CHHS News

Kinesiology master’s student Kaitie Wilkers has been named a UNC Charlotte Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant (TA) for 2018-19. The Graduate School hosts the Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award annually to honor top TAs nominated by faculty supervisors for their work. The awards, presented at the doctoral and master’s levels, recognize outstanding and innovative teaching techniques. […]

A recent $67,000 grant from Steelcase Education’s Active Learning Center will help UNC Charlotte further advance its goals to increase active learning instruction on campus. The grant will fund a new active learning classroom in the College of Health and Human Services. Active learning is an instruction approach that encourages student engagement, collaboration and creativity […]

by: Roger Suclupe, Clinical Assistant Professor and MSW Part-time Program Coordinator My great colleague and friend Drew Reynolds and I are excited to announce the official launch of our podcast, The Helping Hands of Our Community: Addressing the Social Determinants of Health. The main idea of our podcast? To focus on and spotlight the incredible […]

Chandradai Chandler will be the first to tell you that she is not your typical student at UNC Charlotte. At 58, she was the oldest undergraduate selected to be an Orientation Counselor (OC) for the 2018 OC class, but she explains that her people-person personality, life experiences, and the fact that she is an immigrant, […]

Senior nursing student Maggie Johnson has been selected for a prestigious research award from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. The award will allow Johnson to travel to India after graduation to continue her work with a non-profit supporting health literacy and accessibility for the families of children with disabilities. With the support of the Fulbright […]

by: Julia Stulken, Master of Public Health student A recent report in the American Journal of Public Health discusses the importance of where a person lives in determining health. Researchers describe a growing “rural mortality penalty,” characterized by a shift in mortality rate disparities from urban to rural populations. That is to say, over the […]

With health-care reform still a hot issue, WalletHub.com asked a panel of experts to weigh in on the current presidential administration’s policies and give advice on building good personal health. Click the link below to read UNC Charlotte public health professor Alicia Dahl’s take on trending questions in the field. READ MORE

Emmy Ballard, a second year graduate student in the Master of Gerontology program, is the 2019 Southminster scholarship recipient for her commitment to working with older populations. Since beginning her undergraduate major in recreational therapy, Ballard knew she wanted to pursue a career that would enable her to work with aging adults. Her internship at […]

The UNC Charlotte School of Nursing’s online master’s programs have jumped 13 spots in the 2019 U.S. News & World Report rankings and remain in the top 50% of programs nationally. The programs ascended to 62 in the national rankings, up from 75 last year. “The School of Nursing is proud to see that its […]

The UNC Charlotte / Carolinas Medical Center nurse anesthesia program is proud to announce a 100 percent first-time test taker’s pass rate on the National Certification Exam for the class of 2018. The accomplishment continues a trend – graduates have exceeded the average national pass rate for the past 12 years. Half of the students […]