ºÚÁÏÍø

A new online master’s degree program in clinical laboratory science designed for working professionals—the first of its kind our state—will prepare its graduates for service through education, research, and clinical laboratory administration. The program, housed in the Department of Allied Health Sciences’ Division of Clinical Laboratory Science, will contribute to...

The ºÚÁÏÍø PT Advisory Board, which provides guidance to the Division of Physical Therapy, has named Judy White ’68 as its board chair. White will assume duties from Sheryl Duke ’99, who has served as chair since 2008. White previously served as chair from 2005 until 2007. The division noted...

For several years, students from the Division of Clinical Laboratory Science have had the opportunity to work part-time in McLendon Clinical Laboratories, the in-house laboratories for the ºÚÁÏÍø Medical Center and ºÚÁÏÍø Health Care. Students are able to begin work at McLendon Laboratories following their first year of instruction; most...

The Departments of Allied Health Sciences (DAHS) Office of Research and Scholarship and Neurology have announced awardees of the 2019-2020 Sleep Innovative Research Grants (SIRG). The SIRG program launched in 2018 thanks to the generosity of the Eddie and Jo Allison Smith Family Foundation; the program leads an effort to...

New Hanover Regional Medical Center has recognized Astrid Keusseyan, a 2012 alumna of the Division of Clinical Laboratory Science, as its employee of excellence for July 2019. Keusseyan is also pursuing her master’s degree. She received the recognition based on her insight, creativeness, and attitude, among other qualities.

Doctor of physical therapy students in the Division of Physical Therapy have received honors for their fundraising efforts for the Foundation for Physical Therapy. The  challenge is an annual initiative to support new investigators in the field of physical therapy research. ºÚÁÏÍø-Chapel Hill students received an honorable mention for fundraising...

The U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences (IES) has awarded Lara Costa, the project director for the Writing Skills Development Program, $1.4 million over three years for an initiative spearheaded by the ºÚÁÏÍø Department of Allied Health Sciences. Stephen Hooper is the co-principal investigator for this new project...

Christen Mayer, a 2005 graduate of the Division of Clinical Laboratory Science bachelor’s degree program, has received recognition as a Health Care Hero from publication New Orleans CityBusiness.

Seven students and two faculty with the Physician Assistant Studies program returned to Wise, Virginia, in an effort to provide health care through Remote Area Medical (RAM), a nonprofit mobile medical clinic. RAM delivers dental, vision, and medical care to underserved and uninsured populations at no cost. This year, RAM...

Morgan Fisher, a student of the Division of Clinical Laboratory Science, has received a 2019 Alpha Mu Tau Fraternity Undergraduate Scholarship. Morgan will be presented with this scholarship at the ASCLS & AGT Joint Annual Meeting in Charlotte, NC on June 24, 2019. “Receiving the Alpha Mu Tau Fraternity Scholarship...