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Our students become health care leaders who will positively impact their future work settings.

Innovative Research

Our research generates new knowledge to inform practice and policy in allied health disciplines.

Person-Centered Clinical Care

We advance clinical practice with a focus on patient outcomes and quality of life.

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Clinical Laboratory Science

Clinical Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling

Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy

Physician Assistant Studies

Physical Therapy

Radiologic Science

Speech and Hearing Sciences

Centers

Center for Literacy and Disability Studies

Human Movement Science

Program for Early Autism Research, Leadership & Service (PEARLS)

Neurodiagnostics and Sleep Science

Join Us for the 10th Annual Tar Heal Tuesday! UNC Health’s Giving Tuesday celebration returns—supporting life-saving research, world-class medical education, and compassionate care across UNC Health, the UNC School of Medicine, and affiliated departments and programs such as ours. Our department is proud to participate once again in the Tar Heal Tuesday fundraising campaign in partnership with … Read more

Leading Through Service and Medicine

On Tuesday, November 11, the UNC School of Medicine released a new video, Leading Through Service and Medicine. This inspiring piece highlights three students from the Department of Health Sciences who are making an impact through their studies and service. We’re thrilled that the video features: Kip Crozier (Audiology) Sara Cratsenburg (Clinical Mental Health Counseling) … Read more

Allied Health Professions Week 2025 12 million health professionals across 200 professions make up more than 60% of the health care workforce! Department of Health Sciences Quick Facts: 17 unique graduate and undergraduate programs 5 programs ranked in top 10 by U.S. News & World Report $5.6 million awarded for research 127 Refereed Publications

Better Together: Celebrating Allied Health Professionals Week 2025

The Department of Health Sciences recognizes Allied Health Professionals 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 care workforce and include … Read more

HEELS 2 Transition Summer 2025 group shot on the stair of Bondurant Hall. Group of participants along with faculty and students.

HEELS 2 Transition: Empowering Young Adults with Disabilities at UNC

When Dara Chan first joined the Higher Education, Employment, and Living Success (HEELS) 2 Transition (H2T) project toward building an inclusive post-secondary educational program at UNC in 2017, she did not expect the program to grow as expediently as it did. Beginning with discretionary funding from Oak Foundation in 2016, H2T now offers three programming … Read more

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A Message from the Chair

Welcome to the Department of Allied Health Sciences! The mission of the Department of Allied Health Sciences is to improve the quality and accessibility of health care for all people of North Carolina, and the world, through exemplary teaching, innovative research, and patient-centered clinical practice.

DAHS Associate Dean and Chair

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Second-year Doctor of Audiology student Gretta Richter has received an appointment for a T35 summer research program at Boys Town National Research Hospital. She will work in the Auditory Prostheses and Perception Laboratory. #audpeeps #uncahs #audiology

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