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A MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN
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BY THE NUMBERS
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THE LEAD-OFF: CERH CELEBRATES 30 YEARS
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EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING Study Shows Experiential Growth During COVID-19 IMPACTFUL
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Recognizing those who have led the way OUTREACH One CHS class reaches out by corresponding INNOVATION
Dean & Professor: Scott M. Lephart, PhD Editor: Ryan Clark Contributing Writers: Ellee Sidebottom,
learning experience DISCOVERY
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CMB, with new home and director, is living up
Phillips, Loralyn Cecil, Beth Bowling
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THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS
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DEAN’S MESSAGE
A MESSAGE FROM the Dean I hope the fall semester is treating everyone well. Here in the College of Health Sciences, we are excited to have everyone back, and to be able to offer the best
QUESTIONS?
education we can provide, from academics to social
Haven’t been vaccinated? Need a second shot or a
activities and extracurricular events. I feel I must acknowledge our faculty and staff, who
booster shot? Visit our website for information.
WWW.UKY.EDU/CORONAVIRUS/VACCINES
did amazing work transitioning our campuses to make certain we were student-ready. And I also need to recognize our tremendously talented
encouraging everyone to get vaccinated. Our message here is
students and alumni, some of whom you will read about
simple: If you help yourself, it will help others. Get vaccinated
in these pages, where we have stories ranging from
and you will help lower the infection rate for your co-workers
inspired experiential learning sessions to innovative
and students.
research opportunities. We are thrilled that everyone has returned and yes, it feels a bit This publication is a representation of the best our
more normal, but we must continue to be resilient to have the
College has to offer. As I have previously said, I feel this
best educational experience possible.
is the best place to work on campus. We are a family, and we produce an amazing learning and working environment for our students, faculty and staff. Lastly, I would be remiss not to mention that one of
I know we can count on you.
Scott M. Lephart, PhD Dean and Professor
the ways to keep our environment safe is to keep
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BY THE NUMBERS
BY THE
Numbers IN AY2021, THE COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES AWARDED:
368 degrees AY21 CHS DEGREES AWARDED BY LEVEL
Baccalaureate
199
Master’s
93
Doctorate-Graduate (PhD)
8
Doctorate-Professional (DPT)
68
Graduate Certificate
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Undergraduate Certificate TOTAL DEGREES TOTAL CERTIFICATES
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IN FY2021, FACULTY AND STUDENTS WITHIN THE COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES SUBMITTED:
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extramural grant proposals generating more than $11 million in grant awards.
GRADUATE 12 UNDERGRAD 37
DPT 68
PHD 8
BACCALAUREATE 199
MASTER’S 93
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THE LEAD-OFF
CULTIVATING RELATIONSHIPS: CERH Celebrates 30 Years BY BETH BOWLING AND RYAN CLARK CHS Contributors Thirty years ago, the University of Kentucky Center of Excellence
in Rural Health opened its doors in Hazard, Ky. Over the past year, a series of videos and articles have highlighted the many people, programs, partnerships and contributions that have enabled the center to remain dedicated to its mission to improve the health
and well-being of rural Kentuckians. Now, due to the challenges
associated with COVID-19, they look to continue what has been a somewhat postponed celebration.
“This is an exciting time for the UK CERH,” said Director Fran Feltner, DNP, MSN, RN, FAAN. “We are looking forward to spotlighting the initiatives that are moving our mission forward, as well as honoring the individuals who had the vision to establish the center and help lay our foundations.”
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“We could never accomplish all we have done without our dedicated staff members, faculty and our many valued partners, both at the University and in the community.”
The UK CERH was established during the January legislative session of 1990 and tasked with addressing health workforce shortages and health disparities in Kentucky’s rural communities. Ten months later, the Center opened its doors in the former Appalachian Regional Healthcare hospital and accepted its first family medicine residency cohort. Shortly thereafter, the center seated their first class of physical therapists, followed by several other degrees being offered close to home, including nursing, social work and medical laboratory science, all of which have resulted in the Center now having more than 1,000 graduates. The vast majority of the UK CERH graduates are working to meet health care needs in rural communities across Kentucky, many of them serving in advanced roles as leaders, mentors and industry experts. Just a short year after the Center’s opening, the Kentucky Office of Rural Health (KORH) was established by a federal-state partnership authorized by federal legislation. It was a natural fit that the UK CERH would serve as the federally-designated KORH to begin developing a framework to link small rural communities with local, state and federal resources while working toward long-term solutions to rural health issues. The KORH assists clinicians, administrators and consumers in finding ways to improve communications, finances and access to quality health care while ensuring that funding agencies and policymakers are made aware of the needs of rural communities. The KORH administers the Kentucky Student Loan Repayment Program and the National Health Service Corps. Much of the UK CERH’s research has centered around health disparities. One of the UK CERH’s early research projects led to the establishment
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““It would be impossible for the Center to do all of this work alone,” Feltner said. “The cornerstone of our success has truly been in the relationships we have cultivated over the years.”
of Kentucky Homeplace, a highly
research development program for
successful community health worker
high school students, and The Bridge
(CHW) initiative that has served
Magazine is published quarterly with
over 100,000 clients in the last 25
the KORH, to highlight best practices
years. Today, Kentucky Homeplace
and innovative solutions to Kentucky’s
is a robust operation with 22 CHWs
rural health challenges.
who help underserved clients in 30 rural Appalachian counties access
The Center’s work continues to make
much needed health, social and
communities stronger. Through
environmental services. Kentucky
partnerships with other organizations,
Homeplace is supported by a long-
the UK CERH has been instrumental in
term partnership with the Kentucky
creating grassroots opportunities like
Department of Public Health.
the Community Leadership Institute of Kentucky to invest in our community
“Our 30th anniversary is the perfect
leaders, Project CARAT for individuals
occasion to recognize our successful
needing durable medical equipment,
long-term programs like Kentucky
Operation Change for women who
Homeplace, KORH and our local
want to take charge of their health,
academic offerings,” Feltner said. “It is
and Eastern Kentucky’s first-ever Stroke
also a great time to showcase some of
Survivor and Caregiver Support Group.
our newer initiatives.” “It would be impossible for the Center Those would include the creation of
to do all of this work alone,” Feltner
a research conference, a rural health
said. “The cornerstone of our success
magazine and a youth leadership
has truly been in the relationships we
and research development program.
have cultivated over the years. We
“Appalachian Research Day: Come Sit
could never accomplish all we have
on the Porch,” is an annual conference
done without our dedicated staff
hosted by the UK CERH with the
members, faculty and our many valued
purpose of sharing local research
partners, both at the University and in
findings back to the community.
the community.”
