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.

That's right — the latest issue of Gateway (the official magazine of the College of Health Sciences) has arrived. 

In this issue, you'll find stories like:

By Ryan Clark
CHS Communications Director
 

Viviana Ortiz Guerrero knows the impact a physical therapist can make in people’s lives.  

By Ryan Clark
CHS Communications Director

“Sometimes, you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.”

That quote came from the iconic Dr. Seuss, and it was repeated Monday night by Stacy Fritz, PhD, PT, FAPTA — the newest inductee into the College of Health Sciences Hall of Fame.

By Ryan Clark
CHS Communications Director

By Ryan Clark
CHS Communications Director

Stacy Fritz, PhD, PT, FAPTA, knows the importance of an acceptance letter.

In fact, she says that one of her fondest memories of being a student in the College of Health Sciences was when she received her letter of acceptance into the Physical Therapy program.

By Loralyn Cecil
CHS Philanthropy Director

The life of Emma Rose Davis Bridges was tragically cut short on Feb. 8, 2023, when — at 29 years old — she died from a pulmonary embolism. Just a month earlier, she and her husband, Jared, (they met when both were students at UK) brought home their baby girl, Naomi.