NEWS

DEGREES AWARDED

  • 368 degrees

    awarded in CHS

  • 199

    Baccalaureate degrees awarded

  • 93

    Master's degrees awarded

  • 8

    Doctorate-Graduate (PhD) degrees awarded

  • 68

    Doctorate-Professional (DPT) degrees awarded

  • 12

    Graduate Certificates awarded

  • 12

    Undergraduate Certificates awarded

GRANTS

  • 57

    extramural grant proposals

  • $11 million

    in grant awards generated

Awards received between Oct. 21, 2020 - Sept, 30, 2021

  • Charlotte Peterson, PhD, and John McCarthy, PhD (College of Medicine)

    National Institute on Aging The Role of Satellite Cells in Skeletal Muscle Hypertrophy with Aging
  • Brian Noehren, PT, PhD, FACSM, and Chris Fry, PhD

    National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Sex-based muscular adaptations, capillary dysfunction and functional decline impact kneerelated psychosocial outcomes after acute knee injury (SMACK)
  • Charlotte Peterson, PhD & John McCarthy, PhD

    National Institute on Aging The Role of the Gut Microbiota in Sarcopenia
  • Brian Noehren, PT, PhD, FACSM

    U.S. Department of Defense Accelerating recovery following a lower extremity fracture through speed HIIT
  • Johanna Hoch, PhD, ATC

    Southeast Athletic Trainers’ Association The Influence of Resilience and Grit on Post- Operative Outcomes after ACL Reconstruction
  • Patrick Kitzman, PT, PhD

    KY Council on Developmental Disabilities Coordinating and Assisting the Reuse of Assisted Technology: Together One Priority (CARAT TOP) KARRN Project
  • Cheryl Vanderford, MPAS, PA-C

    Northwestern University (American Heart Association) 2021 Communities Talk to Prevent Underage Drinking Initiative
  • Esther Dupont-Versteegden, PhD, and Alexander Sklivas, M.S.

    National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health Diversity Supplement for Alexander Sklivas: Mechanisms underlying anabolic effects of cyclic compressive loading in muscle
  • Charlotte Peterson, PhD & Cory Dungan, PhD

    Boehringer Ingelheim Boehringer Ingelheim Novel Compound Project
  • Brandi White, PhD, MPH

    Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry Campaign Food Security Project for Equity

Student Awards

  • Katherine Bain, ATC, PT, DPT

    Southeast Athletic Trainers’ Association The Impact of Emotion Regulation on Neurocognitive Physical Task Performance in Female Young Adults with History of Lateral Ankle Sprain
  • Jacob Jelmini, MS, LAT, ATC, CSCS

    Central Appalachian Regional Education and Research Center (CAREC) Occupational stress exposure, sleep quality, and musculoskeletal injury in urban firefighters
  • Jennifer Tinsley, M.S.

    NATA Research & Education Foundation Jennifer Tinsley: Resilience and Professional Quality of Life in Firefighters

Jacqueline K. Resinger Graduate Fellowship Fund

  • Mrs. Jackie Resinger

McDougall Student Endowed Scholarship Fund

  • Mr. Keith J. Hudson
  • Dr. Barbara Sanders, PT

Dwain Robert Rice Memorial Scholarship Fund

  • Dr. Esther Dupont-Versteegden
  • Ms. Kara Lynch Lee
  • Ms. Kathy Schuler Ringo

College of Health Sciences Graduate Student Relief Endowed Fund

  • Dr. Janice M. Kuperstein

Daus Family Scholarship Fund in Physician Assistant Studies

  • The Mindful C.L.A.T.

