The Foundation for Chiropractic Education and Research (FCER) announces that Dr. Kathleen Linaker, Director of Clinic Radiology in the Life University Clinic System, has been approved for fellowship funding to support her pursuit of a PhD in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at Loyola University in Chicago.

In the last year, Dr. Linaker has completed a first draft of a Masters of Diagnostic Imaging program at Life University; the program has been submitted to the Board of Directors for review. In addition, the compilation of radiology pathology files which she has overseen for use by interns and residents at National University of Health Sciences now contains over 1300 cases. She has co-developed a Case Review Panel for upper quarter students at Life University. She is preparing a paper on treating musculoskeletal injuries with monochromatic infrared light, to be submitted to the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, and she is completing two other studies-on facet tropism and a correlation of L4 and L5