Author Archives: Elizabeth Poindexter

In summer 2019, the Department of Allied Health Science (DAHS), in partnership with TEACCH, the UNC School of Education, and the Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities, will host the inaugural HEELS Summer Intensive, a week-long skills camp for young adults with intellectual disabilities to enjoy campus at UNC-Chapel Hill, to build...

Nancy Bagatell, PhD, and director of the Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, is an investigator on a three-year grant from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR). The grant aims to examine the effectiveness of TEACCH School Transition to Employment and Postsecondary Education Program (T-STEP) for young...

UNC Partnerships in Aging Program (PiAP), a campus-wide initiative in the University’s Office of the Provost, has recently named Jennifer “Jenny” Womack, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, as its associate director. Womack is a clinical professor in the Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, housed in the UNC School of Medicine...

Kristy Fox, an alumna from the Neurodiagnostic and Sleep Science program (NDSS), was recently awarded the Maureen Berkeley Award by the American Society of Electroencephalographic Technicians (ASET) for her capstone project entitled F.I.R.E.S. that was published in the Neurodiagnostic Journal.  Fox’s interest in the topic of febrile infection-related epilepsy syndrome...

Five years ago, students in the Division of Clinical Laboratory Science launched the UNC-CH Clinical Laboratory Science Service Society. The organization is dual-purpose: to promote the profession of clinical laboratory science and to give students an opportunity to interact with one another outside the classroom in ways that provide other learning...

Kristine Barnette ’07, received the Louise Ward Excellence in Teaching Award from the Division of Clinical Laboratory Science. The award is presented annually to a faculty member who has demonstrated excellence in teaching. Barnette is the manager of the division’s student laboratory.

Lisa Cremeans, an assistant professor in the Division of Clinical Laboratory Science, joined Joan Polancic of Denver Health Medical Center and John Gerlach of Michigan State University, in delivering the opening keynote address at the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science (ASCLS) Clinical Laboratory Educators Conference in Baltimore, Maryland, in February. Cremeans discussed...

Karen McCulloch, PT, PhD, FAPTA, and professor in the Division of Physical Therapy, will be honored as a Catherine Worthingham Fellow of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) at the PT NEXT conference in June 2019. The award is the association’s highest honor. McCulloch is board certified and recognized as a...

Janelle Bludorn, PA-C and a clinical assistant professor in Physician Assistant Studies, has launched a podcast alongside the PA colleagues, titled “Airwaves and Educators.” The medical education podcast focuses on physician assistant education and features the voices of three co-hosts to provide insight into scenarios a PA educator might encounter. Bludorn said...

Jeff Taylor and Tanisha Burke, two alumni of the Neurodiagnostics and Sleep Science program, presented at the North Carolina Academy of Sleep Medicine (NCASM). Taylor presented on the topic of business and sleep; Burke presented on sleep awareness with regard to how sleep deprivation in children can mimic ADHD. Taylor...