Healthy WAY is a leadership and
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EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
MAKING CONNECTIONS: Study Shows Experiential Growth During COVID-19
For Assistant Professor Karen Clancy, PhD, MBA, BHS, MT, and Clinical Leadership and Management (CLM) Program Director, Director of Undergraduate Studies and Assistant Professor Sarah Kercsmar, PhD, the pandemic was an opportunity to explore how COVID-19 changed the
BY MADISON BECKNELL
Clinical Leadership and Management
CHS Contributor
(CLM) program at the University of
While the COVID-19 pandemic has been a learning experience in immeasurable ways — it seems everyone from undergraduate students to tenured professors have had to change the ways they live, work and learn — two College of Health Sciences professors have turned their investigatory skills inward; namely, to track their efforts at experiential learning.
Kentucky — and what they (and others) could learn from these changes. In Spring 2021, they wrote an article entitled, “The COVID-19 Senior Experience in Clinical Leadership & Management; Practicum, Capstone, and Beyond,” in The Journal of Health Administration Education, where they explored the topic through the lenses of the senior year of the program. In the article, they discuss how they taught through the pandemic and how they have adapted their teaching, even as the world continues to change due to COVID-19. They then reflect on what worked and what didn’t, before further investigating what they could pull from the past 18 months to benefit students in an average year moving forward. One thing that worked: Communication. “We all learned — students and teachers alike — to ask for what we needed and give grace and slack during this unusual time,” Kercsmar
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said. “This time helped give those a
And there were lessons that had
voice to ask for what they need and
to be learned along the way,
remind us that we are all human,
Kerscmar said.
learning and teaching in a most unusual time.”
“Because of COVID, we got to expand to University of Kentucky alumni all over the country...”
change included bringing more “I remember the first guest speaker
professionals to the classroom via
I had on Zoom during the pandemic
Zoom to talk about real-time changes
Clancy agreed, but she went on to
and checking in with students after the
in the health care environment in
explain that everyone learned how
session,” she said. “They said, ‘Dr. K,
response to COVID-19. “The strategy
important human connection is, too.
it was okay, but it felt like she was just
provided vicarious experiences
“I saw people being more sensitive
giving a lecture and we didn’t get to
that helped students learn about
towards others and doing more
really interact with her.’”
change management, teamwork
volunteer work,” she said. “Students
and managerial problem-solving,”
also started becoming even more
So she shifted the way she prepared
she said. “We were able to hear
motivated and committed to learning
guest speakers for class — and what
about operational transformations in
because they felt more pressure to
they did during the session itself.
hospitals, clinics and nursing homes, as
be responsible for their education.”
they were happening. One of the new
Additionally, professors were able to
“I would ask speakers to plan to talk
assignments I created was for students
further connect with students, to learn
for about 30 minutes and then I’d
to develop COVID-19 clinical services
their abilities, and successfully aid
send the students to breakout rooms
proposals and pandemic response
them in achieving specific goals with
in Zoom for about five minutes,”
plans.”
one-on-one attention, she said.
Kercsmar said. “They would generate questions for the speaker and then
But this time has also been one for
In terms of the increased use of
we’d come back and have a Q and
huge personal growth. “All of the
technology, some professors needed
A. I think the students felt more
students that I have had and seen have
more guidance than others. But the
comfortable asking questions because
become so resilient during this time,”
fact quickly became clear: As a result
they’d had time to brainstorm with
Clancy said. “It was crazy to watch
of COVID-19, technology will definitely
their classmates … and I felt more
students quickly adapt to the new
be more incorporated into everything
comfortable calling on them if no one
normal. This is going to be something
professors do, both Kercsmar and
as speaking up.”
that will help their generation with
Clancy said.
their future jobs.” Yet even with all the technological
“I like how it made checking in with
breakthroughs seen during the
Kercsmar explained that we are all
students more available,” Kercsmar
pandemic, there has still been a need
now more intentional. “Whether it
said. “In addition, as an instructor you
for a human connection. “We have
is with the lesson plans, (or) how we
have to be intentional with technology
always needed a human connection
communicate with others and how we
for class and figure out the best use of
and interaction with others,” Clancy
learn, there was growth through the
technology for the material that needs
said. “However, the way we interact
Clinical Leadership and Management
to get across.” Clancy echoed her
and get this connection is changing
Program,” she said.
research partner. “Zoom technology
and evolving because of COVID.
made it possible for me to meet
We are now adapting to find this
“Because of COVID, we got to expand
with students individually and learn
human connection through the use
to University of Kentucky alumni
more about them,” she said. “It also
of technology.”
all over the country, instead of just
enabled me to have more office hours
(asking) local alumni to talk to our
available and to be more flexible for
And some of those adaptations will
students over Zoom about their career
those who could not meet during my
continue to be used in the classroom
experiences, tips, and help them
normal office hour times.”
for years to come. Clancy said one
navigate the business world.”
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IMPACTFUL
RECOGNIZING THOSE WHO HAVE
led the way
Over the course of the last year — and looking forward into the next — the College of Health Sciences will say goodbye to quite a few outstanding professors. Here, we wanted to honor them, and let them reflect on their time here. Maybe Tony English says it the best:
Robert Marshall, PhD, F-ASHA,
CCC-SLP, BC-ANCDS, HONORS-ASHA
“Thank everyone for your dedication and expertise and the willingness to share it with students,” he said. “Remember the impact our teaching, research and service has on our world. That is what keeps us all going!”
Kim Campbell, MSEd, MLS(ASCP)CM
Lynn English, PT, DPT, MSEd “The most rewarding thing for me
“I have been a Speech-Language
“I love connecting with my students
has been the continual learning,
Pathologist for 60 years and during that
and watching them grow and
and watching the transformation of
time I have been recognized for my
develop into independent thinkers.
students, watching them get excited
achievements, but for me personally,
It’s extremely rewarding to guide a
about the changes they can facilitate
my biggest achievements are the
student through their education and
for the people who need them at a
lives I hope I have touched of my
to follow their accomplishments after
critical time in their lives.”
students and patients. It is the human
graduation. CHS has been like a family
RETIRED: 6/30/2021
connections and bonds formed with
with everyone working together for
these individuals that I will remember
the good of the student.”
and cherish throughout my retirement.”
RETIRED: 6/1/2020
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Charlotte Peterson, PhD
Geza Bruckner, PhD
Robert (Tony) English, PT, PhD
“(In the Center for Muscle Biology)
“Helping create the HHS and CLM
“The PT program remains a program
we’ve built a community here,”
programs is one of the highlights of
in which current faculty staff and
Peterson said. “And we are producing,
my career. I have so many wonderful
students, along with graduates across
whether that is bringing in grant
memories of my doctoral students.
the Commonwealth and beyond, feel
funding, or contributing to our
It’s satisfying to see so many who
a family connectedness with each other.
national and international reputation
continued along the nutrition path. Many
This was started before I arrived, but
as an authority on cutting edge muscle
students felt like my teaching style was
continues and I hope it will continue
research. We’re excited to see what
what sparked their interest in different
to thrive.”
we can continue to do in the future.”
