By Erin Wickey
UK 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. 

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!

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.

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.

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 Ryan Clark
CHS Communications Director

There were a range of emotions when students in the College of Health Sciences graduated Friday morning.

Joy. Pride. Relief. And even a bit of sadness.

Mary Jo Cooley Hidecker, PhD, CCC-A/SLP, Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders in the College of Health Sciences at the University of Kentucky was inducted as a Distinguished Scholar Fellow at the 2024 Forum of the National Academies of Practice (NAP). This honor recognizes Dr. Hidecker’s scholarship, research, and teaching which supports interprofessional practices.

By Kody Kiser and Hayden Gooding
UK Now