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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...

Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences doctoral student Nancy Quick was awarded the people’s choice winner at the second annual Three Minute Thesis Competition hosted by The Graduate School on November 1st. Nancy Quick, a doctoral student in the Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences, won the people’s choice award at...

A top industry publication has named a program in the Division of Clinical Laboratory Science as number one among its competitors nationwide. Top industry publication ADVANCE for Laboratory Managers has ranked the UNC School of Medicine’s Clinical Laboratory Science program as the number one program in the United States. The program is in the...

Research conducted by a nationwide team, including the Department of Allied Health Sciences’ Dr. Stephen Hooper, found associations between hypertension and cognitive issues in children. The research is scheduled for publication in The Journal of Pediatrics. The New York Times highlighted this research in a recent article. The UNC School...

In the second year of UNC’s Physician Assistant Program, applications were up, with more than 1,000 applicants for only 20 slots. The UNC Physician Assistant Program, part of the Department of Allied Health Sciences, recently accepted its second class of students, who will arrive in Chapel Hill to begin their...

A PhD student in the Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy has worked locally and abroad to reduce stigma around mental health issues. Nikhil Tomar, a doctoral student in occupational science in the Department of Allied Health Sciences, has worked for years to understand and reduce stigma surrounding mental health concerns...

Several graduate programs housed within the Department of Allied Health Sciences are ranked near the top in U.S. News & World Report’s annual publication. Several graduate programs housed in the UNC School of Medicine’s Department of Allied Health Sciences have received top recognition in U.S. News & World Report’s 2016-2017 graduate...

The Center for Literacy and Disability Studies in the Department of Allied Health Sciences plans to expand its Tar Heel Reader platform, an online inventory of books designed to make reading accessible for individuals with disabilities, with a grant received from the U.S. Department of Education. A literacy initiative housed...

Oyoana Allende, a Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy master’s student, decided to become an occupational therapist following her own rehabilitation experience. Marine Corps veteran and occupational therapy master’s student Oyoana Allende is a month away from achieving her dream of becoming an occupational therapist—a profession she didn’t realize...