areas. This is the highest compliment
RETIRED: 6/30/2022
RETIRED: 9/30/2021
given to you as an educator.” RETIRED:7/31/2020
Arthur Nitz, PT, PhD, ECS, OCS Sam Powdrill, MPHIL, P-AC
Joseph Stemple, PhD, CCC-
RETIRED: 12/31/2020
SLP, ASHAF
“I’m a clinician at heart and I love the hands-on skills that I teach. I’ve
“I love mentoring our doctoral
taught the physical exam for years
students. I will miss these relationships
now including things like suturing, IVs,
the most. Students become like your
etc. Those moments when everything
own children. I love to see them
clicks and a student just gets it are
succeed and do great things.”
what makes my day as an educator. To
RETIRED: 8/1/2020
see my students hone their practical skills, do them well, and be accurate, that’s the best part of my job.” 2021 ISSUE RETIRED: 2 1/3/2020
Joan Darbee, PT, PhD RETIRED: 1/8/2021
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t r a e H The
OF LETTER WRITING One CHS class reaches out by corresponding BY RYAN CLARK CHS Communications Director
Taylor Whetsell must have misheard. Her professor asked her to do what? “Write a letter.” Her professor asked everyone in class to do just that. How? The last time Taylor, 21, wrote a letter was when she sent one to her French pen pal in fifth grade. Now, as a senior Human Health Sciences major, she was being asked by Professor Karen Skaff, RDH, PhD, to write to one of the residents in Lexington’s Homestead Post-Acute Care Center. Each student would write. Why? Because normally — as in, when there isn’t a pandemic going on — the class would travel to the Acute Care Center for a visit. Sometimes they would even take a trip to New Orleans to give back in similar ways. But Professor Skaff knew they wouldn’t be able to go due to COVID-19, so they decided to do the next best thing. They would write letters to brighten the patients’ days. “I actually got really excited,” Taylor said. “I was ready to write. And I was really happy that Professor Skaff came up with a way for us to still help, even though we couldn’t physically travel to see them.”
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So she went about the assignment. She introduced herself, described her life and where she was from, (Illinois)
Skaff said the course itself focuses on community engagement and service learning.
and included some of her interests. Then the letters were mailed off, and she didn’t think much more about it. Until she got a response.
‘IT’S A POWERFUL THING’ Annette Dence says those in the Homestead Post-Acute Care
Center adored hearing from the college students.
Dence, the activities director and
volunteer coordinator, said the 125 room-bound residents loved the
student stories, photos and personal notes. Some of them would share
their mail with the workers, and tell them about their new pen pals.
“But while we were limited to online modalities, away from contact with people in our communities here in
Lexington, serving the southeastern counties in rural Kentucky and even New Orleans, we still were able to
reach out and touch,” she said. “In reading the students’ reflections
at the end of the semester, I was
For Skaff, a professor in Clinical
the 85 students stated that they
Human Health Sciences, the whole
surprised to learn that most of
highly valued this letter writing
experience as a way to connect with people while they too felt isolated during the COVID restrictions.”
“They made everything a bit more cheerful and happy.”
“I read the letters, too,” Dence said.
something. The residents just love it
reach out and help the community, even when it seemed they would
not be able to. Many times, the class gets just as much out of it as the residents, she said.
“A lot of them have never written a letter before,” she said. “But
making a connection, reaching out
so much. I mean, we’ve been locked
‘SOMETHING STUDENTS WILL REMEMBER’
people were able to come in. This is
Claude wrote back. That was his
down for 13 months where very few
assignment was another way to
it’s more than that — it’s about
“And I just thought it was great
(the students) were able to still do
Leadership and Management and
to another person in a time when it’s difficult to do so. It’s about
modifying our lessons when we can and accommodating for both the
changing educational climate and the
just a treasure.”
name, Claude.
Dence said it was also a nice
letter. But she got one. And in it,
It means that when you can’t go out
Richmond, that he had worked at an
residents, you write them a letter.
distraction from the everyday toll
of trying to keep everyone safe and happy during a trying time.
“Thirty years ago, people were
writing letters all the time,” she said. “It’s a powerful thing. It’s a way to
share a bit of yourself without having
Taylor never expected a return
she learned that Claude was from Army Depot and enjoyed walking and riding his bike.
They were small details. But
sometimes, small details mean a lot.
to come into the building. They
“It was so interesting learning
and happy.”
seemed very happy, and that made
made everything a bit more cheerful
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about his life,” Taylor said. “He me happy.”
changing needs of our students.”
on your normal trip to interact with
And sometimes, you even hear back. Skaff says there are some elements she’s incorporated into her face-
to-face classes as well — unique, interactive elements such as
podcasts, surveys and online
discussions that make classes
more accommodating, empathetic, interactive and engaging.
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OTHER WAYS CHS REACHED OUT TO HELP OVER THE PAST YEAR: CHS STUDENTS HELP UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES GET MASKS Due to the efforts of one College of Health Sciences class, underrepresented and disadvantaged minorities in Lexington were able to receive masks during the height of the pandemic. During the height of COVID, Jessi Tran and Casey Walsh were enrolled in CLM 453: Cultural Competence, taught by Randa Remer, PhD, LPC, and for one of their semester-long projects, they volunteered with a local program that would help them apply the cultural competence course content to everyday life. Tran and Walsh chose the Health Equity Action Team (HEAT), supported by Brandi White, PhD, MPH, assistant professor in the Human Health Sciences (HHS) and Clinical Leadership and Management (CLM) programs, and Alisia Sullivan, a UK College of Social Work graduate student and graduate research assistant for CHS. HEAT is a community-based group set up by the residents, PROFESSOR KAREN SKAFF, RDH, PHD
“I don’t want my classes to just be good. I want them to be substantive, something that students will remember,” she explained. “I’m learning just how hard we have to work. I’ve realized that we’ve got to be a lot more intentional about engaging students and engaging one another. I think that’s something I’ll be trying to do forever.” 14
specifically African-American women, on the East End of Lexington, and the group seeks to help the community due to the disparities and social determinants of health they face, such as healthcare access, which was exacerbated due to COVID-19. Tran and Walsh reached out to several local businesses including UK Community Engagement and UK HealthCare to request donations. UK Community Engagement donated 1,000 masks and UK HealthCare donated 100 masks. “Don’t take things for granted, even for something as basic
as a face mask,” said Tran, a senior CLM major from Hebron, Ky. “This project directly connects the content from CLM 453 to the real world and because of this, I was able to gain a whole new perspective,” said Walsh, a senior CLM major from Trenton, New Jersey.
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STUDENTS AID IN COVID RELIEF On multiple occasions, UK PAS students at the Morehead campus have
volunteered with St. Claire Regional Medical Center, sometimes to help deliver the COVID-19 vaccine to the public.
In one instance, Shelley Irving, MSPAS, PA-C, and PAS students
participated in the morning hours, while Joshua Burkhart, MSPAS,
PA-C, and six other students participated in the afternoon. Two of the students were first-year students (not trained to vaccinate) and they helped with rooming patients and delivering patient information.
Four of the students were second-year students who informed patients as well as administered the vaccine.
