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Jenna Heffron stitting with a group at a table looking at papers

Jenna Heffron

Jenna Heffron who earned a PhD in Disability Studies from DHD in 2016, is currently an Assistant Professor in the Occupational Therapy Department at Ithaca College in New York.  Jenna is passionate about…

Joe Caldwell in front of the US Capitol Building

Joe Caldwell

Joe Caldwell (PhD ’05) credits his time at DHD with helping him understand how “to apply research to make a difference in people’s lives.” He is well-positioned to improve the lives of people…

Joe Caldwell in front of the US Capitol Building

DHD Alumni as Leaders in Policy and Practice

DHD’s interdisciplinary approach to studying disability yields dividends for its alumni, who  go on to propel their fields forward. These rewards aren’t only for alumni, however.  Joe Caldwell (PhD ’05), for instance, credits…

Interdisciplinary Pilot Grant Awardees 2017

Elizabeth Papautsky, PhD (BHIS) has been selected from the Fall 2017 round of applications to receive an AHS Interdisciplinary Pilot Grant.  She will collaborate with two experts from UI Health: Mary Dawn Koenig,…

Clemente high school students and AHS intructors pose with two human skeleton models.

High schoolers make the rounds at AHS

Nearly 100 sophomores from Roberto Clemente Community Academy visited AHS to learn about career opportunities in health-related fields

Andrew Boyd

Guiding self-care for patients with heart failure

Andrew Boyd is part of a team of clinicians, researchers and scholars working together to fight high hospital readmission rates for patients with heart failure

Woman holding a bunch of freshly-picked leafy greens

Urban garden shows students big picture

When preparing dishes in class, nutrition students can point to their shared backyard on Taylor Street, which houses one of the college’s new and most important "classrooms"

The phenotypic plasticity of Pristimantis mutabilis by Esther Chun Ng.

Innovation in an image

Recent biomedical visualization graduates win awards, honors in the 2017 Image of Research competition

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