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Lucy Bowers

PA Student One of Four Winners of Susan Lindahl Memorial Scholarship

5 Questions with … Lucy Bowers

By Ryan Clark CHS Communications Director

Lucy Bowers didn’t always want to be a Physician Assistant.

First, she wanted to be a teacher, like her mother, and then maybe an orthopedic surgeon, like the…

Cheryl Vanderford

PAthways Conference helps prepare healthcare workers to tackle Substance Use Disorder

By Ryan Clark CHS Communications Director There is one thing Cheryl Vanderford hopes people will get from Friday’s PAthways to a Healthier Kentucky conference.

Empathy.

“That’s my personal goal,” said Vanderford, MPAS, PA-C, and an…

Woods Never Knew She'd Become a Division I Athlete at UK

Revisiting the Top 5 CHS Stories of the Year (So Far) ...

Here at the CHS News Desk, we love a good list. And we…

Wildcast mascot reading

CHS Faculty Help Recommend Summer Reading

By Lindsey Piercy UKNow 

Are you looking to get lost in your next summer read but don’t know where to start?

We asked the University of Kentucky community to recommend books they feel would make good additions to…

UK College of Health Sciences launches physician assistant residency programs

Residencies allow recent health care graduates to turn knowledge into action as they prepare to impact future patients and deliver quality care. In 2020, the UK College of Health Sciences launched four…

Jessie Franey

Dream Come True: PA alumna moving to El Salvador for medical mission work

Photo by Greg Eans, Messenger-Inquirer

From the Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer newspaper:

 

Owensboro native Jessie Franey is preparing to move to El Salvador in…

Ana Stone and Tyler Brown

CHS prepares alumna for viral Taylor Swift moment

'It was perfect — an unbelievable day'

By Ryan Clark CHS Communications Director

It’s a love story — and Ana Stone said “yes.”

Stone, a 23-year-old double graduate from the…

Kelsey Markle with personal airplane

Motorcycle racer. Pilot. Physician Assistant. 2023 grad is having fun ‘chasing new passions’

By Ryan Clark and Sara Pisoni CHS Contributors

You could say that 23-year-old Kelsey Markle has a need.

A need for speed.

And if you don’t get that reference, then you really need to see Top Gun, or the Top Gun sequel…

Jessi Bryant with patient

PA Simulation Class Provides ‘Valuable’ Learning Experiences

By Ryan Clark CHS Communications Director Jessi Bryant says she learns best by getting hands-on.

“It is easy to sit at a desk and answer a multiple-choice question,” says the…

Pris Garcia with Partner

PRIDE MONTH 2023: PA Student’s Goal? ‘Make Bridges’

By Ryan Clark CHS Communications Director

Pris Garcia wants to make bridges.

But she’s not in engineering or architecture. Pris (which rhymes with ‘kiss’) is in the…