On the Lexington campus, students helped in other ways. In our PT students’ second year, they went out on Tuesday clinicals in preparation for their first full-time clinical. Some students worked at
Cardinal Hill Rehab Hospital on their COVID Recovery unit, assisting those who needed rehabilitation post-COVID.
FACULTY AND STAFF VOLUNTEER TO HELP OTHERS
PHOTO WAS PROVIDED
Joneen Lowman, Ph.D., associate
professor in communication sciences and disorders in CHS, launched the first telehealth graduate certificate in Kentucky and shared her advice on the importance of telehealth
training for all medical professionals — including helping alumni and
co-workers throughout the University with their virtual pedagogy.
But Lowman wasn’t the only who
gave her time. Starting last spring, about 70 CHS representatives
volunteered their services at the
UK COVID-19 vaccination clinic at
Kroger Field, enabling the clinic to
offer expanded Saturday hours and increased vaccination capacity by about 1,000 people.
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INNOVATION
MAINTAINING
Relationships
CHS advisors used pandemic as learning experience BY ISABEL PHILLIPS AND AUSTIN ROBINSON CHS Contributing writers
turn into Shadix asking students how they were coping with all the pressures
“Keeping in touch, whether it’s through email or Zoom, has been the most important key to maintaining our relationships with students during the pandemic.”
It’s called the ‘Living Room’ — that
of the pandemic. He made sure to
is what the Office of Student Affairs
check in on their mental health and
(OSA) has fondly been nicknamed by
use the time he spoke to them to be a
“Keeping in touch, whether it’s
those in the College of Health Sciences.
sense of support.
through email or Zoom, has been the
Why? Because OSA offers support
“I am here to support people,” he
relationships with students during the
services to both prospective and current
said. “I am not here to bash you or be
pandemic,” Karr said.
students from applying for admission
your parent; I am just here to help.”
most important key to maintaining our
to graduation. It has always been a
In addition to email and Zoom, Karr
welcoming place, a place filled with
At a time when human connection
did something unique in order to
smiling faces and popcorn machines.
was nearly nonexistent, all of the CHS
better connect with students. She
advisors made it a top priority to really
actually texted them as a way to make
But it looked completely different
be available for students in a way
them feel connected and not forgotten
during the COVID-19 pandemic.
that was not as necessary before the
about. She knew that students are
pandemic, he said.
rarely without their cell phones, so she
“We were eager to get back to
felt that could be a more effective way
connecting with people as soon as
Rebecca Serrano, a Senior Academic
possible,” said Casey Shadix, PhD,
Advisor in OSA, realized that because
to contact them.
Director for OSA.
students could not physically be in the
Despite the challenges that the
same location as her, they might start
pandemic brought to OSA, Shadix and
The main change Shadix noticed in the
to think that she was not available.
Heather Hardesty, another Academic
way he communicated with students
Serrano got ahead of this problem
Advisor, both brought up the fact
during the pandemic was the emphasis
by making it a priority to respond to
that Zoom has been somewhat of a
he put on simply casually talking to
emails in a timely manner.
blessing in disguise.
Before the pandemic, appointments
Amy Karr, an Senior Academic
Meeting with students through
with students were centered around
Advisor in OSA, also made sure to
Zoom allowed the advisors to get a
their academics and experiences in
make herself as available as possible
more intimate glimpse into the lives
CHS, but these conversations began to
to students.
of students, which deepened the
them about how they were doing.
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connections that the students and
we have to consider students’ varied
“Casey Shadix is my advisor and I
advisors have with each other.
needs and how best to meet them
can’t give him enough praise,” she
both in-person and virtually,” he said.
said. “Casey is constantly reaching
“Because of Zoom I was able to
“Giving students more control of their
out through email and Canvas.
meet parents and family members
experience is something we hope to
Navigating grad school applications
virtually, which I probably would have
carry over post-Covid. We’ve utilized
and commitments are not easy during a
never done without it,” Shadix said.
[Zoom and other] tools for many years
pandemic. Casey was always available
“I also got a sense of each students’
because of our online programs,
to field any questions I had, write
individual style through Zoom, which
regional campuses, and distance-
recommendations, and connect me to
helped me to separate the students
learning students that are located
people to speak with. He truly cares
from each other and connect with
all over the country. We’re here to
about the success of his students and
them in a way that I wasn’t doing
help, to reduce or remove barriers
the college.”
before the pandemic.”
and hurdles for all our students. Now we’re positioned to provide
Bron Bourque, a freshman student in
Heather Hardesty had a similar
improved, enhanced services for all
CHS, spent last semester as a remote
experience. “Connecting through
our students.”
student, which came with a unique set
Zoom from our homes provides an
of challenges. Like Gatton, Bourque’s
intimacy we don’t normally get in
Kelsey Gatton, a student in CHS and a
the office,” she said. “I’ve gotten
student worker for OSA, has a unique
to (virtually) meet pets, babies and
perspective on both the support
“Over the summer Casey helped me
parents which I don’t often get in the
that OSA provides and all that goes
make two schedules — one for online
office. Being able to see each other in
on behind the scenes to make OSA
remote learning and one for in-person
our home environments is such a cool
successful. From a student-worker
to help accommodate my needs,”
way to connect and bond over our
perspective, Kelsey has seen firsthand
Bourque said. “When I suggest the
shared experiences.”
the time and energy that OSA is
HHS major pathway, I always tell people
putting in to make sure all students are
to contact Casey because he always
as successful as they can be.
gets back to students immediately and
Shadix said there have been learning opportunities, too. “In hindsight,
advisor is Casey Shadix as well.
gives the best advice. I know that Casey
many things were simpler pre-Covid.
“In the CHS Canvas shells we have
will always have my best interest at
Now we have to plan with intention,
included resources on COVID-19,
heart and tell me exactly what I need to
academics, graduation,
be doing.”
experiential opportunities, food
So even during a pandemic, students
security, mental health
in CHS have felt supported by their
and so much more,”
advisors in OSA, and they believe they
Gatton said. “Amy Karr
can count on them to help navigate this
has really led the way
difficult time in their college careers.
on this and made sure that us student workers
“I stepped into this role four months
don’t feel overwhelmed
before the pandemic hit and my main
at any point.”
goal has been to refine and optimize the college experience for CHS
Gatton has also felt the
students,” Shadix said. “If the students
effects of the advisors
are enjoying their time and being
through her relationship
successful, we’ve done our job.”
with Casey Shadix. PHOTO BY MADISON BECKNELL 2021 ISSUE 2
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DISCOVERY
s r e w o It Emp You BY LORALYN CECIL
CHS Director of Advancement
DPT’s Hoey Chosen for Rice Scholarship Remember on the playground how teams were
chosen? No matter who chose the team members, a couple of kids would get picked first every time? No doubt, Allison Hoey got picked first — often.
