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Five PhD students, who represent three health care disciplines from the UNC School of Medicine Department of Allied Health Sciences (DAHS), have received the 2019 Student Research Ambassador Award, awarded by the department’s Office of Research and Scholarship. This prestigious travel award recognizes students who showcase outstanding research in the...

The Wall Street Journal recently featured Mary Ellen Wells, PhD, in an article titled “The Sleep-Success Equation.” Wells is the director an associate professor of the Neurodiagnostics and Sleep Science program, a joint initiative between UNC-Charlotte and the UNC-School of Medicine.

Alec Fields, a former fleet Marine force hospital corpsman, discovered a passion for medicine while in charge of the health and wellbeing of the Marines with whom he was stationed in Afghanistan.

Your Health Radio, an initiative of the UNC School of Medicine Department of Family Medicine, featured Mike Lewek, PT, PhD, in an episode on sleep titled “The Rising Science of Falls.”

A chance conversation with a customer who was a rehabilitation counselor while Hailey Morris worked at a local coffee shop in South Carolina spurred her desire to pursue the profession and to consider graduate school. Today, Morris is a first-year student in the Division of Clinical Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling who...

As an undergraduate student at UNC-Chapel Hill, Chelsea Carter shadowed a speech-language pathologist from an underrepresented background and realized a desire to pursue the same career. Today, the Mt. Airy, North Carolina, native is a second-year student in the Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences completing her master’s degree.

Lexie Edwards, who will graduate with her second bachelor’s degree from UNC-Chapel Hill in 2020, discovered a match with clinical laboratory science after earning a degree in biology in 2018.

Katarina Haley, professor in the Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences, is conducting research to create treatment and diagnostic programs that improve communication outcomes for people with aphasia and apraxia of speech.

Your Health Radio, an initiative of the UNC School of Medicine Department of Family Medicine, featured Mary Ellen Wells, PhD, in an episode on sleep titled “All Things Sleepy and Awake.” Wells is the director an associate professor of the Neurodiagnostics and Sleep Science program, a joint initiative between UNC-Charlotte...

Noam Shemer is a first-year student in the Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy who was drawn to the field because of her experiences with sensory issues as a child. Having grown up in a small town, Shemer explained that she faced more difficulty than her peers while playing...