In Honor of National First-Generation Week, Meet 1st Gen Student Noor Eqal
By Ryan Clark CHS Communications Director
Around 25 percent of all students who attend the University of Kentucky are first-generation students.
This means that their parents or guardians did not complete a four-…
CHS Students, Faculty Attend AAOMPT Conference in St. Louis
By Ryan Clark CHS Communications Director
Students and faculty from the College of Health…
Celebrate National Allied Health Professions Week, Nov. 5-11
By Ryan Clark CHS Communications Director
Celebrate National Allied Health Professions Week, which is held the first full week of November. This year it will be Nov. 5-11, and our CHS Ambassadors have planned an exciting schedule of…
Diversity Healthcare Program Celebrates Third Cohort
By Ryan Clark CHS Communications Director
When Stacey Middleton, the Intervention Instructor at Bryan Station High School, first met with students and staff from the University of Kentucky during COVID, she never expected the success that…
Creative Services Wins 5 MarCom Awards
By Ryan Clark CHS Communications Director The MarCom Awards, an international creative competition for marketing and communication professionals, has announced early deadline winners in their 2023…
Take Time to Reflect: A Physical Therapist Celebrates the Job
By Ryan Clark CHS Communications Director It all started with a dance injury.
That’s what led Katelyn McNamara, PT, DPT, to her career in Physical Therapy. Now, the Lexington native is a Pediatric Physical Therapist at Norton Children’s…
Groundbreaking ceremony held for UK Health Education Building
By Kristi Willett and Ryan Clark CHS Contributors
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 27, 2023) — Long ago — nearly 160 years ago, in fact — the University of Kentucky made a promise to help serve the people of the …
Celebrating National Physical Therapy Month with a Future PT
By Ryan ClarkCHS Communications Director
He knew he wanted to help others; he just didn’t know how.
Now, 19-year-old Noah Fields is working toward a career in Physical Therapy.
Fields, a native of Manchester, is a…
Kercsmar Named Chair of Department of Health and Clinical Sciences
By Ryan Clark CHS Communications Director
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 24, 2023) — Sarah Kercsmar, PhD, MHA, has been named Chair of the…
CHS Professors Hope to Give Students More Realistic Training with MediSkin
By MaKenzie Purdom Launch Blue
While the world of medical education has evolved rapidly, and the improvements have been extraordinary, gaps remain when it comes to giving students in medical education the most realistic, applicable, and…