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…
International Stuttering Awareness Day ‘Vital,’ Professor Says
By Ryan Clark CHS Communications Director
International Stuttering Awareness Day is Sunday, Oct. 22, and it is ‘vital’ to understanding those who struggle with speech disorders, a…
Four CHS RHB Alumni Receive Prestigious K Awards
By Lindsey Fiori CHS Contributor
Four young investigators who graduated from the College of Health Sciences' …
New Academic Advisor Lesli Hall Wants to Help Students, Give Back to Health Community
By Ryan Clark CHS Communications Director
Lesli Hall needed help.
As a first-generation college student, she didn’t know exactly how to navigate the world of higher education as a freshman at UK. But through the help of family and…