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On July 18, more than two dozen Career and Technical Education (CTE) teachers from across the state of North Carolina visited UNC-Chapel Hill to learn more about health career opportunities for their students through an immersive experience within the health professions campus. Statewide Collaboration to Promote Paths to Health Sciences...

Timothy “Tim” Eckard, PhD, joins the Division of Physical Therapy, one of the eight divisions within UNC’s Department of Health Sciences, following his time as associate professor with tenure in the Department of Physical Therapy at Western Carolina University (WCU), where he has been a faculty member since 2018. Eckard...

Following its relocation to UNC-Chapel Hill, the Neurodiagnostics and Sleep Science (NDSS) program is now its own Division within the Department of Health Sciences, housed within UNC’s School of Medicine. The addition brings the Department of Health Sciences up to eight unique divisions, each comprised of various programs, units and...

Christopher “Chris” Ingersoll, PhD, has been selected to serve as Senior Associate Dean for Health Sciences and Chair for the Department of Health Sciences. He will begin work in his new role on July 15, 2024.

U.S. News & World Report has released its 2024 rankings of top graduate schools, and four programs in the Department of Health Sciences were ranked in the top 5 percent nationwide. The Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences’ Doctor of Audiology program received a #3 ranking. The program has been...

The Neurodiagnostics and Sleep Science (NDSS) program has relocated from UNC-Charlotte to UNC-Chapel Hill’s Department of Health Sciences. The program previously spent 14 years operating as a collaborative effort between UNC-Charlotte and UNC-Chapel Hill’s Department of Health Sciences, and now resides solely at UNC-Chapel Hill.

To bring a taste of Chapel Hill and a glimpse into a health sciences profession to high school students across the state, the Division of Clinical Laboratory Science (CLS) hosted its inaugural “Lab Life on the Hill” live stream event on February 2, 2024. The event, hosted by the division’s...

Chris Lane, PhD student in the Human Movement Science Curriculum program, recently received a Southern Association of Health Professions Deans (SAHPD) Student Leadership, Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity Award. This award is given to students in an allied health related field who demonstrate leadership in DEI and/or reducing health disparities.

Clare Harrop, PhD, Dara Chan, ScD, CRC, and Laura Klinger, PhD, are recipients of a National Institute of Mental Health (R21) grant, allowing them to study the associations between social connections and suicidal thoughts and behaviors in older adults with autism. Harrop and her team hope the project will expand...

The Department of Health Sciences recognizes Allied Health Week each November as an opportunity to celebrate its students, faculty, staff and alumni and their impact on advancing the allied health professions and improving access to health care for all. Allied health practitioners make up approximately 60 percent of the health...