Create a more flexible medical career as a physician assistant
In the mid-1960s, educators and physicians discovered a developing gap between the number of patients needing medical care and the number of primary care physicians available to care for them. To remedy the issue, the concept of a physician…
Biomotion Lab students impact sports medicine research at national conference
The UK College of Health Sciences Biomotion Lab attracts students for many reasons - one of which is their continuing participation in the annual American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Conference. This year, second year rehabilitation…
PAS student prepares for clinical rotations with a global outlook
Second year physician assistant studies (PAS) student Allison Christian has a fresh outlook on her chosen field after attending a medical mission trip to Pedras Negros, Mexico with UK PAS alumni and many of her fellow classmates. In Mexico,…
How can health care target healthy aging? Skeletal muscle may hold the key
Years ago, increasing a person’s lifespan (amount of time between birth and death) was medicine’s greatest challenge. After decades of discovery, this feat has been accomplished and medical research’s newest pursuit has commenced: increasing…
Student athlete and 2019 Miss Wildcat Katie Reed reflects on her College of Health Sciences/UK journey
There are two things you need to know about Katie Reed—a human health sciences major and University of Kentucky student athlete. One: softball is a significant part of her world, and two: she absolutely hated going to the dentist as a child.…
Physician assistants step in to fill health care gaps
The College of Health Sciences has a long-held reputation for preparing exceptional and dependable health care professionals in the physician assistant (PA) field. Now, research is proving exactly how important physician assistants are across the…
College of Health Sciences to undergo structural realignment in July
We will be moving away from the old infrastructure of divisions and adopting a new structure that creates an undergraduate program department and four departments for our professional and graduate programs: The Department of Health and…
Improving access to care: CSD professor develops smartphone app to deliver voice therapy
As modern technology evolves, the medical professions are following suit thanks to the hard work of practitioners like Vrushali Angadi, PhD, CCC-SLP. Angadi, a speech-language pathologist and assistant professor with the communication sciences…
Future physical therapist finds value in helping others succeed
Not every person’s passion is realized in an all-consuming epiphany; in fact, for human health sciences junior Emily Appel, her grand moment of revelation happened in the back of her mother’s car on the way to a college fair.
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Military researcher searches for solutions to chronic pain epidemic
Josh Van Wyngaarden, PT, DPT, has always been interested in the mechanisms behind pain. As a member of the U.S. Air Force, he’s well-acquainted with chronic pain and the devastating effect it can have on his fellow Airmens’ lives.
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