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Physician Assistant Studies students are administrating COVID-19 vaccines at multiple locations in Chapel Hill and Carrboro—an experience they’ll remember as future health care providers.

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted a critical need for medical laboratory professionals —or those who work tirelessly behind the scenes in laboratories across the United States— to develop, perform and interpret diagnostic tests, among other duties.

Faculty and staff in the Department of Allied Health Sciences’ (DAHS) Center for Literacy and Disability Studies (CLDS) have created a set of easy-to-read COVID-19 resources for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and for the CDC Foundation. The resources, supported by the Center for Inclusive Design and...

Khalilah Johnson has received a 2021 MLK Unsung Hero Award from the Office for Diversity and Inclusion, an initiative of the Office of the Provost at ºÚÁÏÍø-Chapel Hill.

The Departments of Allied Health Sciences (DAHS) Office of Research and Scholarship and Neurology have awarded Nicole Short, an assistant professor in the Department of Anesthesiology, with its 2020-2021 Sleep Innovative Research (SIRG) grant. The SIRG program launched in 2018 thanks to the generosity of the Eddie and Jo Allison Smith Family Foundation; the...

Mae Thomas (’15 DPT) practices pediatric physical therapy at the ºÚÁÏÍø Center for Rehabilitation Care, an area of specialization she knew she wanted to pursue since her second year as a PT student.

Stacey Kane, a PhD student in the Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences, has received a $10,000 American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation New Century Scholars Doctoral Scholarship.

Vicky LeGrys, a well-respected educator and researcher, is set to retire from the Division of Clinical Laboratory Science in July 2021.