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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.
Interim Provost highlights collaboration, research growth in return to VCU
VCU interim provost Beverly J. Warren, Ed.D., Ph.D. visited the VCU College of Health Professions to hold a town hall with faculty and staff, where she praised leaders for its energy and ongoing evolution of its offerings.
VCU Physical Therapy Student Honored with National Rizing Tide Scholarship
For first-year Physical Therapy student Zion Segears, earning the Rizing Tide Scholarship is more than just financial support, it’s a stepping stone toward his dream of owning his own physical therapy practice and helping others find healing, just as he once did.
Strength in numbers
VCU’s Department of Nurse Anesthesia has long been known for excellence. And now, the department is drawing larger pools of potential Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice (DNAP) students, while maintaining the high performance outcomes that matter most.
VCU Alumni 10 Under 10 award recipients to be honored for noteworthy achievements
Distinguished graduates from throughout the university will be recognized at a private ceremony Oct. 25. Caitlyn Berry earned her master’s degree in occupational therapy from the VCU College of Health Professions in 2015. Berry, one of this year’s 10 Under 10 honorees, has built her career in disability services.
How a VCU expert’s anti-ageism message resonated in a Connecticut town
Newtown made Tracey Gendron’s book a communitywide read, and her recent visit highlighted the myths and realities of age bias. (VCU Health)
Longtime Richmond VAMC leader brings curiosity-forward ethic to MHA & MSHA programs
Julie Beales, MD, Ph.D., MSHA joined VCU Health Administration over the summer as an assistant professor and the department’s director of professional development, bringing with her two decades of leadership and clinical experience at the Richmond Veterans Administration Medical Center (VAMC).
Nurse anesthesia student’s passion and research works to advance culturally informed care
As a newly minted registered nurse in 2019, Casey Zhao was passionately working at NYU Langone Health in New York City. Then the COVID-19 pandemic burst into the world, and Zhao found herself caring for desperately ill patients.
The state of chaplaincy is strong at VCU
Few images conjure more solemnity than a room full of chaplains at an academic conference. But the 2025 Association of Professional Chaplains Annual Conference could have been mistaken for a basketball game at the Siegel Center every time VCU was mentioned.
The newest Pediatric Chaplains Network President serves patients and students with heart at VCU
When Calvin Bradley Jr. walks into a hospital room, he’s not thinking about medical charts or machinery. He’s thinking about the child in front of him — and what that child needs most in that moment. Sometimes, it’s reassurance. Sometimes, it’s a prayer. And sometimes, it’s as simple as a sweet treat.
‘Called to stand in the breach’: a VCU chaplain’s journey
When Addison Schmitt Morgan entered the Post-baccalaureate Graduate Certificate in Patient Counseling program at VCU in the summer of 2023, she wasn’t entirely sure what lay ahead. During the certificate program – offered by the VCU College of Health Professions Department of Patient Counseling – Schmitt Morgan experienced firsthand what it meant to provide spiritual care in moments of acute crisis.
