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Black History Month offers a unique time to celebrate African American and Black people in the Department of Allied Health Sciences community who have made and continue to make significant and valued contributions through their work, relationships and commitment to service. We hope you’ll join us in recognizing the amazing...

Many children hope to follow in their parents’ footsteps when they grow up and begin working. For Alexis Otway, that wasn’t necessarily the case. However, as she wraps up her first semester in the Clinical Laboratory Science program – the same one her mother, Erin Crittenton, graduated from in 2008...

Each year, The Graduate School honors graduate students in programs across campus for their powerful discoveries that contribute to a better future for people and communities in North Carolina. Sofia Benson-Goldberg’s work has focused on improving readability for COVID-19 documents from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Patricia Johnson, AuD, discusses the potential benefits of OTC hearing aids and explains the differences between OTC and prescription hearing aids.

The Department of Allied Health Sciences’ hard work in advancing Interprofessional Education and Practice (IPEP) has resulted in its selection for the 2021 Association of Schools Advancing Health Professions (ASAHP) Award for Institutional Excellence and Innovation in Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Health Care. A History of Interprofessional Collaboration The importance...

This fall, audiology students Meredith Braza and Amanda Davis received American Academy of Audiology Foundation scholarships. The Doctor of Audiology program is a part of the division of Speech and Hearing Sciences, housed within the Department of Allied Health Sciences.

Jon Hacke, PT, DPT has retired from his position as assistant professor in the Division of Physical Therapy in the Department of Allied Health Sciences as of October 1, 2021. Hacke spent more than 25 years in the Division, bringing his unique background and experience to clinical, research and educational...

Dr. Khalilah Johnson has received the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Equity Scholars for Action award. Johnson is an assistant professor in the Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy in the Department of Allied Health Sciences in the UNC School of Medicine.

Cephus Simmons’s career is nothing short of extraordinary. What began as four years working as a hospital corpsman in the U.S. Navy has progressed to the launch of his own business, SealCath, with a stop in Chapel Hill along the way.

In the fall of 2017, Amanda Carroll ’09 (’12 MS, ’21 PhD) returned to UNC to pursue a PhD in occupational science with a goal of better understanding the relationships between military service, participating in meaningful activities or occupations, resilience and successful aging for older U.S. military veterans. As she prepares...