Patricia “Pat” Motley Waggener Scholarship Fund

  • Craig & Madonna Turner Charitable Fund
  • Mr. Donald D. Waggener
  • Mrs. Patricia M. Waggener

CHS Student Ambassadors Gift Fund

  • Ms. Morgan Leigh Andrews
  • Ms. Nancy K. Johnson

Health Sciences Development Scholarship Fund

  • Dr. Scott David Tomchek

Amy Waugh Memorial Scholarship

  • Mrs. Kathryn Bascom
  • Ms. Michelle Boling
  • Mrs. Kristen Goble Brown
  • Ms. Kate Cabrini
  • Mrs. Linda Cassity
  • Ms. Paulette Caywood
  • Dr. Caitlin Conley
  • Ms. Kimberly C. Cook
  • Mrs. Tracie Davis
  • Ms. Jenne E. DeAngelis
  • Mrs. Allison DeKuiper
  • Ms. Jaclyn K. Donovan
  • Mr. Shane Garret Fitzpatrick
  • Dr. Brady Fleshman
  • Ms. Emily Flood
  • Ms. Sara J. Fracasso
  • Mrs. Emily Hartley Gabriel
  • Mr. Benjamin D. Gecewich
  • Dr. Phillip A. Gribble
  • Mr. Jacob T. Hartzell
  • Mrs. Stacey Jo Higgins
  • Dr. Johanna M. Hoch
  • Dr. Jennifer Sebert Howard
  • Dr. Mary Lloyd Ireland
  • Ms. Julie A. Jacoby
  • Dr. Darren L. Johnson
  • Mr. Kyle M. Johnston
  • Mr. John G. Jurjans
  • Dr. Kimberly A. Kaiser
  • Ms. Jenny Kezele
  • Mrs. Rachel Kleis
  • Ms. Jennell Kopp
  • Dr. Kyle Benjamin Kosik
  • Mrs. Nancy C. Letton
  • Mr. Mark Lundahl
  • Dr. Scott D. Mair
  • Mrs. Lisa M. Mattingly
  • Ms. Stacie McCarty
  • Dr. Susan M. McDowell
  • Mrs. Melissa McFarland
  • Mr. Stewart McFarland
  • Ms. Sheri K. McNew
  • Mrs. Pauline M. Mills
  • Mr. Srikanth Nithyanandam Mr. John Phillips
  • Ms. Katherine Lacy Poole Ms. Elizabeth W. Robin
  • Mrs. Emily Roe
  • Mrs. Kimberly Roe
  • Ms. Maggie Roe
  • Mr. Will Rogers
  • Mrs. Jennifer Scott
  • Ms. Amber Christine Silberman Dr. Kyle Smoot
  • Dr. Tracy H. Spigelman
  • Mrs. Christine B. Stairs
  • Dr. Austin Stone
  • Mr. Walker G. Terhune
  • Dr. Brady Laurence Tripp
  • Dr. Timothy L. Uhl
  • Mr. Rob Ullery
  • Ms. Shayla Joi Veasley
  • Mr. Isaac D. Waugh, Jr.
  • Mr. Keith Waugh
  • Mr. Brian W. Wiese
  • Ms. Kacy D. Wiley
  • Ms. Charlotte Witt
  • Ms. Heather Wolfe
  • Mrs. Nikki Yates
  • Mrs. Rachel Zinner

