Megan Bartoshuk, a third-year Doctor of Audiology student, has received an ASHFoundation Graduate Student Scholarship, which is awarded to communication sciences students around the country. Up to fifteen awards are granted each year.

During my seven days stay in Grenada, I had the opportunity to visit two hospitals, Prince Alice Hospital and General Hospital. During my stay at Princess Alice Hospital, I had the chance to speak with hospital staff from all areas of the hospital to include but not limited to physicians, nurses, imaging technologists, administrators, environmental … Read more

Five PhD students, who represent three health care disciplines from the UNC School of Medicine Department of Allied Health Sciences (DAHS), have received the 2019 Student Research Ambassador Award, awarded by the department’s Office of Research and Scholarship. This prestigious travel award recognizes students who showcase outstanding research in the larger academic and professional community. … Read more

The Wall Street Journal recently featured Mary Ellen Wells, PhD, in an article titled “The Sleep-Success Equation.” Wells is the director an associate professor of the Neurodiagnostics and Sleep Science program, a joint initiative between UNC-Charlotte and the UNC-School of Medicine.

Alec Fields, a former fleet Marine force hospital corpsman, discovered a passion for medicine while in charge of the health and wellbeing of the Marines with whom he was stationed in Afghanistan.

Your Health Radio, an initiative of the UNC School of Medicine Department of Family Medicine, featured Mike Lewek, PT, PhD, in an episode on sleep titled “The Rising Science of Falls.”

A chance conversation with a customer who was a rehabilitation counselor while Hailey Morris worked at a local coffee shop in South Carolina spurred her desire to pursue the profession and to consider graduate school. Today, Morris is a first-year student in the Division of Clinical Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling who hopes to become a licensed … Read more

As an undergraduate student at UNC-Chapel Hill, Chelsea Carter shadowed a speech-language pathologist from an underrepresented background and realized a desire to pursue the same career. Today, the Mt. Airy, North Carolina, native is a second-year student in the Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences completing her master’s degree.

Lexie Edwards, who will graduate with her second bachelor’s degree from UNC-Chapel Hill in 2020, discovered a match with clinical laboratory science after earning a degree in biology in 2018.