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
Miguel Tolentino, graduate student in the PhD in health sciences program, had his research abstract selected as one of the top five MS-related abstracts submitted to the Autumn Immunology Conference in Chicago in November. He is studying the effect of… Read More
Stacy Gnacinski was planning to become a physician assistant until she took a sport psychology course that was a prerequisite for the kinesiology master’s program. She loved it so much, she pursued it as a career. Read the full story
Recent graduate from the College of Health Sciences (CHS), Lauren Benson, PhD, is currently a post-doctoral scholar at the University of Calgary. During her time as both a masters and doctoral student in the Department of Kinesiology, Benson worked closely… Read More
Several College of Health Sciences students received noteworthy honors and awards in the past few months. Thomas Almondroeder, a PhD student in kinesiology, received a “UWM Distinguished Dissertator Fellowship” for the 2016-2017 academic year. This prestigious campus award is highly competitive,… Read More
Graduate student Maryam Zolnoori, PhD in Health Sciences, with an emphasis in Clinical and Health Informatics, has been invited to join a collaborative and prestigious research opportunity in the Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications’ (LHNCBC) Research Program during… Read More
Doctoral students, Lien Nguyen (Health Sciences) and Kenny Ildefonso (Kinesiology) have been selected to receive an Advanced Opportunity Program (AOP) Fellowship for the coming academic year. The AOP Fellowship is a competitive state-funded grant awarded to UWM’s exceptional graduate students… Read More
Kristina DeSmet, PhD, DABT, is a senior toxicologist at United Therapeutics in Research Triangle Park, N.C., and a board certified toxicologist specializing in the development of small molecule drugs. She is also an active member of the American College of… Read More
The College of Health Sciences (CHS) congratulates Stacy Gnacinski, PhD student and Barbara Meyer, PhD, director of the Laboratory for Sport Psychology & Performance Excellence (LSPPE) and professor in the Integrative Health Care & Performance unit in the Department of… Read More
Thomas Almonroeder, a CHS doctoral student in the interdisciplinary Health Sciences PhD program, received a $2,000 CHS Student Research Award for a project in his area of concentration in biomechanics. Almonroeder’s project looks at the effects of foot orthotics on… Read More