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Hundreds of students, representing five divisions in the UNC School of Medicine Department of Allied Health Sciences, received degrees between May 11 to May 14, 2017. Hundreds of students graduated from the UNC School of Medicine Department of Allied Health Sciences across five divisions of the health care spectrum from...

The Department of Allied Health Sciences recognized its clinical preceptors during its annual clinical preceptor appreciation event, held at The Carolina Club. The Department of Allied Health Sciences held its annual Clinical Preceptor Appreciation Event on Wednesday, May 24, 2017, at The Carolina Club on the campus of UNC-Chapel Hill....

The State Employees’ Credit Union highlighted students from the Department of Allied Health Sciences’ most recent experience volunteering at the SECU’s Family House. Students from the Divisions of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Speech and Hearing Sciences, and Clinical Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling shared their insights at the Family...

More than a dozen students in the UNC School of Medicine Department of Allied Health Sciences received recognition for their studies across four health care disciplines. On Thursday, April 20, 2017, The UNC Graduate School recognized dozens of students for their accomplishments during the school year, including Jesse Sykes, a second-year...

The Department of Allied Health Sciences held its annual career fair on January 31, 2017. The Department of Allied Health Sciences held its annual career fair on January 31, 2017. The department thanks the 29 employers and 110 participants who came out to the fair, hosted in the George Watts...

Tar Heel Reader, a joint project between the Department of Computer Science and the UNC School of Medicine Department of Allied Health Sciences, celebrated 10 million books accessed on January 31, 2017. Tar Heel Reader (THR), an eight-year-old collaborative venture between the Department of Allied Health Sciences’ Center for Literacy and Disability...

The awards, offered every other year, honor faculty members who have served the DAHS for three or more years and have made significant contributions of leadership and excellence. The Department of Allied Health Sciences honored three of its faculty members on Thursday, December 8, 2016, with the creation of three...

UNC’s Department of Radiology and the Department of Allied Health Sciences’ Division of Radiologic Science have worked together to strengthen an international footprint in radiology. Recognizing a need In 2012, Robert G. Dixon, MD, FSIR, the then-diagnostic radiology residency program director for the UNC Department of Radiology, saw a need for radiologist...

A UNC-CH occupational therapy graduate has provided insight for inclusive play structures for children in the Greensboro community. Meg Harris, MS, OTR/L, lead occupational therapist with Guilford County Public Schools, served as a consultant on a community project in Greensboro, North Carolina, to provide an inclusive play structure for all children...

The inaugural Lee McLean Award for Excellence in Faculty Mentoring honored Dr. Elizabeth R. Crais at The Carolina Club in early November. The UNC School of Medicine’s Department of Allied Health Sciences awarded the inaugural Lee McLean Award for Excellence in Faculty Mentoring to Dr. Elizabeth R. Crais, CCC-SLP and American...