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• 2020 Stanford Award - Academy of Physical Therapy Education, American Physical Therapy Association (01/01/2020-12/31/2020)
• Ronnie Leavitt Award for the Promotion of Social Responsibility - Global Health Special Interest Group, HPA The Catalyst, American Physical Therapy Association (02/01/2019-02/28/2019)
• William Gould Outstanding PT Faculty Award - Texas Physical Therapy Association (10/01/2018-10/31/2018)
• 2015 Greene Lecturer - Springfield College (04/01/2015-04/30/2015)
• Golden Apple Award - Health Volunteers Overseas (01/01/2008-12/31/2008)

• Ph D in Physical Therapy , Texas Woman's University (2007)
• MPH in Public Health, University of Hawaii (1995)
• BS in Physical Therapy, Marquette University (1985)

• A Longitudinal Study of Interprofessional Education in Graduate Students from Rehabilitation Sciences Am J Occup Ther 75 2 (2021), Sarah Elkington, Connie Summers, Celia M. Pechak, Patricia Lara, .
• Establishing the interrater and intrarater reliability of the Physical Therapy Spanish Proficiency Measure (PT-SPM) Phys Ther J Policy, Administration, Leadership 21 1 (2021), Berenice Peralta Matus, Clare Swietlik, Celia M. Pechak, Loretta S. Dillon, Emre Umucu, Evelyn Villarreal .
• Post-graduation plans of one cohort of graduating Doctor of Physical Therapy students who received HRSA Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students (SDS): a case study Phys Ther J Policy, Administration, Leadership 21 2 (2021), Celia M. Pechak, Loretta S. Dillon, Berenice Peralta Matus.
• A tool to enhance patient safety: refinement and validation of the Physical Therapy Spanish Proficiency Measure Physical Therapy Journal of Policy, Administration, & Leadership 20 3 (2020), Evelyn Villarreal, Celia M. Pechak, Loretta S. Dillon, Emre Umucu, Christine Reyes, Berenice Peralta Matus.
• Preparing students to serve a refugee population through a health-focused interprofessional education experience Journal of Allied Health 49 3 (2020), Celia M. Pechak, Vicki L. Howe, Margie Padilla, Gabriel Frietze.
• Defining global health competencies for entry-level physical therapist education Journal of Physical Therapy Education 34 1 (2020), Nnedi Ubani, Celia M. Pechak.
• Exploring student beliefs and attitudes about learning Spanish in a Doctor of Physical Therapy curriculum Journal of Physical Therapy Education 33 4 (2019), Celia M. Pechak.
• Improvements in students’ attitudes towards people with disabilities with or without semi-structured community-based interactions. Journal of Physical Therapy Education 33 3 (2019), Celia M. Pechak.
• Development and Preliminary Assessment of Interprofessional Education Focused on Vulnerable Populations. Journal of Allied Health. Journal of Allied Health 47 3 (2018), Celia M. Pechak, Connie Summers, Barbara Schoen, Margie E. Padilla, Stephanie A. Capshaw.
• Improved knowledge following an interpreter-use training Journal of Allied Health 47 3 (2018), Celia M. Pechak, Connie Summers, J Velasco.
• Survey of disability competence teaching and assessment strategies in physical therapist education Journal of Physical Therapy Education 32 1 (2018), Kiersten I. Garrand, Celia M. Pechak, N Gell, L Jimenez.
• Incorporating Spanish language instruction into health sciences programs in a Hispanic-serving institution Journal of Hispanic Higher Education (2017), C Summers, V Mueller, Celia M. Pechak, J Sias.
• Transforming society: global health and health policy Physical Therapy Journal of Policy, Administration & Leadership 17 2 (2017), C Pechak, D Magnusson, J Black.

• Highly Engaging Interprofessional Education in an Online Environment (2021), Volume El Paso, TX, William L. Roberts, Jacob Martinez, Isaac Rodriguwz, Celia M. Pechak, Patricia Lara, Margie E. Padilla.
• Let’s Transform ALL of Society: How Do We Influence Graduates to Work with Underserved Communities? (2021), Volume Virtual conference, Jeff Hartman, Amanda Sharp, Celia M. Pechak, Lisa Steincamp, Sara Pullen.
• A Longitudinal Study of Interprofessional Education in Graduate Students from Rehabilitation Sciences (2020), Volume El Paso, TX, Sarah J. Elkington, summers, Connie, Hernandez, Francesca, Patricia Lara, Celia M. Pechak.
• How COVID-19 Exposed Our Nation’s Structural Inequities (2020), Volume online, Celia M. Pechak.
• Using Simulation with an Interprofessional Interpreter-Use Training (2020), Volume El Paso, TX, Celia M. Pechak, Patricia Lara.
• Lessons Learned from Building a Productive Interprofessional Education Community of Practice (2018), Volume Thomas Rivera, UTEP, Celia M. Pechak, Margie E. Padilla.
• Global health competencies for occupational therapy education in the US (2018), Volume El Paso, Texas, Dahlia C. Castillo, Baeza Corina, Martinez Julio, Anissa Reynaud, Celia M. Pechak, .
• Global Health Education: What Is, What Could Be, What Should Be (2018), Volume New Orleans, Louisiana, Celia M. Pechak, J Black, N Ubani, K Patterson, S Zehr.
• Global Health (2017), Volume Chicago, Illinois, Celia M. Pechak.
• Disability Competence Education: Not Just “Wheelchair for a Day” (2017), Volume San Antonio, Texas, Celia M. Pechak, K Garrand, L Jimenez, D Magnusson, N Sharby.
• Love Global Health? Then Care About Policy! (2017), Volume San Antonio, Texas, Celia M. Pechak, J Black, D Magnusson, I Gorman.

• Neonatal Therapists’ Perceptions of Using Integrated Collaborative Care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
• Examining Grit and Social Capital in First-Generation and Continuing-Generation Students in a Doctor of Physical Therapy Program
• Exploring Reapplication to Physical Therapy Programs Among Underrepresented Minority Students