Your Health Radio, an initiative of UNC Family Medicine, featured Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences faculty member Patricia Johnson (’13 AuD) in an episode on healthy hearing.
Charles Locke, a second-year student in Physician Assistant Studies, has received a scholarship from the North Carolina Association of Health Care Recruitment (NCAHCR). The NCAHCR recognized Locke’s achievement at its winter meeting, held in early November. “My passion and their mission is absolutely congruent, and it is an honor to be selected for the scholarship,” … Read more
The Physician Assistant Studies program received recognition in a Veterans Day celebration, held in the lobby at UNC Children’s Hospital, on Monday, November 12, 2018. The event honored UNC Health Care employees, students, and local residents who currently serve or have served in the armed forces. The PA program is housed in the Department of … Read more
The Department of Allied Health Sciences celebrated its 12th annual Scholarships and Awards Brunch, designed to recognize donors and scholarship recipients across eight departmental programs, on Saturday, November 10, 2018. More than 175 people, including dozens of esteemed donors, joined more than 100 student scholars from the Department of Allied Health Sciences; student scholars represented eight … Read more
The UNC School of Medicine Department of Allied Health Sciences celebrated National Allied Health Professions week from November 5 until November 9. The week is designed to raise awareness about careers in the health professions. The Department of Allied Health Sciences will celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2021. It houses seven divisions across the health … Read more
The Town of Chapel Hill’s Fire Chief, Matt Sullivan, recently spoke to students in the Division of Clinical Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling about trauma, crisis, and wisdom he has learned during his varied, multi-decade career. Sullivan, whose background spans law and social work, draws from his past experiences and life lessons to inform his … Read more
The UNC Hearing and Communication Center (UNC HCC) has opened an outpatient vestibular clinic to assess dizziness and vertigo—the first of its kind in the UNC Health Care system. Led by Philip Griffin, AuD, the clinic will provide a variety of services related to the vestibular system, a sensory system that contributes to a sense … Read more
Arielle Abrams is a third-year Doctor of Audiology student in the Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences who hopes her experience with hearing loss will positively influence the field of audiology from the standpoint of patient care and research. An audiologist diagnosed Abrams with hearing loss when she was one-and-a-half years old.
7 Days of PA Week at UNC Chapel Hill
The Department of Allied Health Sciences’ Office of Research and Scholarship (DAHS OOR) has selected its second cohort of winners of the DAHS Student Research Ambassador Awards. This year’s recipients, all of whom are PhD students, span a multitude of interdisciplinary topics. The student winners each have received an award of $500 to alleviate expenses incurred by their research.
