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First-year Physician Assistant Studies (PA) student Emily Weekes has received recognition as Ohio’s Outstanding Airman of the Year and will go on to compete at a regional level for the same title. The Air National Guard, a branch of the United States Air Force, nominates airmen across six categories to...

Chris Lane is a third-year Doctor of Physical Therapy student whose journey to pursue becoming a physical therapist stemmed from a back injury in high school. “I became a patient in a physical therapy clinic,” Lane said. “I ended up returning to the clinic to help out and volunteer and...

The Daily Tar Heel, the student-run newspaper on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus, recently featured the Neurodiagnostics and Sleep Science program, a joint initiative between the UNC School of Medicine and UNC-Charlotte.    

Bustle, an online publication, recently featured Mary Ellen Wells, PhD, and NDSS program and associate director, in its article “7 Sleep Disorder Signs That Seem Like You’re Just Having Trouble Sleeping.”

Melissa Culp, MEd, RT(R)(MR), spoke to a crowd of more than 30 people about RAD-AID International, a nonprofit designed to increase and improve radiology in poor and developing regions, as part of the UNC School of Medicine Office of International Activities’ Global Forum. Culp is an assistant professor with the Division...

Sue Coppola, MS, OT/L, OTD, FAOTA, a faculty member with the Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, spoke with David Neumann of Advanced Beginner Group in advance of its multidisciplinary dance-based performance I Understand Everything Better at the end of January 2019. Neumann, who visited the UNC-Chapel Hill campus as part...

The Physician Assistant Studies program, housed in the Department of Allied Health Sciences, welcomed the class of 2020 on January 17, 2019, with a white coat ceremony. Among this year’s cohort are seven veterans, who represent service in the U.S. Army, Navy, and Air Force. “What has impressed me most...

First, let me introduce myself to you as Elizabeth “Betsy” Crais, PhD, professor in the Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences and the interim chair of the Department of Allied Health Science’s Office of Research and Scholarship (DAHS OORS). The previous Chair, Brian Boyd, PhD, is now director of the...

Megan Bartoshuk, a second-year Doctor of Audiology student, has received a 2018 Empowering Students Scholarship from the Student Academy of Audiology.

The UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health has received a $2.4 million grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to address homelessness and provide comprehensive behavioral (mental health) care and other services for individuals living with serious mental illnesses who are experiencing or who...