By Ryan Clark
CHS 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.

By Ryan Clark
CHS 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.

By Ryan Clark
CHS Communications Director

By Ryan Clark
CHS Communications Director

On Thursday, May 16, the College of Health Sciences came out for an end of the year celebration at the Longship Club at Kroger Field.

Dean Scott Lephart, PhD, always says that other than Commencement, the Faculty and Staff Awards are his favorite day of the year. 

Thursday, May 9, those in the College of Health and Sciences were able to celebrate again, and several faculty and staff were honored with awards. 

By Kody Kiser and Hayden Gooding
UK Now

By Ryan Clark
CHS Communications Director

Two graduate departments in the College of Health Sciences have been recognized as being among the nation’s best by U.S. News & World Report, the publication announced this week.

By Ryan Clark
CHS Communications Director

For the first time in 10 years, the state of Kentucky will have an American Physical Therapy Association Kentucky Student Conclave — and it will be hosted by students from the College of Health Sciences’ Physical Therapy program.

By Ryan Clark
CHS Communications Director

Gov. Andy Beshear has appointed Ramona Carper, PT, DPT, as a member of the State Board of Physical Therapy for a term expiring Feb. 18, 2028.

Carper, a physical therapist and associate professor/associate program director in the Department of Physical Therapy in the College of Health Sciences at the University of Kentucky, replaces Peggy Block, whose term expired.