She works hard and people notice her success. You want
time clinical rotation at H2 Health, a Richmond-based
her on your team. She is a high-performing student in
outpatient orthopedic clinic.
the UK College of Health Sciences Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) Class of 2022. She is one of two faculty-
Scholarships like the Rice Scholarship are an honor,
student liaisons for her class. As an undergraduate at
according to Hoey. “Someone chose you because they
Western Kentucky University she was an HonorsTopper, a
believe you are able to impact the community,” she said.
tour guide for the college’s honors program. She played
“And that is what I hope to do.”
sports in high school. She is active in her church. The Rice Scholarship helps lessen the impact of tuition And this summer, she was awarded the Dwain Robert
costs for Allison and students like her. In a recent APTA
Rice Scholarship, which honors the memory of a
survey, nine out of 10 PTs and APTs reported an average
former student.
balance of $116,000 in debt related to their PT education. After interest on a 25-year payment schedule, a student
The Rice Scholarship is recognition for Hoey’s hard
could pay as high as $220,000. Scholarship support can
work. She said she had to change the way she studied
make a big difference in the student’s ability to control
to accommodate the need to retain great amounts of
that amount of debt.
information and to prepare for new patient scenarios.
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At the same time, she worked with COVID patients
“The financial responsibility weighs on our (DPT students’)
at Cardinal Hill and she just completed her first full-
decisions,” Hoey said. “And we make decisions day in
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and day out. Even when funds are low and students
“The Rice scholarship is super important because it
are stretching, they are selecting a clinical site out
empowers you and recognizes you as an important
of state and thinking about how they will pay for
part of the community,” Hoey said. “You get to
housing and transportation. The financial burden
represent what they (the donors) believe in and what
can be huge. I am thankful for any aid. It makes a
the change can be.”
big difference.” The College of Health Sciences has a number of UK College of Health Sciences alumni, faculty and
scholarships established to support students from a
staff joined the family, friends and colleagues of
number of different backgrounds. In 1977, Virginia
Dwain Rice in 2013 to create the scholarship to
Rawlins, who received a BS in Anatomy from UK in
support students like Allison. Dwain’s family, who
1938 and later became a medical technologist, wrote
led the philanthropy effort for the scholarship,
one simple line in her will to create a scholarship with
set the criteria for the selection of recipients and
preference given to “worthy female students from the
in a real way are helping create the team of PT
state of Kentucky.”
caregivers for the future. They drew from Dwain’s interests and experiences to set the criteria: A
Carl Mattacola, PhD, Dean of the University of
DPT student with a GPA of 3.0 or over who has
North Carolina at Greensboro School of Health and
overcome adversity to succeed in college and
Human Sciences and former UK CHS faculty member,
has financial need. They also requested that
created a CHS scholarship for the Athletic Training
consideration be given to students who would
program and requested the University give preference
increase the diversity within the DPT program.
to students whose socioeconomic, ethnic, racial, geographic or other background would enhance the
Esther Dupont-Versteegden, PhD and her husband,
diversity of the College. One CHS faculty member has
Marc, joined friends and family of Dwain Rice in
a planned gift in place for a scholarship for students
supporting the scholarship. Dupont-Versteegden,
who are black and can bring diversity not just to
who is a CHS professor
the College but to health sciences
and the Director of the
professions. Another has one in place
Rehabilitation and Health Sciences PhD Program, said, “We specifically donate to this scholarship because it supports students from diverse and underprivileged backgrounds,” she said.
“The physical therapy field needs more diversity... Patients are from all different backgrounds and do better when they see clinicians who are like them.”
“This is important for us, because people from
for CHS students who have worked in and are committed to social justice. “The scholarship is giving you the confidence and the belief that you will make a difference and they will support you,” Hoey said. Dupont-Versteegden agrees. “The scholarships show the students that they belong to the community
diverse backgrounds quite often do not have
of health care providers and the physical therapy
the opportunities others have to go to school
profession,” she said.
and become physical therapists,” she continued.
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“The physical therapy field needs more diversity,
Hoey said, “I am so appreciative of everyone who has
particularly when it comes to persons who are from
given to this scholarship for supporting not only me
black and Hispanic/Latinx communities. Patients are
but continuing to give so that other Physical Therapy
from all different backgrounds and do better when
students have a chance to reach their professional
they see clinicians who are like them.”
endeavors with less financial burden.”
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COLLABORATIVE
TRULY REMARKABLE
Center for Muscle Biology, with new home and director, living up to challenge BY RYAN CLARK
taking over for outgoing director and
Molecular Imaging Core (MIMIC) and
CHS Communications Director
professor Charlotte Peterson, PhD.
the Muscle Function Core.
One of the main sources of physical
Peterson, who will still be conducting
Formally established in June 2008 to
power in the body derives from
research and doing work, has been
support and integrate basic, clinical
muscle. Research studies in skeletal
integral to the Center’s growth and
and translational research on muscle
muscle show the influences of aging,
transfer to the College of Health
throughout the University of Kentucky,
chronic diseases, and physical activity
Sciences. In January, the Center
CMB fosters collaboration among
on overall function and health.
officially transferred from the College
clinical and basic scientists, catalyzes
of Medicine to become a part of CHS,
translational research, stimulates
And that muscle research, at least
where it now occupies more than 5,000
educational activities, and increases
at the University of Kentucky, is now
square feet of research laboratory
national recognition for the University
housed within the College of Health
space in the C.T. Wethington Building,
in the field of muscle-based research.
Sciences — with a new director.
along with shared space for human research in the Multidisciplinary
From communication sciences and
Esther Dupont-Versteegden, PhD, and
Science Building. The Wethington
disorders to athletic training and
formerly the associate director of the
wet labs also house two core facilities:
rehabilitation sciences, Peterson says
Center for Muscle Biology (CMB), is
the Muscle Immunochemistry and
the continuous expansion of muscle research is groundbreaking. “What we’re learning about muscle is relevant on many health-related fronts and should be taken into account when studying chronic disease, and in designing rehabilitation strategies,” Peterson said. “The only way we’re going to continue gathering evidence is through research.” And it is widely recognized that injury, aging and chronic diseases including stroke, heart disease, liver disease,
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arthritis and cancer, are associated with loss of muscle mass and strength,
OFFICIALLY HOME
Peterson said.
It has all added up to a valuable addition to the College, even if it did occur during
Currently, there are 25 investigators collaborating with CMB, spanning five
one of the most challenging times of the
different colleges, and the program continues to expand each year.
University’s history.
Under Peterson’s leadership, the Center developed a grant portfolio of just over
“We look at the production of vital
$22 million from organizations including:
research and the quality of the
• National Institute on Aging (NIA) • National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
academics that come from those in the Center of Muscle Biology, and we are just thrilled to have them as an official part of our College,” said CHS Dean
• National Institute for Diabetes, Digestive Disorders and Stroke (NIDDK)
Scott Lephart, PhD. “We also need to
• National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
commend them for their response to
• Department of Defense
MUSCLE POWERS HEALTH The motto of the CMB is Muscle Powers Health. It seems to go hand-in-hand with the mission of the Center, which is to serve as
COVID-19. Their performance should be a template for others across campus and the nation. It’s been truly remarkable.” For those in CMB, it feels like they are officially home.
a hub of interdisciplinary collaboration by engaging students, early-stage and senior investigators of various scientific backgrounds in research to understand
“We’ve built a community here,”
mechanisms regulating muscle structure and function.
