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The DAHS Office of Research held its November Research Forum on Wednesday, November 29, 2017, where faculty announced the new SIRG program. On Wednesday, November 29, 2017, the Department of Allied Health Sciences Office of Research held its November installment of the fall research forums, where researchers and faculty unveiled...

The Department of Allied Health Sciences celebrated its 11th annual Scholarships and Awards Brunch, designed to celebrate donors and students across eight departmental programs. More than 175 people, including dozens of esteemed donors, joined more than 100 student scholars from the Department of Allied Health Sciences to celebrate the department’s...

Five students, who represent three health care disciplines, have received the 2017 Student Research Ambassador Award. Five PhD students from the UNC School of Medicine Department of Allied Health Sciences (DAHS) have received the 2017 Student Research Ambassador Award, awarded by the DAHS Office of Research. This prestigious travel award...

The trust will create the UNC Rural Interprofessional Health Initiative (RIPHI), allowing the DAHS and other departments within the School of Medicine to establish clinical sites for health science students in rural areas of the state. Read the full story here.

Forty years ago, the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction and the UNC School of Medicine’s Department of Allied Health Sciences partnered to deliver quality related services, specifically Occupational and Physical Therapy, to exceptional children in North Carolina’s public schools. The model is among the most effective in the nation....

Dr. Stephen Hooper, the Department of Allied Health Sciences Associate Dean and Chair, will serve as principal investigator of the project. The UNC Department of Allied Health Sciences received a $3.3 million grant to establish a stronger scientific foundation for educational practice within early literacy. By using recent advances in cognitive science and...

Hundreds of students, representing five divisions in the UNC School of Medicine Department of Allied Health Sciences, received degrees between May 11 to May 14, 2017. Hundreds of students graduated from the UNC School of Medicine Department of Allied Health Sciences across five divisions of the health care spectrum from...

The Department of Allied Health Sciences recognized its clinical preceptors during its annual clinical preceptor appreciation event, held at The Carolina Club. The Department of Allied Health Sciences held its annual Clinical Preceptor Appreciation Event on Wednesday, May 24, 2017, at The Carolina Club on the campus of UNC-Chapel Hill....

The State Employees’ Credit Union highlighted students from the Department of Allied Health Sciences’ most recent experience volunteering at the SECU’s Family House. Students from the Divisions of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Speech and Hearing Sciences, and Clinical Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling shared their insights at the Family...

More than a dozen students in the UNC School of Medicine Department of Allied Health Sciences received recognition for their studies across four health care disciplines. On Thursday, April 20, 2017, The UNC Graduate School recognized dozens of students for their accomplishments during the school year, including Jesse Sykes, a second-year...