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By Kate Hunger Associate Professor Owen T. Hill, Ph.D., joined Department of Physician Assistant Studies on Aug. 1 and will retire as a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army on Sept. 1 after 32 years of active service. Hill, MPAS, PA-C, earned his Ph.D. in epidemiology in 2006 and is a board-certified physician assistant specializing in epidemiology and emergency medicine. Over the course of his…
By Kate Hunger School of Health Professions second-year physical therapy student Kevin Hamilton was one of 10 students from graduate schools across Texas to complete the first Texas Society of Allied Health Professions Student Leadership Development Program. Designed to train future leaders in health professions, the seven-session, synchronous online program began in February and ran through…
By Kate Hunger Respiratory Care Assistant Professor and Director of Clinical Education Kristina Ramirez, MPH, RRT, CHES, FCCP, spent two weeks this summer treating COVID-19 patients in South Texas. Ramirez was deployed to Laredo and Edinburg by a recruiting agency that works with the Federal Emergency Management Agency. “They send you to areas that are overwhelmed and understaffed and need as…
By Kate Hunger Two faculty in the Division of Medical Laboratory Science conducted an experiment to demonstrate the impact of masks and social distancing in reducing the spread of potentially contagious aerosols – including COVID-19. Aerosols are a suspension of tiny particles or droplets in the air. Conducted in July, the experiment was a collaboration with WOAI News 4 , which reported on the…
By Kate Hunger Occupational Therapy Clinical Assistant Professor Laura Novak, OTD, OTR, BCG, is the lead author of an article on dementia-friendly communities that was published in Current Geriatrics Reports in August. Novak’s co-authors are third-year occupational therapy student Elizabeth Horne, Jennifer R. Brackett, special events coordinator for the Caring for the Caregiver program with…
By Kate Hunger Speech-language pathology graduate student Caleb Mize admits to being a little anxious about providing quality pediatric speech-language services via an online platform during a pandemic. Yet the experience of participating in CONNECT, a summer telepractice pediatric program created by the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders Clinical Coordinator and Assistant…
By Kate Hunger Like many people who enjoy traveling and meeting new people, Caitlin Schwein found her opportunities to do so drastically hampered by the COVID-19 pandemic. But a partnership between UT Health San Antonio and Coventry University in England enabled Schwein and other UT Health students to attend online summer seminars with other students from around the world. “Hearing perspectives…
By Kate Hunger Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders Assistant Professor Casey Taliancich-Klinger, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, received a pilot seed grant from the School of Health Professions to research language skills characteristics in bilingual children with and without developmental language disorder. Taliancich-Klinger learned of the $10,000 award in March but had to make changes to her…
By Kate Hunger Physical Therapy Assistant Professor Gustavo Almeida, PT, Ph.D., received a $10,000 grant from the School of Health Professions Pilot Seed Grant Program this spring for a pilot study into the effectiveness of blood flow restriction exercise for patients with knee osteoarthritis before they undergo total knee replacement. Almeida’s project aims to demonstrate that low-intensity…
By Kate Hunger The Department of Physical Therapy has received its 10-year accreditation from the Commission of Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE). “This was a team effort,” said Department Chair and Associate Professor Greg Ernst, Ph.D., ECS. “All faculty contributed, staff contributed, students contributed, and clinical education is a big piece of this. Our partners in the…