Two of the college’s students were honored with Senior Excellence in Research Awards. They are Diana Sophia Rivera, an occupational studies major with psychology and pre-law minors, and Rebecca Willer, a communication sciences and disorders major. They will each receive with $5,000 in support… Read More
CHS Alumnus Héctor Colón (’99 BS Occupational Therapy, ’01 MS Occupational Therapy) was appointed to the “What’s Best for Kids” Advisory Council by Wisconsin Governor-elect Tony Evers and Lt. Governor Mandela Barnes. Colon is president and CEO at Lutheran Social… Read More
Associate Professor and Chair, Jay Kapellusch, PhD, Department of Occupational Sciences and Technology, recently was visiting professor at the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria (Fachhochschule Oberösterreich or FHOÖ) in Linz, Austria. Kapellusch taught a short course on “Usability Engineering”… Read More
The Department of Occupational Science and Technology has a new team member who traveled thousands of miles to teach and conduct research. Visiting Scholar Michelle Perryman from Great Britain is here for the academic year to study the communication in… Read More
Professor Roger O. Smith, PhD, OT, FAOTA, RESNA Fellow, from the Department of Occupational Science & Technology, has received research funding for $1.228 million from the US Department of Education. The project, “Interdisciplinary Technology Instruction Program for Individualized Technology Implementation… Read More
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee educates more veterans than any other college or university in Wisconsin, and faculty and students from the College of Health Sciences have helped make that happen. Several years ago, in 2009, Clinical Associate Professor Heidi Plach,… 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
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
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