Hawk Named Researcher of the Year
At the biennial International Conference on Chiropractic Research (ICCR), the Foundation for Chiropractic Education and Research (FCER) honored Cheryl Hawk, DC, PhD, with the 2005 Researcher of the Year Award for providing outstanding research to the chiropractic profession.

Cheryl Hawk, DC, PhD

“Dr Hawk’s numerous awards are impressive and underscore her painstaking, reflective, and deeply committed approach to both teaching and research,” says Anthony L. Rosner, PhD, FCER’s director of research.

Recently named the dean of research at the Southern California University of Health Sciences, Hawk has held research and faculty positions at the Palmer College of Chiropractic, the Consortial Center for Chiropractic Research, and the Parker Research Institute.

During Hawk’s tenure as researcher, she has published several articles in peer-reviewed biomedical journals. In addition, Hawk is one of a few DCs to have obtained federal grant funding from the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM).

“Her thoughtful publications seem to have encompassed what I believe are some of the most critical and under-researched areas of chiropractic health care, including clinical research design issues, practice-based research, development of a manual placebo procedure, primary care, geriatric care, women’s health problems, reliabilities of various outcome instruments, and prevention and maintenance,” says Rosner.

Foot Levelers Sponsors Golf Event On May 5, 2005, Foot Levelers Inc sponsored the first annual Tee It Up for Chiropractic golf tournament, which hosted 144 golfers, at the Heritage Hills Golf Resort in York, Pa. The tournament benefited the Pennsylvania Chiropractic Association’s Educational and Charitable Foundation, which works to increase the awareness of chiropractic as an effective means of health care. To help golfers improve their game, increase their tee-off distance, and lower their scores, Foot Levelers Inc provided five pairs of custom-made Parflex Plus® Spinal Pelvic Stabilizers. This footwear is scientifically designed to meet the unique demands of golfers.

Life West Grants 71 Degrees At its 46th commencement, which took place at the Chabot College Performing Arts Center in Hayward, Calif, on June 11, 2005, Life Chiropractic College West awarded chiropractic degrees to 71 students from across the nation and overseas. “Remember what I told you the very first day of school and throughout your time at Life West: ‘Never, ever underestimate the power of a chiropractic adjustment,’” says Gerard Clum, DC, Life West president, who served as the commencement speaker. The event celebrated the graduation of the classes of winter 2005 and spring 2005. Life West’s newest DCs represented 15 states, Puerto Rico, and eight foreign countries: Canada, China, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, United Kingdom, and Vietnam.