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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…

Vrushali Angadi

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…

Emily Appel

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. 

Brian Noehren in Biomotion Lab

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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Beattyville, Kentucky

Physician assistant studies alumnus puts UK for Kentucky values into action serving rural communities

The phrase “we are the University of Kentucky for Kentucky” is one that resonates across the entire UK campus. Because of his belief in this mission, physician assistant studies graduate Tyson Gross has dedicated his career to delivering care to…

Eman Issa

Future speech language pathologist finds her place advocating for the profession

Communication sciences and disorders (CSD) major Eman Issa has gotten in trouble her whole life for being too talkative. “I really love to talk,” she said. “So, when I found out I could go to school to help other people talk, I knew exactly where…

PT Student with Patients

CHS students empower Ecuadorian communities during Shoulder to Shoulder brigades

In Santo Domingo, Ecuador, locals line up outside the University of Kentucky staffed Shoulder to Shoulder clinic with a variety of needs. For many Santo Domingo residents, there are almost no options for specialty care in the area and little…

Still We Rise Honorees

CHS and UK students who have overcome adversity honored at first annual Still We Rise Banquet

On February 21, conversation filled the room as communications sciences and disorders senior Kennedy Guess made her way from table to table thanking her guests for coming to the first annual Still We Rise Banquet—an event borne out of…

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…