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School of Health Professions students share insights on academic programs and health professions during events with UTSA undergraduates
School of Health Professions students shared information about their programs with UTSA undergraduates interested in health professions during two events in October.
During Roadrunner Return Day on Oct. 22, School of Health Professions faculty, admissions officers and current School of Health Professions students who are UTSA alumni participated in information sessions about the school’s academic programs. The UTSA Health Professions Office helped organize the event, which was held at UTSA.
School faculty, leadership present at ASAHP national conference
School of Health Professions faculty and leaders presented at the 24th Annual Association of Schools Advancing Health Professions Conference, held in Atlanta Oct. 8–10.
The conference’s theme was Blazing the Trail: Navigating the Changing Landscape of Higher Education and Health Professions. The School of Health Professions was a platinum sponsor of the conference.
School hosts 46th annual Texas Society for Advancement of Health Professions conference
School of Health Professions Dean David Shelledy, PhD, RRT, RPFT, FAARC, FASAHP, received the 2024 Distinguished Service Award from the Texas Society for Advancement of Health Professions at its 46th annual conference, which was hosted by the school at UT Health San Antonio Sept. 19–20.
MLS faculty present at American Society of Clinical Pathology 2024 Annual Meeting
Two faculty in the Division of Medical Laboratory Sciences presented at the American Society of Clinical Pathology 2024 Annual Meeting held in Chicago in September.
Director of Clinical Education and Assistant Professor Cordy Kudika, MHA, CHS (ACHI) , attended the conference as vice chair of the American Society of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (ASHI) Laboratory Professional Recruitment Initiative.
Medical Laboratory Sciences Class of 2025 celebrates milestone with white coat ceremony
For Jordan Briggs, master’s student and president of the Medical Laboratory Sciences Class of 2025, donning her white coat represents the realization of a dream to help others.
Briggs and her 37 classmates marked the transition from the classroom to the clinical phase of their program with a white coat ceremony held Sept. 20 in the Holly Auditorium.
Free Pulmonary Rehab by Yoga program aims to help people with chronic respiratory conditions
Time is running out to register for the free six-week Pulmonary Rehab by Yoga program for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), dyspnea on exertion and other breathing conditions. Registration closes on Oct. 1.
The program is open to faculty, staff, students and the public with chronic respiratory concerns seeking to improve their pulmonary health through targeted diaphragmatic breathing, muscle strengthening and spine health.
School of Health Professions expands its rehabilitation services clinical practice at Mays Cancer Center to include speech therapy
The School of Health Professions in September added speech therapy to the rehabilitation services it offers at Mays Cancer Center, home to UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson Cancer Center.
PT faculty member to serve on the American Board of Physical Therapy Residency and Fellowship Education Onsite Review Team
Assistant Professor Bobby Belarmino, PT, DPT, PhD, CCS, has been selected to serve on the American Board of Physical Therapy Residency and Fellowship Education Onsite Review Team.
School of Health Professions faculty awarded more than $5.6 million in federal grants in second half of fiscal year
With projects ranging from increasing the number of physician assistants practicing in rural South Texas to research aimed at improving central hearing in people with concussion, School of Health Professions researchers have been awarded more than $5.6 million in federal grant funding in the last six months.
Speech-language summer program provides literacy enrichment for children and resources for families
School may be out for a few more weeks, but more than 50 local school-age children and their parents participated in a program in June designed to rev up literacy skills and foster a love of reading — the perfect antidote to the dreaded academic backslide many students experience when classrooms close for the summer.
Occupational Therapy Associate Professor Ricky Joseph retires
Recently retired Associate Professor Ricky Joseph, PhD, OTR, had worked in the occupational therapy profession for almost 47 years when he retired May 31.
When he joined the Department of Occupational Therapy in 2013, Joseph brought more than two decades of experience working as an occupational therapist in the U.S. Army.
Photo exhibit shares employment participation perspectives of people with mental illness
“I spent valuable time on my journey, mental health challenges, and life. I didn’t even recognize myself in the mirror. I lost (so much) time that I couldn’t look in the mirror.” – Reflections of a study participant
A bus stop, a clock, the view from a bedroom floor: These images and many more are represented in a collection of photos on display at Briscoe Library through July 31.
School of Health Professions’ NeuroRecovery Research Lab celebrates open house
The School of Health Professions in June celebrated the opening of its NeuroRecovery Research Lab, which is dedicated to spinal cord injury rehabilitation research.
New chair for Department of Physical Therapy seeks to encourage innovation and collaboration
The new program chair for the Department of Physical Therapy, Associate Professor Bradley Tragord, PT, DPT, DSc, said he plans to encourage faculty to innovate in the classroom and in their research.
“I’m excited to serve our faculty, staff and students,” Tragord said. “We are world-class in terms of our faculty. That allows us to be positioned to make a big push in our profession, not only in San Antonio but also in the nation and internationally. For me to be able to be involved in that is a nice honor.”
First class in Bachelor of Science in Medical Sciences program graduated this spring
The first cohort of the Bachelor of Science in Medical Sciences program graduated in May. The program is designed to prepare students for application to graduate programs in the health care field, including medicine, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy and allied health.
School of Health Professions programs hold inaugural hooding ceremonies
Two School of Health Professions programs started a new tradition this spring by holding pre-commencement hooding ceremonies for their graduating students.
“We all have the same simple, yet honorable reason for being here — to help people”
The Doctor of Occupational Therapy Class of 2025 celebrated its accomplishments in scholarship, leadership, service and research during its white coat and recognition ceremony on May 3 in Holly Auditorium.
The students received their white coats and pins at the end of their second year in the program and ahead of their final year, which includes a capstone experience.
Master of Physician Assistant Studies Class of 2026 receives white coats
Fifty-nine members of the Master of Physician Assistant Studies Class of 2026 received white coats and pins on May 24 in front of a full house of family and friends at Holly Auditorium.
Although for some health professions programs, receiving the white coat traditionally marks the transition from the classroom phase to the clinical phase of the program, MPAS students receive their white coats in their first year, following orientation.
First student to graduate from the PhD Health Sciences program to continue research on prosthesis use among veterans
The first graduate of the PhD in Health Sciences program plans to continue his research on lower extremity prosthesis use among veterans.
Faculty and students present, receive awards at Texas Association of Clinical Laboratory Science Annual Meeting
Faculty and students from the Division of Medical Laboratory Sciences participated in the 2024 Texas Association of Clinical Laboratory Science (TACLS) Annual Meeting, held April 10–12 at Lake Granbury Conference Center.
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