Alumni News
PHOTO GALLERY: Wigginton, Classmates Celebrate UKPT Class of 1984
By Ryan ClarkCHS Communications Director
When Tassa Wigginton came to UK in the Physical Therapy Department in the early 1980s, she was a nontraditional student, married with children, and she took on a mother figure role to the class while also making lifelong friends.
July 19, 2024
2 CHS Professors are Recipients of IRC Program Pilot Grants for Campus Research
By Erin WickeyUK Now
LEXINGTON, Ky. — The University of Kentucky’s Igniting Research Collaborations (IRC) program has awarded nearly $600,000 in pilot grants to support cross-college interdisciplinary research, and two of the recipients this year were from the College of Health Sciences.
July 16, 2024
11th RHB Student Since Spring to Defend Dissertation Next Week
When Dana AlGhadban, MS, OTD, defends her dissertation next week, she should (if all goes well) become the 11th student from the Rehabilitation and Health Sciences PhD program to successfully defend since the spring.
Congratulations to all of our students who successfully defended!
July 10, 2024
CHS Professor, Alum Receives $80K Acute Care Research Grant
By Ryan ClarkCHS Communications Director
Kirby Mayer, DPT, PhD and Assistant Professor in Physical Therapy and the Rehabilitation Sciences PhD Program, is the recipient of an $80,000 Acute Care Research Grant from the Foundation of Physical Therapy Research.
July 8, 2024
CHS Celebrates at NATA 2024
The 75th annual National Athletic Trainers' Association Clinical Symposia and AT Expo was held from June 25-28 in New Orleans — and the College of Health Sciences was there.
From faculty and students to alumni, the CHS ATs were living it up in the Crescent City.
July 2, 2024
US Weekly: Volleyball Star Sets Sights on 2028 Olympics Alongside CHS Alumna Sister Avery
By Molly McGuiganUS Weekly
Madisen Skinner has three NCAA championships under her belt, but the volleyball star is setting her sights even higher as she looks to the future.
June 21, 2024
CLM Wins AUPHA National Award
The UK College of Health Sciences Clinical Leadership and Management Program was presented with the prestigious Association of University Programs in Health Administration Award for Engagement by a New Program Member at their annual meeting earlier this month in Tampa, Fla.
June 20, 2024
A Dream Come True: It’s CHS at the CWS
By Ryan ClarkCHS Communications Director
OMAHA, Neb. — When senior infielder Mitch Daly smacked a two-out, walk-off home run over the left field fence in the bottom of the 10th inning Saturday night to clinch Kentucky baseball’s first-ever win in their first-ever appearance in the College World Series, one could argue that no one had a better view than Richie Wells.
June 16, 2024
‘Honored and humbled’ — CHS Alumna Now Serving as Army 6th Medical Recruiting Battalion Commander
By Ryan ClarkCHS Communications Director
On May 24, 2024, U.S. Army Recruiting Commander LTC Kourtney Logan relinquished command to LTC (and CHS alumna) Jessica Horine.
Horine, who earned a Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies in 2008, is coming from Honolulu as the Chief of Operational Medicine for the U.S. Army Pacific Command.
June 12, 2024
College World Series Bound: AT Alumnus Wells Enjoying UK Baseball’s NCAA Run
By Ryan ClarkCHS Communications Director
When UK star baseball pitcher Mason Moore woke up on June1, he wasn’t sure he’d be able to take the mound for his team the following day.
The reason? A severe stomach bug. “It kind of hit me yesterday right before the game,” he told reporters.
June 9, 2024
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