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Myron and Elaine Jacobson

CHS hosts inaugural Jacobson Innovation Award Symposium

On Feb. 20, the UK College of Health Sciences hosted the inaugural Myron and Elaine Jacobson Innovation Award Symposium at UK's Chandler Hospital. Former UK faculty members, the Jacobsons co-founded Niadyne—a pharmaceutical development…

Collaborating across health care disciplines to combat ALS

In the nineties, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) medical specialist Edward Kasarskis, MD, PhD, director of UK’s ALS Multidisciplinary Clinic, asked Tony English, PT, PhD, now the director of physical therapy at the College of Health Sciences…

Tates Creek Middle School Students at SMRI

Active Women's Health Initiative hosts Tates Creek Middle School girls at SMRI

We were excited to partner with Tates Creek Middle School to create a field trip experience for 6th-8th grade girls that highlighted topics related to physical activity, athletics, science, and research. Twenty-three girls from Tates Creek…

Rasheen Turner

Going his own way: How a CLM student’s unconventional path led to discovering his passion

Not every student comes to the University of Kentucky with their hearts set on a specific program. In fact, College of Health Sciences (CHS) senior and current student ambassador Rasheen Turner claims that two factors led to his being here: NBA…

Physical Therapy Class

Educating the next generation of physical therapy leaders

The medical profession is one that is constantly shifting; innovation and creativity have been used for thousands of years as tools for necessary growth and advancement in healthcare. It is crucial for the students who will become tomorrow’s…

Rebecca Serrano

Staff Q&A: Rebecca Serrano, Student Success and Financial Wellness Coordinator

What was your background before coming to the College of Health Sciences?

I graduated from the University of Kentucky with a degree in Integrated Strategic Communication and then returned for the university’s 11-month MBA program. I liked…

Amina Nouri

In the Lab: CHS Student Pursues Solutions to Periodontal Disease

Human health sciences (HHS) major Amina Nouri is no stranger to persistence. During the many hours she spends in the lab each week, she is faced with countless frustrations and triumphs. “One day you’ll run the perfect experiment with the perfect…

Amy Hehre

PAS program prepares alumna for her calling in Kenya

In June 2015, the unthinkable happened for physician assistant studies student Amy Hehre. Her three-year-old nephew, Ovidio, passed away. A “nephew through love”, as Amy puts it, “Ovi” was an orphan cared…

Medical Laboratory Students in lab

What is an MLS? Exploring medical laboratory science at CHS

Behind every hospital, physician’s office, or clinic, there is a great laboratory. Crucial to the diagnosis and treatment of physiological and pathological conditions, these laboratories—and the medical laboratory scientists who run them—are…

Child with Disability

KARRN Celebrates A Decade of Transforming Lives in Rural Kentucky

The Kentucky Appalachian Rural Rehabilitation Network (KARRN) has spent the past decade investing in citizens of rural Kentucky who have experienced a neurological condition such as a spinal cord injury, stroke, or traumatic brain injury. Their…