UB’s Ohtake Wins Award For New Physical Therapy Faculty

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Patricia J. Ohtake, Ph.D., assistant professor of physical therapy, exercise and nutrition sciences in the UB School of Health Related Professions, will receive the Margaret L. Moore Award for Outstanding New Academic Faculty Member from the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) at its annual conference in June in Indianapolis.

The award was established in 1989 by the APTA to acknowledge an outstanding new faculty member who is pursuing a career as an academician and has demonstrated excellence in research and teaching. Ohtake will receive $1,500 and an etched crystal award.

Ohtake came to UB in 1995 after completing a post-doctoral fellowship in the Department of Physiology at the Medical College of Wisconsin. She holds a bachelor's degree in physical therapy from McGill University in Montreal, and master's and doctoral degrees from Queen's University in Kingston, Ont.

Her research involves studying the long- and short-term effects of low oxygen levels and drugs of abuse on newborns, and investigating the effectiveness of various devices and techniques for clearing the airways of patients with cystic fibrosis. She is principal or co-principal investigator on three one-year grants totaling more than $100,000 and is author or contributing author on 29 papers in refereed journals.

A popular teacher, Ohtake received a "Professor of the Semester" award from the UB physical therapy class of 1999.

Ohtake holds memberships in the American Physical Therapy Association, American Thoracic Society, Physiotherapy Section of the Canadian Lung Association and the Ontario Respiratory Care Society. She is a reviewer for four professional journals in her field, and also is a grant reviewer for the APTA's Cardiopulmonary Section and the Ontario Respiratory Care Society.

Ohtake lives in Williamsville.