Physician Assistant Studies Development Alumni Fund

  • Mr. Lynn R. Allen
  • Dr. Richard D. Andreatta
  • Ms. Karina Angel
  • Ms. Susan R. Arnold
  • Ms. Caroline N. Arthur
  • Mr. William R. Barker
  • Mr. Scott Bates
  • Mrs. Kandi Bickett
  • Dr. Frank J. Block III
  • Mrs. Sylvia Gale Boggs
  • Mrs. Debra A. Brackett
  • Ms. Sharon A. Branham
  • Mrs. Jane S. Brantley
  • Ms. Jaclyn K. Cappy
  • Mr. Lee Michael Chance
  • Dr. Ming-Yuan Chih
  • Mrs. Jennifer D. Chiles
  • Mr. Andrew G. Clarke
  • Mr. James L. Click
  • Mr. Stephen Scott Cole
  • Mrs. Carol A. Collier
  • Mrs. Beth B. Cooper
  • Mrs. Debbie A. Croucher
  • Mr. Michael G. Davis
  • Mrs. Elizabeth L. Diminick
  • Dr. Charles Eckford Eastin II
  • Dr. Charles H. Elliott
  • Mr. Timothy S. Elliott
  • Dr. Holly H. Gallion
  • Ms. Nancy O. Cunningham Garrett
  • Ms. Tracey Lynn Gdovka
  • Dr. Catherine Lea Gohrband
  • Ms. Sharon L. Goins
  • Ms. Leigh B. Green
  • Ms. Kimberly A. Hardison
  • Dr. Bruce L. Henschen
  • Mrs. Cynthia L. Hile
  • Ms. Shannon M. Hoard
  • Ms. Sallie M. Jones
  • Mrs. Laura L. Justice
  • Mrs. Margaret A. Kelly
  • Ms. Janet K. King
  • Dr. Janice M. Kuperstein
  • Mrs. Mary H. Lamb
  • Mrs. Kristie Michelle Law
  • Mrs. Martha Jean Layne
  • Dr. Valerie K. Logsdon
  • Ms. Joanna I. Lyon
  • Mr. Barret Lanham May
  • Mrs. Denise N. McCarthy
  • Mrs. Elizabeth K. Miller
  • Ms. Kaye Combs Moore
  • Mrs. Alexis Phillips
  • Mrs. Melinda A. Prunty
  • Dr. Randa Remer-Eskridge
  • Mr. William A. Rice, Jr.
  • Dr. Barbara Sanders, PT
  • Mrs. Suzanne C. Scarpulla
  • Ms. Meredith Elaine Scott
  • Ms. Kelley A. Seekins
  • Dr. Robert F. Sexton, Jr.
  • Dr. Casey Shadix
  • Dr. Debendra Shrestha
  • Ms. Susan G. Thomas
  • Mrs. RuthAnn L. Thompson
  • Ms. Corie M. Turley
  • Dr. Rose L. Vines
  • Ms. Kyleen Ward
  • Mr. Patrick J. Watterson
  • Mrs. Barbara T. Williams
  • Mrs. Katherine Wolnitzek

Physician Assistant Studies Development Alumni Fund

  • Dr. Somu Chatterjee
  • Mr. John H. Faulkner
  • Mr. Timothy J. Kappes
  • Mrs. Elizabeth K. Miller
  • Mr. Marc K. Morifuji
  • Dr. Kevin M. Schuer
  • Ms. Martha A. Smith

Communication Disorders Development Alumni Fund

  • Mrs. Robin S. Downing
  • Dr. Victoria Graff
  • Ms. Jennie P. Hoch
  • Ms. Katherine Kelly McHale
  • Mrs. Donna S. Morris
  • Dr. Judith L. Page

Clinical Laboratory Sciences Development Alumni Fund

  • Ms. Phyllis J. Goodrich
  • Mr. Chad Guilliams
  • Estate of Mary M. Reid
  • Dr. Christopher R. Swartz

Clinical Nutrition Development Alumni Fund

  • Ms. Karen G. Smith

Physical Therapy Development Alumni Fund

  • Ms. Ellen Barry
  • Mrs. Casey Geiman Bennett
  • Ms. Barbara J. Bruening
  • Mrs. Amy G. Grizzard
  • Ms. Karson G. Grizzard
  • Mr. Keith J. Hudson
  • Mr. Stuart L. Lowenthal
  • Ms. Helen F. McGill
  • Mrs. Whitney Lush Quiambao
  • Mrs. Debra S. Turner

CAHP Athletic Training Development and Alumni Fund

  • Ms. Jaclyn K. Donovan
  • Mr. Benjamin D. Gecewich
  • Dr. Matt Hoch
  • Ms. Stacy Khun
  • Ms. Constance J. Minch

