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Carolina Center for Public Service Names Antoine Bailliard as Thorp Faculty Engaged Scholar

July 14, 2016
The Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy assistant professor Antoine Bailliard is one of ten Thorp Faculty Engaged Scholars for 2016; Bailliard is the only recipient from the ºÚÁÏÍø. The Carolina Center for Public Service has named Department of Allied Health Sciences (DAHS) assistant professor Antoine Bailliard as one of ten...

DAHS celebrates annual clinical preceptor appreciation day

June 18, 2016
The Department of Allied Health Sciences recognized its clinical preceptors during its annual clinical preceptor appreciation event, held at the North Carolina Botanical Garden. The Department of Allied Health Sciences recognized more than 150 clinical preceptors across six divisions at an annual appreciation event held at the North Carolina Botanical...

2016 Spring Commencement

May 25, 2016
Congratulations to our students who graduated from the Divisions of Clinical Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling, Radiologic Science, Speech and Hearing Sciences, Clinical Laboratory Science and the Neurodiagnostics and Sleep Science program in the Department of Allied Health Sciences. The ºÚÁÏÍø’s Department of Allied Health Sciences graduated...

Occupational Science PhD Candidate Khalilah Johnson highlights importance of diversity in research endeavors

May 13, 2016
Khalilah Johnson, an occupational science PhD candidate, spoke to the Department of Allied Health Sciences about diversity in research as she prepares to graduate. Khalilah Robinson Johnson, an occupational science PhD candidate, plans to graduate in summer 2016 after studying the institutionalization and deinstitutionalization of adults with intellectual disabilities. Johnson...

Dr. Adam Jacks Featured on YOUR HEALTH Radio

May 7, 2016
Dr. Adam Jacks sits down with Dr. Adam Goldstein and Laura Sisler to discuss aphasia on “YOUR HEALTH.” Dr. Adam Jacks, an associate professor in the Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences, spoke on “YOUR HEALTH” Friday, April 28. He joined host Dr. Adam Goldstein and guest co-host Laurel Sisler in...

Speech and Hearing Sciences Student Honored by ºÚÁÏÍø

April 23, 2016
Speech and Hearing Sciences PhD candidate honored for research in hearing loss at annual ºÚÁÏÍø Student Research Day Congratulations to Speech and Hearing Sciences PhD candidate Nancy Quick, whose presentation on hearing loss won recognition from the ºÚÁÏÍø. Quick’s presentation, titled “Significant cognitive disabilities and...

Radiologic Science Director, Joy Renner, selected for Massey Award

April 7, 2016
Joy Renner, the director of the Division of Radiologic Science at ºÚÁÏÍø-CH, has received the C. Knox Massey Distinguished Service Award, one of the most distinguished awards the University offers. Joy Renner, director of the Department of Allied Health Sciences’ Division of Radiologic Science, is one of six employees at ºÚÁÏÍø-Chapel...

2016 Mitchell Symposium

April 3, 2016
For the 2016 Mitchell Symposium, the Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy welcomed Staffan Josephsson, PhD, OT, and professor of occupational therapy at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden. Dr. Josephsson’s research has focused on activity in relation to creativity, involvement, and participation for people with chronic disabilities. His...

Givens Receives Grant to Study Knee Osteoarthritis

March 23, 2016
Dr. Debby Givens, PT, PhD, DPT, director of the Division of Physical Therapy, recently received a $50,000 grant from the NC TraCS Institute to conduct a pilot study of research rehabilitation and knee osteoarthritis. Knee osteoarthritis (OA), is prevalent, and knee replacement surgeries are on the rise. Quadriceps weakness is...

Physician Assistant Studies Spotlight: Dr. Mary Beth McGranaghan

February 23, 2016
As a nun, Mary Beth McGranaghan learned to go where her skills were most needed. As a faculty member in the ºÚÁÏÍø Physician Assistant Program, she hopes to teach this lesson to her students. Story by Matt Englund, ºÚÁÏÍø Health Care. Mary Beth McGranaghan, PhD, has been a teacher, in...