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Every day College of Health Professions students, alumni, faculty and staff do extraordinary things. Read more about our latest achievements below.
Dr. Ann Shih Receives VCU Breakthroughs Fund Award
Shu-Fang “Ann” Shih, Ph.D., assistant professor in Virginia Commonwealth University’s Department of Health Administration in the College of Health Professions, has received the Breakthroughs Fund Award – one of three internal funds supported by the One VCU Research Strategic Priorities Plan.
VCU College of Health Professions Appoints Physical Therapy Chair
Virginia Commonwealth University’s College of Health Professions has appointed Benjamin Darter, P.T., Ph.D., chair of the Department of Physical Therapy. Darter has served as interim chair since fall 2022.
Melissa Jamerson named chair of Medical Laboratory Sciences
Melissa Jamerson, Ph.D., associate professor of immunology and immunohematology, has been appointed chair of the Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences at the Virginia Commonwealth University College of Health Professions, effective July 1. Jamerson succeeds Teresa Nadder, who retired this spring.
Saleema Karim to serve as interim chair of Health Administration
Saleema Karim, Ph.D., has been named interim chair of the Department of Health Administration at the Virginia Commonwealth University College of Health Professions, effective July 1.
VCU collaboration gives children experience of mobility
June 26, 2023 - A group of students in Virginia Commonwealth University’s Department of Physical Therapy in the College of Health Professions, was part of a volunteer project this month to help meet the needs of patients with significant mobility impairment at Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU (CHOR).
Creating a pathway to leadership
Paula Song, Ph.D., will become the first woman of color to serve as interim dean for the VCU College of Health Professions in July. Paula Song joined VCU in 2020 and currently serves as the Richard M. Bracken Chair and professor of health administration in the College of Health Professions.
Historic Encore Webinar in The National Association of Health Services Executives (NAHSE) and the VCU Department of Health Administration Series
At the beginning of 2023, NAHSE and the VCU Department of Health Administration announced a three-part webinar series offered in partnership to advance the department’s inclusive leadership education initiative. After receiving positive evaluations of the three-part webinar series from students, faculty, and early careerists across the nation, Lisa Mallory, PhD., chief executive officer of NAHSE and Stephan Davis, DNP, MHSA, FACHE, FAAN, executive director of inclusive leadership education for the Department of Health Administration, and the NAHSE education committee decided to offer an “encore” webinar tackling a topic that has never been addressed through the leading professional associations for healthcare leadership.
VCU, state lab team up to usher in next generation of scientists for public health
The VCU Medical Laboratory Sciences Department is collaborating with the state public health lab to offer a Master of Science with a concentration in public health laboratory sciences.
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