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Jennifer Bidwell is a first-year student in the Physician Assistant Studies program who grew up experiencing the effects of a lack of health care in rural communities. As a student in the class of 2020, she will be equipped to return to a rural environment and to rely on her...

Radiology Business, an online publication for value-based care, has featured Issack Boru, a clinical instructor with the Division of Radiologic Science.

Aphasia Access recently featured Katarina Haley, PhD, CCC-SLP, in its podcast conversation series. The podcast featured Haley’s Life Interests and Values (LIV) Cards, which are an instrumental tool in working with people who have neurologic communication disorders. Aphasia Access focuses on bringing resources to those who have aphasia or other...

The Daily Tar Heel, the student-run, award-winning newspaper at UNC-Chapel Hill, recently featured Issack Boru ’14, a clinical instructor for the Division of Radiologic Science. Boru also works as a radiology imaging supervisor in UNC Health Care’s Department of Radiology, specializing in MRI imaging.  

FemInEM , an organization that works to provide resources for women working in emergency medicine, recently featured Janelle Bludorn, PA-C, and clinical assistant professor in Physician Assistant Studies, at its annual TED-style annual conference, FemInEM Idea Exchange. More than 800 women attended Bludorn’s talk, titled “Trust me, I’m Not a Doctor,”...

Margaret ‘Gretta’ Richter, a second-year Doctor of Audiology student in the Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences, has received an appointment for T35 summer research training program at Boys Town National Research Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska. Richter will work alongside Monita Chatterjee, PhD, on a research project in the hospital’s...

POPSUGAR, an online publication, recently featured Mary Ellen Wells, PhD, as a sleep expert.

Patricia Johnson (’13 AuD) and an clinic manager and audiologist at the UNC Hearing and Communication Center, was recently featured as an expert on reverse-slope hearing loss.

Two students from the Department of Allied Health Sciences will represent the UNC School of Medicine at the annual CLARION case competition, an initiative dedicated to improving health care through interprofessional education and hosted by the University of Michigan. Kripa Ahuja, a junior who has nearly completed her first year...

Olivia King is nearly complete with her first year in the Division of Clinical Laboratory Science, an undergraduate program she discovered when she enrolled at UNC-Chapel Hill. While in high school in Mooresville, North Carolina, King realized she excelled in biology and chemistry but did not want to immediately pursue...