The 2020 edition of the UWM Research magazine has launched. It highlights the stories and work of nearly 100 UWM faculty members, students and staff, including several of the College of Health Sciences’ own. An early diagnosis Associate Professor Brooke… Read More
Students from the Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders had a successful and educational weekend at the Wisconsin Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Association (WSHA) annual convention. Emily Kies and Kaitlin Sanfelippo (pictured right) presented a poster of their research entitled,… Read More
Associate Professor Jay Kapellusch, PhD, and Postdoctoral Research Fellow Ruoliang Tang received $16,525 in funding from the University of Michigan Center for Occupational Safety and Health Engineering. The goal of their project is to conduct an objective survey of jobs… Read More
Professor Roger O. Smith, PhD, OT, FAOTA, RESNA Fellow, and the Rehabilitation Research Design & Disability Center were featured in a video for Spectrum News for their accessibility app called AccessPlace.
Congratulations to PhD Kinesiology student Jessica Ford (pictured right) who accepted a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Kinesiology position at McDaniel College in Westminster, Maryland. She is also working to complete her dissertation on “Conceptualizing psychological performance enhancement in a music… Read More
Associate Professor Brooke Slavens, PhD, and Professor Joyce Engel, PhD, OT, FAOTA, along with their research team and partners are researching a condition that has no known cure: Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (hEDS). hEDS is an inherited disorder where patients often… Read More
Dean and Professor Timothy K. Behrens, PhD, CHES, FACSM, was featured for his research about the impacts of the Navajo Nation imposing a 2 percent junk food tax within its reservation. A tax that small might not discourage purchases, but… Read More
PhD Health Sciences student Bethany Forseth is investigating yoga’s impact on three health markers: mental health, inflammation and mitochondrial function, or the cells’ ability to create energy. She is advised by Professor Janis Eells, PhD, Associate Dean and Professor Jeri-Anne… Read More
An early diagnosis
Early in her career, Clinical Associate Professor and Director of Clinical Education Ann Dietrich, PT, DPT, MS, had the opportunity to live, work and practice physical therapy outside of the United States. Now, she has made this opportunity a reality… Read More