Peterson said. “And we are producing, whether that is bringing in grant funding,
But one of the more remarkable aspects of the Center was the investigators’ ability
or contributing to our national and
to continue to research and publish during a time when similar labs across the
international reputation as an authority
country were forced to close due to COVID-19 response restrictions.
on cutting edge muscle research.”
Peterson and others realized that if they had to close, one group who would lose
And for Dupont-Versteegden, it’s a
out would be their trainees. So, they developed a plan — utilizing social distancing
thrilling opportunity. She says she hopes
and other protective measures — to remain open, albeit with far fewer people
to enhance the growth of new areas
working at a time. Once approved, they continued analyzing data, meeting by
of research, create more opportunities
Zoom, writing and publishing manuscripts, and completing dissertations.
for translational research, and attract more faculty and trainees who have
The results have been extraordinary. From March 2020 to summer 2021, the labs
musculoskeletal research interests.
and researchers from the CMB produced an impressive amount of published material and grants, with more than 60 publications, and more than $8 million in
“It is exciting and an honor to take over
newly funded research. And that total didn’t even count the millions of dollars in
as the Director following in the footsteps
proposals that were still pending at the time.
of giants in the muscle field,” she said. “The Center for Muscle Biology includes
“The lights didn’t go out in CMB,” said Dupont-Versteegden. “You can’t do
so many enthusiastic investigators and
experiments at home. But we were able to come up with a safe plan to
trainees, and it will be exciting to have
keep working.”
the Center continue to grow in the outstanding areas of research that are currently present.”
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT CMB VISIT WWW.UKY.EDU/CHS/CENTER-FOR-MUSCLE-BIOLOGY. 2021 ISSUE 2
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DISTINCTION
CHS DEI Awards Three Grants BY ELLEE SIDEBOTTOM CHS Contributor
The College of Health Sciences’ Diversity, Equity
and Inclusivity Committee’s mission is to facilitate
the development of a culture of belonging through
embracing diversity and inclusivity. To help this mission come to fruition, the CHS DEI Fund was established in
2019, and as a result, on May 1, 2021, the CHS DEI Fund fulfilled three proposals.
The program anticipates recruiting approximately 20-30 Movement Mentors, with representation across all CHS departments. The funds granted by the CHS DEI will support stipends for two students to lead the program, speakers on health disparities open to the whole CHS community, and equipment and supplies to facilitate the health-based programming. “We are so excited to bring together individuals from across
MOVEMENT MENTORS The first proposal awarded funds is the Movement Mentors, overseen by Dee Dlugonski, PhD. This program is led by the Active Woman’s Health Initiative in the Sports Medicine Research Institute and other collaborative partners from across the college.
the College of Health Sciences and the University to serve as Movement Mentors,” Dlugonski said. “Our mentors will be volunteering together in the local community to encourage youth to be active and healthy. We hope that these shared volunteer experiences will help mentors develop a stronger connection to each other, our College, and the University.”
The goal of the Movement Mentors program is to enhance the sense of belonging among College of Health Sciences students, staff and faculty members by engaging in collaborative volunteer activities to improve health outcomes among youth in the community. Volunteer opportunities will occur across the entire
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PATHFINDERS SUMMER BRIDGE PROGRAM The second proposal awarded funds is the PATHfinders Summer Bridge Program, overseen by Randa Remer, PhD, LPC, and supported by the PATHfinders Peer Mentors.
2021-2022 academic year in partnership with Lexington’s
The PATHfinders Summer Bridge program is for incoming
Lansdowne Elementary and Rise STEM Academy. These two
first-year students within CHS. As a result of the funds
local elementary schools have diverse student populations
awarded by the CHS DEI Fund, the inaugural program was
that are at-risk for poor health outcomes.
able to be held virtually, starting in July.
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The goal of the program is to help students acclimate to UK and CHS, create
During the participating students’
meaningful relationships with other attendees and Peer Mentors, and provide
junior and senior years, they will
beneficial knowledge and experience before starting their first semester.
be encouraged to participate in
Additionally, the goal is for students to have an increased sense of belonging
shadowing opportunities. Additionally,
through connections with faculty, staff and students.
the students will receive guidance and support while completing college
Each day has a different focus, including CHS welcome and exploration,
applications. In the combined four
healthcare exploration, financial wellness and student resources and academic
years of the Diversity Healthcare
preparation. The program is supported and led by the PATHfinders Peer Mentors,
Program, students will continuously
allowing them to interact with them to interact with their future mentees, foster
participate in diversity training and
relationships, and build deeper connections. In addition to each day’s focus,
service-learning activities as well.
there are also social activities threaded throughout the program which encourage engagement and facilitate conversations between students and Peer Mentors.
This program is not only supported by the College of Health Sciences,
Following the PATHfinders Summer Bridge Program, students will enter the
but also other health-related colleges
PATHfinders Peer Mentor Program as mentees, where they will be assigned
including the College of Medicine,
a Peer Mentor. The Peer Mentor will support them through their first year of
Pharmacy, Dentistry, and the
college, provide advice, resources, and a friendly face on campus. Additionally,
Department of Neuroscience.
Peer Mentors will be placed inside of CHS introductory courses and specific CHS sections of UK 101 to continue to provide support and build connections.
Every aspect of the Diversity
Peer Mentors will continue to reinforce knowledge learned from the PATHfinders
Healthcare Program is designed
Summer Bridge Program throughout the students’ educational journey, providing
to support the program’s mission,
regular communication and social engagement.
while empowering and supporting the students who participate, and providing the tools necessary to attain
DIVERSITY HEALTHCARE PROGRAM: A GUIDED HEALTHCARE MENTORSHIP EXPERIENCE The third proposal awarded funds is the Diversity Healthcare Program: A Guided Healthcare Mentorship Experience, overseen by Randa Remer, PhD, LPC, and supported by the CHS Ambassadors.
their individual goals. Janice Kuperstein, PhD, PT, MSEd, FNAP, and CHS’ Diversity Officer, said the ability to award funding can make a significant impact on the
The Diversity Healthcare Program is partnered with Lexington’s Bryan Station High
students, College, University and
School to encourage underrepresented minority and economically and socially
community level.
disadvantaged students to pursue a healthcare career. Following an application process, the program guides 25 students per year through all four years of
“By giving our time, attention, and
high school, providing exposure to various healthcare careers through college
resources, we are investing in the
and career exploration and mentorship. Accepted students into the Diversity
future of Kentucky students,” she said.
Healthcare Program will be called “UK Healthcare Scholars.”
