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About Gregory Dedrick

Dr. Dedrick is the founding chair and director of the Campbell University DPT program. He has conducted 80+ post professional education conferences and been an invited speaker for 16 Regional and National conferences. Areas of teaching expertise include musculoskeletal differential diagnosis and intervention, manual therapy, and imaging and screening for medical conditions in physical therapy. Research interests include: 1) effect of restricted blood flow training in persons with decreased mobility; 2) exploration of imaging in PT practice; and 3) motor control strategies of the trunk and lower extremity.

Positions

Present Director of Physical Therapy Program, Campbell University ‐ College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
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Disciplines

Grants

2006 An immuno-histochemical and histological study of human uncovertebral joints
South Plains Foundation
Colleague(s): P.S. Sizer, B. Sawyer, J.M. Brismee, M.P. Smith
$9,900
2006 Analysis of nerve fiber distribution within thoracic intervertebral discs
TTUHSC Seed Grant
Colleague(s): P.S. Sizer, B. Sawyer, J.M. Brismee, M.P. Smith
$9,000
2006 Effect of unanticipated counter-movements on the control of knee valgus in men and women
TTUHSC Seed Grant
Colleague(s): P.S. Sizer, C.R. James
$3,000
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Professional Service and Affiliations

2017 - Present Chair, Professional Behaviors Task Force, College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, Campbell University
2015 - Present Member, Strategic Planning Committee, College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, Campbell University
2014 - Present Member, Institutional Review Board
2013 - Present Member, Promotion and Tenure Committee, College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, Campbell University
2012 - Present Member, Executive Committee, College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, Campbell University
2012 - Present Member, North Carolina Physical Therapy Association
1996 - Present Member, American Physical Therapy Association
2014 - 2016 Member, CICS Subcommittee, College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, Campbell University
2012 - 2015 Chair, Assessment Committee, Department of Physical Therapy, Campbell University
2012 - 2015 Chair, Curriculum Committee, Department of Physical Therapy, Campbell University
2012 - 2015 Chair, Faculty Search Committee, Department of Physical Therapy, Campbell University
2012 - 2015 Member, Inter-professional Education Steering Committee, CPHS, Campbell University
2012 - 2015 Member and Chair (2012-2013), Program Admissions Committee, Department of Physical Therapy, Campbell University
2012 - 2015 Chair, Program Outcomes Assessment Committee, Department of Physical Therapy, Campbell University
2004 - 2014 Member, American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists
2012 - 2013 Member, Peer Review Committee, College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, Campbell University
1999 - 2013 Member, International Academy of Orthopedic Medicine-US
2012 Chair, Staff Search Committee, Department of Physical Therapy, Campbell University
1996 - 2012 Member, Texas Physical Therapy Association
1994 - 1998 Member, American College of Sports Medicine
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Honors and Awards

  • SOAHS Dean’s Recognition Award (Best Poster)- member of research team “Change in spine height following side lying mid-range and end-range flexion”, March 2009
  • Recipient of the TTUHSC Student Senate Teacher-of-the-Year, MPT Program, 2008
  • Recipient of the TTUHSC Student Senate Teacher-of-the-Year, MPT Program, 2005
  • Recipient of the All-Star Award, University Medical Center
  • Lubbock, TX, 2001

Courses

  • DPT 794, Licensure Preparation (Coordinator)
  • DPT 790, Imaging in PT Practice (Coordinator)
  • DPT 788, Clinical Reasoning 3 (Instructor)
  • DPT 784, Clinical Reasoning 2 (Instructor)
  • DPT 776, Lifespan Continuum 3 (MSK) (Coordinator and Instructor)
  • DPT 700, Clinical Biomechanics (Coordinator)

Education

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2005 Ph.D., Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center ‐ School of Allied Health Sciences
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1996 M.S., University of Texas Medical Branch ‐ Department of Physical Therapy
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1994 B.S., University of North Texas ‐ Department of Exercise and Sports Sciences
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Publications (28)