October 28, 2020
For the second year in a row, students enrolled in the Clinical Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling Program have received a 100% pass rate on the Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC) certification exam. The national pass rate for the CRC exam this year was 67%. In addition, UNC students scored above the national average on every subtest.
September 24, 2020
This monthly gathering designed to facilitate conversations with the goal of intentionally and mindfully respecting diversity in our community, continues to grow in light of recent activism efforts across the country and COVID-19.
September 17, 2020
The National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research awarded researchers Karen Erickson (UNC), Lori Geist (UNC), and Jeff Higginbotham (University at Buffalo) funding to the improve expressive communication of individuals with complex communication needs.
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 6, 2020
Michelle Campbell (’18 MS MDS), Sophia Chandrasekar ’16 and Letycia Nuñez-Argote ’07, each received recognition for their contributions to the profession.
April 30, 2020
Emily Wilkins is a second-year Physician Assistant Studies student from Rutherfordton, North Carolina who returned to work in neighboring Hendersonville as a paramedic during the COVID-19 pandemic to serve our state.
February 20, 2020
Jason Hrdina, a clinical assistant professor and director of clinical education in the Department of Allied Health Sciences’ Physician Assistant Studies program, will lead a new advance practice provider (APP) residency program, a joint initiative between the UNC School of Medicine and UNC Hospitals. Hrdina will serve as program director.
January 30, 2020
Jackson Roush, a professor and clinically trained audiologist in the Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences, has received the 2019 Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities (CIDD) Impact Award.
January 23, 2020
The Department of Allied Health Sciences (DAHS) has named John Grose as its associate chair for research and scholarship, which leads research across seven disciplines and several units in the health care spectrum. Grose, a professor in both the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (OHNS) and in the DAHS Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences, began this role January 1, 2020.
November 26, 2019
More than 100 people, including dozens of esteemed donors, joined student scholars and award recipients from the Department of Allied Health Sciences.
November 7, 2019
Lexie Edwards, who will graduate with her second bachelor’s degree from UNC-Chapel Hill in 2020, discovered a match with clinical laboratory science in the Department of Allied Health Sciences after earning a degree in biology in 2018.