“This program is providing support and resources to our community and
If the UK Healthcare Scholars decide to attend UK’s CHS, they will have the
the students in it. Additionally, we are
opportunity to participate in the PATHfinders Summer Bridge Program and will
strengthening the community within
later become a part of the PATHfinders Peer Mentor Program.
our college by bringing our students, staff, and faculty together to work
Bryan Station students will participate in student panels, a college mentoring
towards this common goal.”
program, college exploration meetings, and test preparation and tutoring students during their freshman and sophomore years. Volunteers and CHS Ambassadors will facilitate these activities, seeking long-term student engagement. 2021 ISSUE 2
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RESEARCH GRANTS
OFFICE OF Research Grant Awards Received
AWARDS RECEIVED OCT. 21, 2020 — SEPT. 30, 2021
Charlotte Peterson, PhD, and John McCarthy, PhD (College of Medicine)
Brian Noehren, PT, PhD, FACSM
Hypertrophy with Aging
U.S. Department of Defense $1,430,476
The Role of Satellite Cells in Skeletal Muscle National Institute on Aging $1,794,362
Brian Noehren, PT, PhD, FACSM, and Chris Fry, PhD Sex-based muscular adaptations, capillary
dysfunction and functional decline impact knee-
related psychosocial outcomes after acute knee injury (SMACK)
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases $3,211,654
Charlotte Peterson, PhD & John McCarthy, PhD
Accelerating recovery following a lower extremity fracture through speed HIIT
Johanna Hoch, PhD, ATC
The Influence of Resilience and Grit on Post-
Operative Outcomes after ACL Reconstruction Southeast Athletic Trainers’ Association $4,991
Patrick Kitzman, PT, PhD
Coordinating and Assisting the Reuse of
Assisted Technology: Together One Priority (CARAT TOP) KARRN Project
KY Council on Developmental Disabilities $112,001
The Role of the Gut Microbiota in Sarcopenia National Institute on Aging $406,220
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Cheryl Vanderford, MPAS, PA-C
Charlotte Peterson, PhD & Cory Dungan, PhD
Heart Association)
Compound Project
Northwestern University (American 2021 Communities Talk to Prevent Underage Drinking Initiative $750
Esther Dupont-Versteegden, PhD, and Alexander Sklivas, M.S. Diversity Supplement for
Boehringer Ingelheim Novel Boehringer Ingelheim
Brandi White, PhD, MPH
Food Security Project for Equity Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry Campaign $24,960
Alexander Sklivas: Mechanisms
underlying anabolic effects of cyclic compressive loading in muscle
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health $66,343
Student Awards Katherine Bain, ATC, PT, DPT The Impact of Emotion Regulation
Jacob Jelmini, MS, LAT, ATC, CSCS
Jennifer Tinsley, M.S.
Performance in Female Young
quality, and musculoskeletal injury in
Firefighters
on Neurocognitive Physical Task Adults with History of Lateral Ankle Sprain
Occupational stress exposure, sleep urban firefighters
Central Appalachian Regional
Southeast Athletic Trainers’
Education and Research Center
Association $2,500
(CAREC) $16,089
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Jennifer Tinsley: Resilience and Professional Quality of Life in NATA Research & Education Foundation $1,900
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Thank you TO OUR DONORS
GIFTS MADE BETWEEN 10/21/20 AND 9/30/21 Jacqueline K. Resinger Graduate Fellowship Fund Mrs. Jackie Resinger McDougall Student Endowed Scholarship Fund Mr. Keith J. Hudson Dr. Barbara Sanders, PT Dwain Robert Rice Memorial Scholarship Fund Dr. Esther Dupont-Versteegden Dr. Kara Lynch Lee Ms. Kathy Schuler Ringo College of Health Sciences Graduate Student Relief Endowed Fund Dr. Janice M. Kuperstein Daus Family Scholarship Fund in Physician Assistant Studies The Mindful C.L.A.T. Patricia “Pat” Motley Waggener Scholarship Fund Craig & Madonna Turner Charitable Fund Mr. Donald D. Waggener Mrs. Patricia M. Waggener CHS Student Ambassadors Gift Fund Ms. Morgan Leigh Andrews Ms. Nancy K. Johnson Health Sciences Development Scholarship Fund Dr. Scott David Tomchek Amy Waugh Memorial Scholarship Mrs. Kathryn Bascom Ms. Michelle Boling Mrs. Kristen Goble Brown Ms. Kate Cabrini Mrs. Linda Cassity Ms. Paulette Caywood Dr. Caitlin Conley Ms. Kimberly C. Cook Mrs. Tracie Davis Ms. Jenne E. DeAngelis Mrs. Allison DeKuiper Ms. Jaclyn K. Donovan Mr. Shane Garret Fitzpatrick Dr. Brady Fleshman Ms. Emily Flood Ms. Sara J. Fracasso Mrs. Emily Hartley Gabriel Mr. Benjamin D. Gecewich Dr. Phillip A. Gribble Mr. Jacob T. Hartzell Mrs. Stacey Jo Higgins Dr. Johanna M. Hoch Dr. Jennifer Sebert Howard Dr. Mary Lloyd Ireland Ms. Julie A. Jacoby Dr. Darren L. Johnson Mr. Kyle M. Johnston Mr. John G. Jurjans Dr. Kimberly A. Kaiser
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Ms. Jenny Kezele Mrs. Rachel Kleis Ms. Jennell Kopp Dr. Kyle Benjamin Kosik Mrs. Nancy C. Letton Mr. Mark Lundahl Dr. Scott D. Mair Mrs. Lisa M. Mattingly Ms. Stacie McCarty Dr. Susan M. McDowell Mrs. Melissa McFarland Mr. Stewart McFarland Ms. Sheri K. McNew Mrs. Pauline M. Mills Mr. Srikanth Nithyanandam Mr. John Phillips Ms. Katherine Lacy Poole Ms. Elizabeth W. Robin Mrs. Emily Roe Mrs. Kimberly Roe Ms. Maggie Roe Mr. Will Rogers Mrs. Jennifer Scott Ms. Amber Christine Silberman Dr. Kyle Smoot Dr. Tracy H. Spigelman Mrs. Christine B. Stairs Dr. Austin Stone Mr. Walker G. Terhune Dr. Brady Laurence Tripp Dr. Timothy L. Uhl Mr. Rob Ullery Ms. Shayla Joi Veasley Mr. Isaac D. Waugh, Jr. Mr. Keith Waugh Mr. Brian W. Wiese Ms. Kacy D. Wiley Ms. Charlotte Witt Ms. Heather Wolfe Mrs. Nikki Yates Mrs. Rachel Zinner
