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Hello! My name is Erin Kinney and I, first and foremost, want to thank you for welcoming me into your world. I have been here about a month now and I already consider myself a Tar Heel. I have had the opportunity to work with so many wonderful faculty members, students,...

Johnston and Crais join 2017 inductee, Cara McComish, PhD, in the Academy. The UNC School of Medicine Academy of Educators inducted Lisa Johnston, PT, PhD, and Elizabeth (Betsy) Crais, PhD, CCC-SLP, and ASHA fellow, into its ranks on May 31, 2018. The Academy recognized Johnston and Crais at its Evening of Scholarship, held in...

The Department of Allied Health Sciences hosted its annual Clinical Preceptor Appreciation Event at The Carolina Club on May 23, 2018. The Department of Allied Health Sciences hosted its annual Clinical Preceptor Appreciation Event at The Carolina Club on May 23, 2018. During the event, with a record of 160 attendees,...

Dr. Stephen Hooper, chair of the Department of Allied Health Sciences and associate dean in the UNC School of Medicine, has received the 2016 Distinguished Service Award. Dr. Stephen Hooper, chair of the Department of Allied Health Sciences and associate dean in the UNC School of Medicine, has received the...

Dr. Christine A. Dollaghan, PhD, CCC-SLP, presented at the 2018 David E. Yoder Symposium, held at Extraordinary Ventures in Chapel Hill in April 2018. On Friday, April 20, attendees of the David E. Yoder Symposium had the opportunity to learn about identifying and treating young children with speech and language...

The 20th annual Graduate School recognition celebration honored multiple Department of Allied Health Sciences students across the health care spectrum. On Thursday, April 5, 2018, The UNC Graduate School held its 20th annual Graduate Student Recognition Celebration. This year’s recipients gathered at the George Watts Hill Alumni Center, where they celebrated...

Mary Ellen Wells, PhD, spoke to WRAL-TV about sleep trackers in late February 2018 Mary Ellen Wells, PhD, spoke to WRAL-TV in February 2018 about the effectiveness of sleep trackers. Wells, the program director of Neurodiagnostics and Sleep Science, spoke to WRAL’s Brian Shrader about this technology.

Highlighting a new sleep grant initiative from the DAHS Office of Research In an effort to build an internationally recognized program of research in sleep science at UNC-CH, DAHS is pleased to announce its new Sleep Innovative Research Grant (SIRG) program. “Our goal is to foster interdisciplinary research capacity in...

Stephen Hooper, PhD, began serving as interim director of the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute on January 1, 2018, as former director Sam Odom, PhD, stepped down after 11 years of service. Stephen Hooper, PhD, began serving as interim director of the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute on January 1,...

Several students gave presentations of their work, including 5 of our own from the Department of Allied Health Sciences, held on November 17. Several students gave presentations of their work, including 5 of our own from the Department of Allied Health Sciences: Ilana Levin (Human Movement Science) “Testing Novel Measures of...