August 20, 2020
The National Institutes of Health has awarded Katarina Haley, PhD, and Adam Jacks, PhD, in the UNC Department of Allied Health Sciences, a five-year, $3-million research grant to study speech production disorders following a stroke to help researchers and clinicians define diagnostic profiles to enhance patient care.
August 20, 2020
HEELS Prep, an Allied Health Sciences interdisciplinary program to support young adults with intellectual disabilities, completed its online program during summer 2020.
August 6, 2020
Michelle Campbell (’18 MS MDS), Sophia Chandrasekar ’16 and Letycia Nuñez-Argote ’07, each received recognition for their contributions to the profession.
August 6, 2020
The Division of Physical Therapy recognized its class of 2020 graduates, including six residents, 30 Doctor of Physical Therapy students (DPT), and three transitional DPT students in a ceremony held on Saturday, August 1.
July 22, 2020
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, UNC Allied Health Sciences alumna Anna VerMeulen ’14 (’19 DPT) worked in general medical units, orthopedics, or in other settings, while at Mission Health.
July 22, 2020
Over the past fourteen years, Clay Hadden (’06 MS SLP) has worked with children who face an array of speech and language delays, with a focus on augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) methods.
July 8, 2020
Second-year physician assistant studies student Jessica Thomas chose to volunteer with Meals on Wheels as a part of an elective medical management course.
July 2, 2020
Ali Sherron joined UNC REX Healthcare as a physical therapist in September 2019; six months into her role conducting inpatient care, Sherron began work on ICU and non-ICU floors treating patients who contracted the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
June 11, 2020
Annette Greenway, a yoga instructor from Efland, North Carolina, attended her first physical therapy appointment with University Physical Therapy virtually since the start of COVID-19 pandemic. Greenway said she was initially not sure as to how a virtual visit would unfold, but as a first-time PT patient, she was happy to give it a chance.
June 4, 2020
Philip Griffin, AuD, successfully advocated for the change and says the passage of the audiology assistant rule in North Carolina dovetails with a need for high-quality patient care.
June 4, 2020
The ambassadors in the Allied Health Sciences Department made a two-minute video to showcase some of the changes students will face when they return to campus.
June 4, 2020
HEELS Prep, an interdisciplinary program to support young adults with intellectual disabilities, moves online in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.