” Dr. Rebecca Craik, dean of the College of Health Sciences, and Dr. Mangione, professor of Physical Therapy, addressed the...
May 23, 2016 • Caitlin Burns
Over 1,000 Arcadia University students earned doctoral, master’s, and baccalaureate degrees at Graduate and Undergraduate Commencement ceremonies on May 19 and 20 on Haber Green. At Thursday's Graduate Ceremony, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters recipient Lois Haber ’71, ’16H retired CEO and...
Apr 18, 2016 • Christopher Sarachilli
Dr. Kathleen Mangione, PT, PhD, FAPTA, professor of Physical Therapy, has been selected as Arcadia University’s 2016 Professor of the Year. Generally regarded as the most prestigious recognition that an Arcadia faculty member can receive, the Professor of the Year award reflects outstanding...
Sep 23, 2015 • jretter Retter
Dr. Kathleen Mangione published two articles in Physical Therapy, recently. The first, “Rethinking Hospital-Associated Deconditioning: Proposed Paradigm Shift,” details the dangers of stigmatizing and not addressing the declining physical functionality in older adults. The second, “Progressive...
Kathleen Kline Mangione, PT, PhD, FAPTA, Professor, received her entry level degree in physical therapy from the University of Delaware and a master’s degree in gerontology and PhD from New York University. Dr. Mangione was in the first chort that earned Board Certification in Geriatric Physical Therapy. Kate’s clinical career has focused on working with older adults; she has practiced in acute care, adult inpatient rehabilitation, sub-acute and nursing home settings, and home health care. Likewise, Dr. Mangione’s research is focused on older adults. She has had continuous federal or foundation funding beginning with her doctoral work.
In the last 10 years, she has been a site principal investigator on an NIH. multicenter trial examining exercise for older adults after hip fracture; a co-investigator on NIH and VA grants examining interventions for frail older adults after hospital discharge; and a consultant on a PCORI grant investigating the effects of a home-based care management approach for older adults with dementia, depression, or delirium. Dr. Mangione has served on several Data Safety and Monitoring Boards. She is a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America and a member of the Fragility Fracture Network, an international, interprofessional organization where she served on the planning committee for the North American congress and is a member of the Physiotherapy special interest group. She has held numerous appointed and volunteer positions at the APTA,; most recently she served on the task force that developed the Clinical Practice Guideline for patients with hip fracture, the movement system task force, and Choose Wisely campaign. Dr. Mangione has presented her work at national and international conferences on topics of exercise and the older adult, hip fracture, and frailty. She has published her research in the premier journals for physical therapy and geriatrics. Dr. Mangione is the recipient of APTA awards including the Catherine Worthingham Fellow, the Margaret L. Moore Award for Outstanding New Academic Faculty Member; Lucy Blair Service Award, the Chattanooga Research Award for the best clinical research, and the Joan Mills Award for lifelong service from the Academy of Geriatric Physical Therapy. She has received the Lindback Foundation Teaching Award and Professor of the Year from Arcadia University.
New York University 1994
Doctor of Philosophy in Pathokinesiology
New York University 1989
Master of Arts in Gerontology
University of Delaware 1985
Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy