Speech Language Pathologists (SLPs) play a primary role in the screening, assessment, diagnosis, treatment and research of cognitive-communication disorders, including those associated with dementia. Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) Speech Language Pathology students have been afforded a unique learning experience… Read More
Students studying for the Assistive Technology and Accessible Design (ATAD) Certificate have many more opportunities because of a recent accreditation. The certificate was approved in May by the Commission of Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs. The college’s ATAD program… Read More
Several UWM schools and departments are supporting the summer wages for students in the new Learn-Earn-Grow Milwaukee (LEG MKE) program. Under the tenet of “Education=Power and Food=Health,” program co-founder and former CHS staffer Bonnie Halvorsen, together with UWM Chief Sustainability… Read More
This month, at a special all-College Recognition Ceremony, several worthy individuals received awards for exceptional work. College of Health Sciences Dean and Professor Ron A. Cisler, PhD, opened the festivities, “We have so many hard working faculty and staff here… Read More
Ying-Chih (Inga) Wang, PhD, OTR/L, associate professor in the Department of Occupational Science and Technology, is working to streamline the way occupational therapists (OTs) in the field assess cognitive, emotional, sensory and motor function in patients. Building from the research… Read More
In 1918, the Milwaukee-Downer College became the first liberal arts college to offer a course of study in occupational therapy. As the college grew and evolved into the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee that we know today, so too did the Occupational… Read More
Through a study funded through the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Associate Dean and Professor in the College of Health Sciences Jeri-Anne Lyons, PhD (pictured above), hopes to demonstrate the positive impact of light therapy in treating muscle fatigue in patients… Read More
The 2018 edition of UWM Research has launched, celebrating the stories and work of nearly 100 UWM faculty members, students and staff… including several of the College of Health Sciences’ own. Kinesiology and physical therapy graduate student David Cornell (pictured… Read More
Ahead of her retirement from the College of Health Sciences (CHS), Professor Marylou Pausewang Gelfer, PhD, CCC-SLP, has been honored with the Wisconsin Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Association (WSHA) Lifetime Achievement Award. Gelfer’s scholarly accomplishments, research and advocacy, and her… Read More
Assistant Professor Jennifer T. Fink, PhD, MS, Department of Health Informatics and Administration, and program director for the Master in Healthcare Administration, is working with researchers in the region to tackle the problem of hypertension in young adults. “Many young… Read More