What's Happening with UK PAS?
Ways to Help Those Affected by the Eastern Kentucky Floods
By Ryan ClarkCHS Communications Director
August 1, 2022
PA-S stronger by the mile!
As part of the class’s goal to participate in charitable events and enjoy each other outside of class, the UK Physician Assistant Studies Class of '24 decided to take a break from the arduous academic year and put into practice “healthy brain – healthy body” by participating in the Ultramarathon event at “The Survive the Night Relays” on June 17-18.
July 12, 2022
‘Where Strangers Unexpectedly Become Family’ — When Onieta Stewart Lost Relatives to Tragedy, She Found Support in PA
By Ryan ClarkCHS Communications Director
Onieta Stewart has known loss — in fact, she felt it while she was a student in UK’s Physician Assistant Program.
The 43-year-old non-traditional student was one of many who coped with a changing world during the pandemic. But she felt it harder than most.
June 17, 2022
PHOTO GALLERY: Congratulations to our PA Class of 2023 on their White Coat Ceremony
By Ryan ClarkCHS Communications Director
On Friday, June 3, the College of Health Sciences celebrated our Physician Assistant Studies Class of 2023 as they participated in their White Coat Ceremony — where students recite their oaths of commitment and receive their white coats, symbolizing the start of their journey to become Physician Assistants.
June 6, 2022
From Jordan to Chicago to Lexington: PA Student Juggles Family, Class as She Readies for White Coat Ceremony
By Ryan ClarkCHS Communications Director
It was while working as a clinical research associate in the Neurology Department at UK, as well as volunteering in a medical mission in a Syrian refugee camp in Jordan, that PA student Ghadah Karasneh knew she wanted to help people.
“During these experiences, I found a lot of joy in working with patients, and found it very rewarding and satisfying,” she said.
June 3, 2022
PHOTO GALLERY: CHS Celebrates Student Awards
By Ryan ClarkCHS Communications Director
The 2022 CHS Student Awards was a feel-good, end-of-the-year celebration of achievement held in the Worsham Cinema in the Gatton Student Center.
"Today is about our students," CHS Dean Scott Lephart, PhD, told the crowd. "This is an exciting time to celebrate."
April 28, 2022
Walker Wins Lyman T. Johnson Fellowship
By Ryan ClarkCHS Communications Director
Latoya Walker was born in Jamaica, grew up in New York, but found her home in the Bluegrass of Kentucky.
April 26, 2022
UK PA students learn the basics of suturing in Morehead
By Josh Burkhart, MSPAS, PA-CAssistant Professor, UK Dept. of Physician Assistant Studies
On Tuesday, April 12, Class of 2023 UK physician assistant students from the Lexington and Morehead campuses came together in Morehead for a joint skills lab experience.
April 20, 2022
Students, Faculty Present at 4th Annual SURE Event
By Ryan ClarkCHS Communications Director
Congratulations go out to all of our students and faculty who presented at the Fourth Annual SURE Event, or Substance Use Research Event, earlier this month at the Gatton Student Center.
March 24, 2022
$367K Grant Will Allow PAs to Prescribe Treatment for Opioids
By Austin Robinson and Ryan ClarkCHS 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.
March 1, 2022
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