By Ryan Clark
CHS Communications Director

LEXINGTON, Ky. — One is a two-time graduate who is now an executive vice president of clinical services for a rehabilitation center. The other is a 2016 graduate from the Doctor of Physical Therapy Program who is now a pediatric physical therapist.

By Sara Pisoni
CHS Contributor

For professors in the College of Health Sciences, they have a luxury some others could only hope for.

They are utilizing their undergraduate students to help with their research.  

It’s National Allied Health Professions Week!

It’s National Allied Health Professions Week, or as some call it, National Allied Health Week, where we celebrate all that is wonderful about the Allied Health Professions. There will be lectures and seminars, mental health resources and helpful tips on how to live a healthier life.

During the week, we’ll also be featuring stories about current students on our social media.

By Ryan Clark
CHS Communications Director

There's a saying in life that you always want to leave your audience wanting more.

It was certainly true Friday in the College of Health Sciences. But in this case, the CHS Office of Student Affairs left them wanting S'mores.

Patrick S. Pabian, PT, DPT, PhD, and department chair and professor in the University of Kentucky Physical Therapy department, will be sworn on to the board of directors for the American Council of Academic Physical Therapy (ACAPT) at the Physical Therapy Education Leadership Conference Oct. 28-30.

Four people with ties to the College of Health Sciences were honored at the 31st Annual Lyman T. Johnson Awards Luncheon at noon, Friday, Oct. 14.

This year, we had four nominees from the College, two from 2021 and two from 2022 — all were honored this year because the event was unable to be held last year due to COVID.

The four are:

Four people with ties to the College of Health Sciences will be honored at the 31st Annual Lyman T. Johnson Awards Luncheon at noon, Friday, Oct. 14.

This year, we have four nominees from the College, two from 2021 and two from 2022 — all are being honored this year because the event was unable to be held last year due to COVID.

For those who want to follow the ceremony on Zoom, you can do so here:

https://uky.zoom.us/j/87072977459

By Ryan Clark
CHS Communications Director

Two professors in the College of Health Sciences are collaborating with the Center for Enhancement of Learning and Teaching (CELT) to present the College’s first interprofessional Faculty Learning Community for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL FLC).

DR. KYLE KOSIK

DR. GEETANJALI GERA

Geetanjali Gera, PhD, PT, has a passion for helping those with neurodegenerative disorders. Specifically, she loves being able to research, and then apply that research, to be able to help her patients, who suffer from diseases like multiple sclerosis.