By Austin Robinson and Ryan Clark
CHS Contributors
Working with Veterans holds a special place in Cheryl Vanderford’s heart.
And through that work, she received firsthand experience by providing substance use disorder treatment as a Physician Assistant. This inspired her to apply for a much-needed grant that will help the Commonwealth.
By Ryan Clark
CHS Communications Director
As Dean Scott Lephart said Thursday night, there must be something in the water in Somerset, Ky.
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 inaugural Leadership Legacy award presented by the MLK Center. The Leadership Legacy Award is given to both an undergraduate and graduate student who embody the spirit of Dr. King’s legacy of thoughtful leadership and trailblazing vision. Award winners have demonstrated evidence of the following:
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 function in patients with critical illness.
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.
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.
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 Epigenetic Memory of Prior Adaptation in Skeletal Muscle” was featured in The New York Times
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.