Ms. Nancy O. Cunningham Garrett Ms. Tracey Lynn Gdovka Dr. Catherine Lea Gohrband Ms. Sharon L. Goins Ms. Leigh B. Green Ms. Kimberly A. Hardison Dr. Bruce L. Henschen Mrs. Cynthia L. Hile Ms. Shannon M. Hoard Ms. Sallie M. Jones Mrs. Laura L. Justice Mrs. Margaret A. Kelly Ms. Janet K. King Dr. Janice M. Kuperstein Mrs. Mary H. Lamb Mrs. Kristie Michelle Law Mrs. Martha Jean Layne Dr. Valerie K. Logsdon Ms. Joanna I. Lyon Mr. Barret Lanham May Mrs. Denise N. McCarthy Mrs. Elizabeth K. Miller Ms. Kaye Combs Moore Mrs. Alexis Phillips Mrs. Melinda A. Prunty Dr. Randa Remer-Eskridge Mr. William A. Rice, Jr. Dr. Barbara Sanders, PT Mrs. Suzanne C. Scarpulla Ms. Meredith Elaine Scott Ms. Kelley A. Seekins Dr. Robert F. Sexton, Jr. Dr. Casey Shadix Dr. Debendra Shrestha Ms. Susan G. Thomas Mrs. RuthAnn L. Thompson Ms. Corie M. Turley Dr. Rose L. Vines Ms. Kyleen Ward Mr. Patrick J. Watterson Mrs. Barbara T. Williams Mrs. Katherine Wolnitzek
Health Sciences Academic Fund for Excellence Mr. Lynn R. Allen Dr. Richard D. Andreatta Ms. Karina Angel Ms. Susan R. Arnold Ms. Caroline N. Arthur Mr. William R. Barker Mr. Scott Bates Mrs. Kandi Bickett Dr. Frank J. Block III Mrs. Sylvia Gale Boggs Mrs. Debra A. Brackett Ms. Sharon A. Branham Mrs. Jane S. Brantley Ms. Jaclyn K. Cappy Mr. Lee Michael Chance Dr. Ming-Yuan Chih Mrs. Jennifer D. Chiles Mr. Andrew G. Clarke Mr. James L. Click Mr. Stephen Scott Cole Mrs. Carol A. Collier Mrs. Beth B. Cooper Mrs. Debbie A. Croucher Mr. Michael G. Davis Mrs. Elizabeth L. Diminick Dr. Charles Eckford Eastin II Dr. Charles H. Elliott Mr. Timothy S. Elliott Dr. Holly H. Gallion
Physician Assistant Studies Development Alumni Fund Dr. Somu Chatterjee Mr. John H. Faulkner Mr. Timothy J. Kappes Mrs. Elizabeth K. Miller Mr. Marc K. Morifuji Dr. Kevin M. Schuer Ms. Martha A. Smith Communication Disorders Development Alumni Fund Mrs. Robin S. Downing Dr. Victoria Graff Ms. Jennie P. Hoch Ms. Katherine Kelly McHale Mrs. Donna S. Morris Dr. Judith L. Page Clinical Laboratory Sciences Development Alumni Fund Ms. Phyllis J. Goodrich Mr. Chad Guilliams Estate of Mary M. Reid Dr. Christopher R. Swartz Clinical Nutrition Development Alumni Fund Ms. Karen G. Smith
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Physical Therapy Development Alumni Fund Ms. Ellen Barry Mrs. Casey Geiman Bennett Ms. Barbara J. Bruening Mrs. Amy G. Grizzard Ms. Karson G. Grizzard Mr. Keith J. Hudson Mr. Stuart L. Lowenthal Ms. Helen F. McGill Mrs. Whitney Lush Quiambao Mrs. Debra S. Turner CAHP Athletic Training Development and Alumni Fund Ms. Jaclyn K. Donovan Mr. Benjamin D. Gecewich Dr. Matt Hoch Ms. Stacy Khun Ms. Constance J. Minch William J. Meadors Physician Assistant Educational Fund Kentucky Academy of Physicians Assistants Dr. Leslie Woltenberg Harriet Hendershot Smith Scholarship Gift Fund Mrs. Margaret Simmons National Student Speech Language & Hearing Association Scholarship Fund Mrs. Ruth A. Ogden Amy M. Waugh Endowed Scholarship Fund Ms. Caroline N. Arthur Dr. Carrie Baker Blue Grass Stockyards Company, Inc. Bourbon County Farm Bureau Ms. Loralyn A. Cecil Ms. Carol Conway Mrs. Dawn J. Bush Crouch Ms. Crystal Rena Fister Ms. Sharon M. Frank Mollie Galusha Taryn Gamble Mrs. Kathy J. Garrison Mr. Benjamin D. Gecewich Brenda M. Giles Mr. David Grear Dr. Phillip A. Gribble Carol Lynn Harman Dr. Nicholas R. Heebner Dr. Johanna M. Hoch Dr. Matt Hoch Dr. Robert G. Hosey Mr. Charles E. Johnson Dr. Kyle Benjamin Kosik Ellie Lairson Dr. Scott D. Mair Julie McFarland L. K. McFarland Ms. Demmie Jean Meyers Mr. Chris Patrick Mrs. Anne S. Quigley Ms. Rebecca D. Rassenfoss Ellington Ms. Elizabeth W. Robin Ms. Savannah Faye Robin Rocking P Livestock, LLC. Ms. Maggie Roe Ms. Peggy L. Rose Dr. Casey Shadix Lisa Tarbet Mr. Robert G. Thompson
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Dr. Timothy L. Uhl Morgan Ullery Ms. Charlotte F. Waugh Mrs. Judy Waugh Mr. Keith Waugh Sally V. Whalen Sarah Jennifer Williams Mrs. Rachel Zinner SMRI Gift Fund Dean Scott M. Lephart Dr. Susan Lephart College of Health Sciences Samaritan’s Touch Clinic Fund Mrs. Amy K. Brown Ms. Allison N. Hoey UK Federal Credit Union Active Women’s Health Initiative Fund Ms. Michelle Boling Ms. Loralyn A. Cecil Ms. Kathleen DeBoer Ms. Brigid L. DeVries Ms. Paula B. Grafft Ms. Jennifer N. Grubbs Mrs. Dell Hancock Dr. Sandy Hoffmann Dr. Mary Lloyd Ireland Mrs. Virginia W. Longnecker Ms. Susan N. McKaig Ms. Christine Plonsky Mrs. Kurt Retrum Mrs. Martha B. Schlegel Mrs. Ricka White Ellen Felice Mattacola Scholarship Fund Ms. Caroline N. Arthur Dr. Carrie Baker Ms. Loralyn A. Cecil Ms. Jaclyn K. Donovan Ms. Crystal Rena Fister Ms. Sharon M. Frank Ms. Mollie Galusha Ms. Taryn Gamble Dr. Phillip A. Gribble Dr. Nancy G. Harrington Dr. Nicholas R. Heebner Dr. Johanna M. Hoch Dr. Kyle Benjamin Kosik Ms. Ellie Lairson Dr. Scott D. Mair Dr. Carl G. Mattacola Ms. Julie McFarland Ms. Demmie Jean Meyers Ms. Rebecca D. Rassenfoss Ellington Ms. Elizabeth W. Robin Ms. Savannah Faye Robin Ms. Maggie Roe Ms. Peggy L. Rose Dr. Casey Shadix Ms. Lisa Tarbet Dr. Timothy L. Uhl Ms. Morgan Ullery Mrs. Judy Waugh Ms. Sarah Jennifer Williams Mrs. Rachel Zinner Medical Laboratory Science Scholarship Fund Mr. Randy K. Blevins Mr. Jeffrey W. Lytle
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