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Two College of Health and Human Services professors hold leadership positions with the National Academies of Practice, an interprofessional organization representing multiple health occupations that advise governmental bodies about the health care system. The nonprofit organization comprises 16 professions, including dentistry, nursing, optometry, psychology, and audiology. Kim Clark, Ph.D., clinical associate professor and Master of […]

With all the intense banging, crashing and grabbing, it’s easy to see why wheelchair rugby was originally called murderball. The full-contact Paralympic sport isn’t for the foolhearted. It can leave athletes with concussions, crushed ribs, broken fingers and more. The Brain Injury Law Center in Hampton, Virginia solicits clients who’ve been injured playing wheelchair rugby […]

Two professors from the College of Health and Human Services have been named Gambrell Faculty Fellows by the UNC Charlotte Urban Institute. Alicia Dahl, Ph.D., associate professor in the College’s Department of Epidemiology and Community Health, and Roger Suclupe, MSW, clinical assistant professor in the College’s School of Social Work, are among six UNC Charlotte […]

Two College of Health and Human Services professors have recently been appointed to separate federal advisory committees. National Center for Injury Prevention and Control School of Social Work Associate Professor Annelise Mennicke, Ph.D. has been appointed to the Board of Scientific Counselors for the CDC National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. Her term runs […]

UNC Charlotte’s online graduate nursing program received national recognition in the U.S. News & World Report’s 2025 Best Online Programs rankings, which were released January 21. The University is ranked No. 21 (tie), rising five spots from 2024, in the Best Online Master’s in Nursing programs and came in at No. 3 (tie) for Best Online […]

Participants in a recent UNC Charlotte study on gender identity shifts during the COVID-19 pandemic were given the opportunity to share their personal stories through images not just interviews. Using a method called photo elicitation where photographs are used to stimulate culturally relevant reflections during interviews, Epidemiology and Community Health Associate Professor Jessamyn Moxie and […]

UNC Charlotte’s Board of Trustees, along with Chancellor Sharon L. Gaber, recently visited the College of Health and Human Services to view the college’s virtual anatomy and dissection labs and Learning Resource Center. The board members got an up-close look at the high-tech simulation methods offered to students in nursing, exercise science and other programs. […]

Sarah Tesar, a Master of Social Work student in the College of Health and Human Services, won the People’s Choice Award at the 2024 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition. The 3MT competition challenges students to succinctly summarize their research to a general audience in three minutes or less. This year’s competition, sponsored by the Thomas L. Reynolds Center […]

Liyah Jones is just getting started. This month she will receive a Bachelor of Science in Public Health from the College of Health and Human Services and will be right back to start phase two of her academic journey to a career in dermatology. “I’ve always wanted to go into medicine,” Jones said. “And the […]

If Justin Spencer could go back in time, he’d tell his freshman self: “It’s going to be okay. No matter what, you will be a nurse.” The gregarious senior who will graduate this month with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the College of Health and Human Services is heading full force into the […]