William J. Meadors Physician Assistant Educational Fun

  • Kentucky Academy of Physicians Assistants
  • Dr. Leslie Woltenberg

Harriet Hendershot Smith Scholarship Gift Fund

  • Mrs. Margaret Simmons

National Student Speech Language & Hearing Association Scholarship Fund

  • Mrs. Ruth A. Ogden

Amy M. Waugh Endowed Scholarship Fund

  • Ms. Caroline N. Arthur
  • Dr. Carrie Baker
  • Blue Grass Stockyards Company, Inc. Bourbon County Farm Bureau
  • Ms. Loralyn A. Cecil
  • Ms. Carol Conway
  • Mrs. Dawn J. Bush Crouch
  • Ms. Crystal Rena Fister
  • Ms. Sharon M. Frank
  • Mollie Galusha
  • Taryn Gamble
  • Mrs. Kathy J. Garrison
  • Mr. Benjamin D. Gecewich
  • Brenda M. Giles
  • Mr. David Grear
  • Dr. Phillip A. Gribble
  • Carol Lynn Harman
  • Dr. Nicholas R. Heebner
  • Dr. Johanna M. Hoch
  • Dr. Matt Hoch
  • Dr. Robert G. Hosey
  • Mr. Charles E. Johnson
  • Dr. Kyle Benjamin Kosik
  • Ellie Lairson
  • Dr. Scott D. Mair
  • Julie McFarland
  • L. K. McFarland
  • Ms. Demmie Jean Meyers
  • Mr. Chris Patrick
  • Mrs. Anne S. Quigley
  • Ms. Rebecca D. Rassenfoss Ellington
  • Ms. Elizabeth W. Robin
  • Ms. Savannah Faye Robin
  • Rocking P Livestock, LLC.
  • Ms. Maggie Roe
  • Ms. Peggy L. Rose
  • Dr. Casey Shadix
  • Lisa Tarbet
  • Mr. Robert G. Thompson
  • Dr. Timothy L. Uhl
  • Morgan Ullery
  • Ms. Charlotte F. Waugh
  • Mrs. Judy Waugh
  • Mr. Keith Waugh
  • Sally V. Whalen
  • Sarah Jennifer Williams
  • Mrs. Rachel Zinner

SMRI Gift Fund

  • Dean Scott M. Lephart
  • Dr. Susan Lephart

College of Health Sciences Samaritan’s Touch Clinic Fund

  • Mrs. Amy K. Brown
  • Ms. Allison N. Hoey
  • UK Federal Credit Union

Active Women’s Health Initiative Fund

  • Ms. Michelle Boling
  • Ms. Loralyn A. Cecil
  • Ms. Kathleen DeBoer
  • Ms. Brigid L. DeVries
  • Ms. Paula B. Grafft
  • Ms. Jennifer N. Grubbs
  • Mrs. Dell Hancock
  • Dr. Sandy Hoffmann
  • Dr. Mary Lloyd Ireland
  • Mrs. Virginia W. Longnecker
  • Ms. Susan N. McKaig
  • Ms. Christine Plonsky
  • Mrs. Kurt Retrum
  • Mrs. Martha B. Schlegel
  • Mrs. Ricka White

Ellen Felice Mattacola Scholarship Fund

  • Ms. Caroline N. Arthur
  • Dr. Carrie Baker
  • Ms. Loralyn A. Cecil
  • Ms. Jaclyn K. Donovan
  • Ms. Crystal Rena Fister
  • Ms. Sharon M. Frank
  • Ms. Mollie Galusha
  • Ms. Taryn Gamble
  • Dr. Phillip A. Gribble
  • Dr. Nancy G. Harrington
  • Dr. Nicholas R. Heebner
  • Dr. Johanna M. Hoch
  • Dr. Kyle Benjamin Kosik
  • Ms. Ellie Lairson
  • Dr. Scott D. Mair
  • Dr. Carl G. Mattacola
  • Ms. Julie McFarland
  • Ms. Demmie Jean Meyers
  • Ms. Rebecca D. Rassenfoss Ellington
  • Ms. Elizabeth W. Robin
  • Ms. Savannah Faye Robin
  • Ms. Maggie Roe
  • Ms. Peggy L. Rose
  • Dr. Casey Shadix
  • Ms. Lisa Tarbet
  • Dr. Timothy L. Uhl
  • Ms. Morgan Ullery
  • Mrs. Judy Waugh
  • Ms. Sarah Jennifer Williams
  • Mrs. Rachel Zinner

