{"id":31338,"date":"2019-11-20T11:57:31","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T16:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/?p=31338"},"modified":"2019-11-21T15:56:44","modified_gmt":"2019-11-21T20:56:44","slug":"department-of-allied-health-sciences-celebrates-its-13th-annual-donor-appreciation-brunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/2019\/11\/department-of-allied-health-sciences-celebrates-its-13th-annual-donor-appreciation-brunch\/","title":{"rendered":"Department of Allied Health Sciences Celebrates its 13th Annual Donor Appreciation Brunch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<!-- iframe plugin v.5.2 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2twGEJPCoUo?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" 0=\"allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;\/iframe\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\"><\/iframe>\n\n<p>The <a style=\"background-color: #ffffff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/\">Department of Allied Health Sciences<\/a> celebrated its 13th annual donor appreciation brunch, designed to recognize donors and scholarship recipients across eight departmental programs, on Saturday, November 9, 2019.<\/p>\n<p>This year, 78 students received scholarships and, in 2018, faculty researchers earned $4.9 million in grants and awards. The department celebrated having five top-ranked programs and more than six clinical practice locations.<\/p>\n<p>More than 100 people, including dozens of esteemed donors, joined student scholars and award recipients from the Department of Allied Health Sciences.<\/p>\n<p>Programs represented at the brunch included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Division of Clinical Laboratory Science<\/li>\n<li>Division of Clinical Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling<\/li>\n<li>Physician Assistant Studies<\/li>\n<li>Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy<\/li>\n<li>Division of Physical Therapy<\/li>\n<li>Neurodiagnostics and Sleep Science<\/li>\n<li>Division of Radiologic Science<\/li>\n<li>Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Highlights included a panel discussion moderated by Lauren Noble, EdD, RT(R), a clinical assistant professor in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/radisci\/\">Division of Radiologic Science<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The panel included the director and associate professor in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ndss\/\">Neurodiagnostics and Sleep Science<\/a>, Mary Ellen Wells, PhD, as well as an alumnus, Chris Lane, DPT,\u00a0 and current students Lexie Edwards, and Kristen Brooks.<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Hooper, PhD, chair of the Department of Allied Health Sciences and associate dean in the UNC School of Medicine, provided opening and closing remarks.<\/p>\n<p>Hooper expressed his sincere appreciation for the support from the donors. \u201cYour continued support makes a transformational difference,\u201d Hooper said, \u201cYour impact spans the breadth of the department to all of those who work toward a better future for health care by service to our state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hooper also highlighted the department\u2019s new, <a href=\"https:\/\/issuu.com\/med376\/docs\/19-0775_unc-mf_allied_health_-_strategic_plan-9.16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">five-year strategic plan<\/a>. The plan allows for growth in research and discovery, community engagement, service and impact, as well as workforce development and student success.<\/p>\n<p>The annual brunch was held at the Rizzo Conference Center in Chapel Hill in partnership with <a href=\"https:\/\/uncmedicine.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UNC Medicine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>-Brooke Love, Communications Intern<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><div class=\"soliloquy-outer-container\" data-soliloquy-loaded=\"0\"><div aria-live=\"polite\" id=\"soliloquy-container-31322\" class=\"soliloquy-container soliloquy-transition-fade soliloquy-fade soliloquy-controls-active soliloquy-arrows-active soliloquy-default-slider soliloquy-theme-base no-js\" style=\"max-width:960px;margin:0 auto 20px;\"><ul id=\"soliloquy-31322\" class=\"soliloquy-slider soliloquy-slides soliloquy-wrap soliloquy-clear\"><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-1 soliloquy-id-31323 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