Author Archives: Elizabeth Poindexter

A2Zzz, the magazine for the American Academy of Sleep Technologists (AAST), recently featured Steven Klinger a student in the Neurodiagnostic and Sleep Science program as a student perspective on sleep education (pg. 12).

Beth Payne, an alumna of the Neurodiagnostics and Sleep Science (NDSS) program, recently earned a Sleep Excellence Award from the North Carolina Academy of Sleep Medicine (NCASM). The award is the most prestigious sleep award in North Carolina and recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions in sleep medicine, practice,...

Spectrum, a podcast highlighting news and expert opinions related to autism spectrum disorder (ASD), recently featured Clare Harrop, PhD, and a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Allied Health Sciences. The podcast episode provides insight into gender imbalances in autism studies.

The Daily Tar Heel, the student-run, award-winning newspaper at UNC-Chapel Hill, has featured Janelle Bludorn, PA-C and clinical assistant professor, in a recent article. The article highlights her accomplishments as the 2018 NC Physician Assistant of the Year, her work in point-of-care ultrasound, and as co-host of podcast “Airwaves and...

Melissa Curran, a student with the Neurodiagnostics and Sleep Science (NDSS) program, is entering her ninth year of coordinating the Atrium Sleep Symposium with the medical director and the president of the AASM, Douglas Kirsch, MD. Kirsch said Curran has beenan integral part of the sleep laboratory program. “She has...

Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences PhD student Michaela DuBay has received the 2019 Council of Academic Programs in Communication Sciences and Disorders (CAPCSD) PhD scholarship. The scholarship provides $20,000 to support the completion of the PhD program. DuBay’s dissertation is titled “Translation and Cultural Adaptation of Developmental Screening Tools.” Parent-report...

Linn Wakeford, PhD, OT/L, and associate professor in the Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, has received an Innovation Grant in the amount of $26,000 from the Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) for her interdisciplinary project, AH:SPIRE (Allied Health: Strategies to Promote, Inspire, Recruit, and Educate). The broad goal...

Kaylene King, a third-year Doctor of Audiology student in the Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences, will present at the 16th Symposium on Cochlear Implants in Children, to be held in July 2019 and hosted by the American Cochlear Implant Alliance. King has also received a 2019 student scholarship award....

Students and faculty members from the Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences and the Division of Physical Therapy traveled to Tyrrell County, North Carolina, for an interdisciplinary service learning trip over spring break. During the trip, students learned how people’s health is impacted by where they live and how to build...

The Daily Tar Heel recently featured Genevieve Lowry Cole, the first American Indian to graduate from UNC-Chapel Hill. Cole graduated from our program medical technology, now a laboratory science program in the Division of Clinical Laboratory Science.