‘Role Models for Us All’

Two Alumni Honored at College of Health Sciences Hall of Fame & Young Alumni Award Celebration

By Ryan Clark
CHS Communications Director

As Dean Scott Lephart said Thursday night, there must be something in the water in...

Feb 25, 2022

BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2022: RHB Student Wins Leadership Legacy Award

By Ryan Clark
CHS Communications Director

We are so proud to share the news that Ke’La Porter, MS, LAT, ATC, CSCS, who serves as the student member of the DEI Committee, has been selected as the graduate student recipient of the...

Feb 15, 2022

Two Alumni to be Honored at College of Health Sciences Hall of Fame & Young Alumni Award Celebration

By Ryan Clark
CHS Communications Director

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 9, 2022) — A social entrepreneur and author whose goal is a world where no child is an orphan. And a PhD researcher who focuses on muscle health and physical...

Feb 9, 2022

English Honored, Students Present at APTA CSM

A festive time was had by all this weekend in San Antonio, Texas, where the American Physical Therapy Association's Combined Sections Meeting gathered to congregate and celebrate. 

But it was even more special this year. ...

Feb 7, 2022

Peterson Accepts Invite to Serve on NACA Board

Charlotte A. Peterson, PhD, recently accepted the invitation from the Secretary of Health & Human Services to serve as a member of the National Advisory Council on Aging (NACA) for a period of three years. 

The NACA meets three...

Jan 21, 2022

Study Featured in New York Times - How ‘Muscle Memory’ May Help Us Get in Shape

A paper recently published in the journal Function reporting novel findings of experiments performed by post-docs in the College of Health Sciences, Center for Muscle Biology, entitled “Nucleus Type-Specific DNA Methylomics Reveals...

Jan 18, 2022

RHB Student Studies Sleep Quality, Call Volume of Local Firefighters

By Ryan Clark and Ellee Sidebottom
CHS Contributors

When Jacob Jelmini came to Kentucky, he knew three things about the state: horses, basketball and bourbon. He’d soon find out a lot more.

In 2017, Jelmini — an athletic...

Jan 13, 2022

Brian Noehren and Darren Johnson

UK Health Sciences Researchers, Orthopedic Surgeons Collaborate to Further ACL Injury Studies

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 5, 2022) — Researchers at the University of Kentucky are working on three National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants, totaling over $8 million, to better understand one of the most common sports injuries among athletes —...

Jan 5, 2022

Prof Shares Perspective as PT in ICU/COVID Recovery Clinic

By Ellee Sidebottom
CHS Contributor

Kirby P. Mayer, DPT, PhD, is an assistant professor in the College of Health Sciences and was awarded a Promotion of Doctoral Studies II Scholarship by the Foundation for Physical Therapy Research...

Nov 19, 2021

Collett, Powdrill selected for Launch Blue cohort

By Ryan Clark
CHS Communications Director

Two in the College of Health Sciences family have been selected to participate in a Launch Blue cohort to market a realistic artificial skin model to use in enhancing procedural skills...

Sep 17, 2021

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