When Julie Barkmeier-Kraemer, PhD, CCC-SLP, received Honors of the Association from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) this year, she became the only faculty member at the University of Utah to...
It’s actually rocket science. The Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders’ Skyler Jennings, AuD, PhD is part of a team that’s received research funds from the Air Force for a...
Sarah Puig-Holzman received the College’s Inclusive Excellence Award in the spring, and her capacity for community service seems to have no limits. As she completes her coordinated master’s program with...
Jonathan Petrocelli is a research star. He’s one of only three students in the nation to receive the most prestigious National Institute of Health predoctoral award, which funds both his...
Kimberly Hales, MS, CCC-SLP, is on a mission to serve the underserved, in Utah and worldwide. Today she’s an assistant clinical professor with the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders...
Casey Swiss loves the Greatest Snow on Earth—so much that he’s planned his career around it. The Michigan native chased pow for multiple winters as a ski instructor, but he...
Kota Takahashi, PhD, is new to the U—he only started his position as assistant professor with the Department of Health and Kinesiology in August. But he’s already helped secure two...
The National Science Foundation has awarded a Stage 1 Planning Grant to a project led by the College’s Shannon Jones, MS, assistant clinical professor in the Department of Nutrition and...
You might think about becoming a dietitian or working in a community clinic when you study nutrition, but how about working for a tech company that scans your dinner plate...
Amery Kongphouthakhoun felt like an outsider. A first-generation college student from Laos, she didn’t set foot on Utah’s campus until the first day of classes. She didn’t have any connections...
Paul Estabrooks, PhD, Associate Dean for Community Engagement, has received one of the highest honors in the profession of kinesiology: he’s been inducted as a fellow into the National Academy...
Sweeps are sweet, especially at national conferences. Faculty-mentored student groups in the College’s Department of Occupational and Recreational Therapies took first and second place in a research poster presentation section...
We know nature is healing, but why? The Nature and Human Health-Utah Group (NHH-UT) is focused on answering that question, and brings together a collaborative team of scholars, educators, practitioners...
Not every student gets to present their capstone research at one of their field’s top international conferences, but Marilyn Schneider, OTD is one of them. She presented "Occupational Therapy Fieldwork...
Johnny Rivera is a familiar face at the University of Utah—he's spent countless hours volunteering and working on campus before, during, and after completing his degree in Health & Kinesiology...
Christopher Noren has been appointed the College of Health’s Assistant Dean of Clinical Affairs. He is the longtime director of rehabilitation therapy services, acute care therapy services, and Huntsman Cancer...
Her handle on Twitter is @NutritionNerd. She’s published more than 32 peer-reviewed manuscripts. She recently won the College’s Distinguished Mentoring Award and mentored the departmental graduate student of the year...
Maren Butcher is proof that you can use a College of Health degree almost anywhere: from classrooms, to hospitals, to home settings. The Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training...
Imagine a cure for diabetes—a disease that afflicts one in 10 Americans. It might not happen in our lifetime, but the work of William Holland, PhD, an associate professor in...
