What's Happening with UK PAS?
PHOTO GALLERY: Congratulations to our PA Class of 2023 on their White Coat Ceremony
By Ryan ClarkCHS Communications Director
On Friday, June 3, the College of Health Sciences celebrated our Physician Assistant Studies Class of 2023 as they participated in their White Coat Ceremony — where students recite their oaths of commitment and receive their white coats, symbolizing the start of their journey to become Physician Assistants.
June 6, 2022
From Jordan to Chicago to Lexington: PA Student Juggles Family, Class as She Readies for White Coat Ceremony
By Ryan ClarkCHS Communications Director
It was while working as a clinical research associate in the Neurology Department at UK, as well as volunteering in a medical mission in a Syrian refugee camp in Jordan, that PA student Ghadah Karasneh knew she wanted to help people.
“During these experiences, I found a lot of joy in working with patients, and found it very rewarding and satisfying,” she said.
June 3, 2022
PHOTO GALLERY: CHS Celebrates Student Awards
By Ryan ClarkCHS Communications Director
The 2022 CHS Student Awards was a feel-good, end-of-the-year celebration of achievement held in the Worsham Cinema in the Gatton Student Center.
"Today is about our students," CHS Dean Scott Lephart, PhD, told the crowd. "This is an exciting time to celebrate."
April 28, 2022
Walker Wins Lyman T. Johnson Fellowship
By Ryan ClarkCHS Communications Director
Latoya Walker was born in Jamaica, grew up in New York, but found her home in the Bluegrass of Kentucky.
April 26, 2022
UK PA students learn the basics of suturing in Morehead
By Josh Burkhart, MSPAS, PA-CAssistant Professor, UK Dept. of Physician Assistant Studies
On Tuesday, April 12, Class of 2023 UK physician assistant students from the Lexington and Morehead campuses came together in Morehead for a joint skills lab experience.
April 20, 2022
Students, Faculty Present at 4th Annual SURE Event
By Ryan ClarkCHS Communications Director
Congratulations go out to all of our students and faculty who presented at the Fourth Annual SURE Event, or Substance Use Research Event, earlier this month at the Gatton Student Center.
March 24, 2022
$367K Grant Will Allow PAs to Prescribe Treatment for Opioids
By Austin Robinson and Ryan ClarkCHS Contributors
Working with Veterans holds a special place in Cheryl Vanderford’s heart.
And through that work, she received firsthand experience by providing substance use disorder treatment as a Physician Assistant. This inspired her to apply for a much-needed grant that will help the Commonwealth.
March 1, 2022
‘Role Models for Us All’
Two Alumni Honored at College of Health Sciences Hall of Fame & Young Alumni Award Celebration
By Ryan ClarkCHS Communications Director
As Dean Scott Lephart said Thursday night, there must be something in the water in Somerset, Ky.
February 25, 2022
BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2022: ‘I Just Want to Thank Them so, so Much’
Director of Office of Health Equity took Circuitous Road
By Ryan ClarkCHS Communications Director
It was a small bump on the neck, she says. Warm to the touch.
She hadn’t even noticed it until a nurse brought it up during a routine examination.
February 23, 2022
UKPA Class of 2023 Students Win Red Ribbon Week PSA Video Contest
By Ryan ClarkCHS Communications Director
“Know the signs.”
February 15, 2022
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