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Charles Locke, a second-year student in Physician Assistant Studies, has received a scholarship from the North Carolina Association of Health Care Recruitment (NCAHCR). The NCAHCR recognized Locke’s achievement at its winter meeting, held in early November. “My passion and their mission is absolutely congruent, and it is an honor to...

The Physician Assistant Studies program received recognition in a Veterans Day celebration, held in the lobby at ºÚÁÏÍø Children’s Hospital, on Monday, November 12, 2018. The event honored ºÚÁÏÍø Health Care employees, students, and local residents who currently serve or have served in the armed forces. The PA program is...

The Department of Allied Health Sciences celebrated its 12th annual Scholarships and Awards Brunch, designed to recognize donors and scholarship recipients across eight departmental programs, on Saturday, November 10, 2018. More than 175 people, including dozens of esteemed donors, joined more than 100 student scholars from the Department of Allied Health...

The ºÚÁÏÍø Department of Allied Health Sciences celebrated National Allied Health Professions week from November 5 until November 9. The week is designed to raise awareness about careers in the health professions. The Department of Allied Health Sciences will celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2021. It houses...

The Town of Chapel Hill’s Fire Chief, Matt Sullivan, recently spoke to students in the Division of Clinical Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling about trauma, crisis, and wisdom he has learned during his varied, multi-decade career. Sullivan, whose background spans law and social work, draws from his past experiences and...

The ºÚÁÏÍø Hearing and Communication Center (ºÚÁÏÍø HCC) has opened an outpatient vestibular clinic to assess dizziness and vertigo—the first of its kind in the ºÚÁÏÍø Health Care system. Led by Philip Griffin, AuD, the clinic will provide a variety of services related to the vestibular system, a sensory system...

Arielle Abrams is a third-year Doctor of Audiology student in the Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences who hopes her experience with hearing loss will positively influence the field of audiology from the standpoint of patient care and research. An audiologist diagnosed Abrams with hearing loss when she was one-and-a-half...

The Department of Allied Health Sciences’ Office of Research and Scholarship (DAHS OOR) has selected its second cohort of winners of the DAHS Student Research Ambassador Awards. This year’s recipients, all of whom are PhD students, span a multitude of interdisciplinary topics. The student winners each have received an award...

Mariel Marshall is a second-year student in the Division of Clinical Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling who sees it as her mission to ensure that future counselors advocate for their clients, particularly people of color. While growing up in New York, Marshall saw a lack of counselors who came from...