Medical Laboratory Science Scholarship Fund

  • Mr. Randy K. Blevins
  • Mr. Jeffrey W. Lytle

Physical Therapy Program Scholarship Fund

  • Ms. Margaret J. Blain
  • Dr. Lori A. Bolgla
  • Dr. Robert A. English
  • Mr. Arthur W. Francis
  • Mr. Keith J. Hudson
  • Dr. Scott W. Shaffer

Communication Sciences Disorders Scholarship Fund

  • Mr. Steve Harmon
  • Mrs. Janet M. Heiple
  • Dr. Anne Desmarais Olson
  • Mrs. Laura W. Osborn
  • Dr. Judith L. Page
  • Mr. P. S. Sitzlar
  • Mr. Douglas E. Wade
  • Ms. Kimberly M. West

Active Duty Military and Veterans Fund

  • Ms. Carol Chavez
  • Mr. Dennis Thomas

Grace Jones Memorial Fund

  • Mr. Keith E. Cecil
  • Ms. Mary Clough
  • Dr. Davy Jones
  • Ms. Sara Shahid Salles
  • Ms. Kathy Schuler Ringo

Mobley Gift Fund for UK SMRI

  • Mr. William T. Young, Jr.
  • Rosenthal Family Foundation

Clinical Leadership & Management Development/Alumni Gift Fund

  • Mr. Mark D. Birdwhistell
  • Dr. Karen Clancy
  • Dr. Robert L. Edwards
  • Dr. Sarah E. Kercsmar
  • Mrs. Virginia W. Longnecker
  • Ms. Julianna Mary Salus
  • YourCause, LLC Medtronic

Gorman Medical Laboratory Sciences Scholarship Fund

  • Dr. Linda S. Gorman

Road Less Traveled PT Scholarship in memory of Logan Humphrey

  • Ms. Paige Tennison Leaver
  • Mr. David Nelson
  • Ms. Jennifer Darene Newman
  • Mr. Nicholas Ryan George
  • Ms. Kaitlyn Hargett
  • Ms. Emily Nicole Albright
  • Mrs. Chloe Isaacs
  • Mr. Robert Sandlin
  • Mr. Matthew Mullane Soergel
  • Mrs. Beth Sturgill James
  • Mrs. Cori Marie Sandoval
  • Ms. Alyssa Daniele Antonicello
  • Allan R. Riggs
  • Dr. Casey Shadix
  • Margaret Anne Spragens
  • Ms. Debra M. Suiter
  • Dr. Leslie Woltenberg
  • Dr. Teresa W. Zryd

Athletic Training Development Alumni Fund

  • Dr. Matt Hoch
A MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN

A MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN

CULTIVATING RELATIONSHIPS: CERH Celebrates 30 Years

CERH Celebrates 30 Years

MAKING CONNECTIONS: STUDY SHOWS EXPERIENTIAL GROWTH DURING COVID-19

MAKING CONNECTIONS: STUDY SHOWS EXPERIENTIAL GROWTH DURING COVID-19

RECOGNIZING THOSE WHO HAVE LED THE WAY

RECOGNIZING THOSE WHO HAVE LED THE WAY

THE HEART OF LETTER WRITING: ONE CHS CLASS REACHES OUT BY CORRESPONDING

THE HEART OF LETTER WRITING

MAINTAINING RELATIONSHIPS: CHS ADVISORS USED PANDEMIC AS LEARNING EXPERIENCE

MAINTAINING RELATIONSHIPS: CHS ADVISORS USED PANDEMIC AS LEARNING EXPERIENCE

IT EMPOWERS YOU: DPT'S HOEY CHOSEN FOR RICE SCHOLARSHIP

IT EMPOWERS YOU

TRULY REMARKABLE: CENTER FOR MUSCLE BIOLOGY, WITH NEW HOME AND DIRECTOR, LIVING UP TO CHALLENGE

TRULY REMARKABLE: CENTER FOR MUSCLE BIOLOGY, WITH NEW HOME AND DIRECTOR, LIVING UP TO CHALLENGE

CHS DEI Awards Three Grants

CHS DEI Awards Three Grants