Health Matters Volume 3 / Issue 3
Dean’s Newsletter Student Award Recipients
Students, Alumni, and College Friends,
It has been an exciting year for the college. We have seen the strongest growth in the college’s history both in the number of students and by adding excellent new Alexis Petrak programs. The College of Clinical and Rehabilitative Health Sciences (CCRHS) said goodbye to 296 Mary Triffiro graduates—the largest class in the college’s history—at ETSU’s spring commencement. At its last meeting, the ETSU Board of Trustees approved a letter of Sarah Larsen notification regarding the establishment of a Doctor of Occupational Therapy program. In addition, a Master of Science in Prosthetics and Karley Swanson Outstanding Nutrition Orthotics program is in development and set to come before the ETSU board Clinician at its next meeting. Although we have a way to go before these programs are finalized, we Outstanding Undergraduate Students anticipate that we will be admitting students for the first class of both of these new programs during the summer of 2022. The intent of our growth is Jeffery Bodley Allied Health to continue to meet the health care needs of our region. Both of these new Dareen Cardiopulmonary programs represent areas in which there is a significant need. The Bureau Marghalani Science of Labor Statistics reported that employment of occupational therapists is projected to grow 24% from 2016 to 2026, much faster than average for all Tiffany Hall Dental Hygiene occupations. In addition, occupational therapy was ranked No. 13 on U.S. Annie Malcom Nutrition News & World Report’s “100 Best Jobs of 2019” listing. Currently, there are only two public schools in Tennessee accredited by the Accreditation Council Pressley Justice Radiologic Science for Occupational Therapy that offer entry-level doctoral OT programs. Amanda Proffitt Social Work The Master of Science in Prosthetics and Orthotics program will also fill a need in the region. There are currently only 12 prosthetics and orthotics programs in the United States, and the closest program to Johnson City is more than 400 miles away, and there are no programs in Tennessee. If approved, these new programs will join the varied and extensive list of programs and majors currently offered in CCRHS. Rehabilitative health sciences is our newest major that we added just last fall and it is already growing steadily. It’s a very appealing major because it prepares undergraduates for a variety of graduate programs in the health care realm or it can prepare them for entry-level rehabilitative or health care positions. As the college continues to grow, our dedication to our students and vision for the college remains the same: to be an essential source of leaders, educators, expert practitioners and researchers in the clinical and rehabilitative health sciences. Go Bucs!
Kanya Miles
Master of Social Work Student of the Year Master of Social Work Student of the Year Outstanding SLP Student Clinician Outstanding SLP Capstone Experience
Don Samples, Dean and Professor
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Student & Faculty News
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Student & Faculty Highlights
Welcome New Faculty Members!
Williams Elected President Dr. Lynn Williams, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, was recently elected President of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA). ASHA is the national professional, scientific, and credentialing organization for speech-language pathologists and audiologists. The organization has well over 200,000 members. As President, Dr. Williams aims to increase awareness for those in the professions of speech-language pathology and audiology as well as promoting the importance of work they do and how that work impacts the quality of life for those who have communication and swallowing disabilities.
King Receives Award Dr. Patricia King, chair of the Physical Therapy Department, received the Lucy Blair Service Award from the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) at the NEXT 2019 Conference and Exposition in Chicago. The award is given to APTA members whose contributions reflect dedication, devotion and outstanding service to the physical therapy profession.
John McKinney
Whitney Bignell
Laurie Schroder
Nutrition
Kimberly Wilson-Lewis
Speech-Language Pathology
Social Work
Rehabilitative Health Sciences
Donna Lilly
Cardiopulmonary Science
Retirements Beth Lowe 21 Years
Richard Brosmore 9 Years
Healing Hands Children’s Day
Students from the Dental Hygiene department recently participated in the fourth annual Children’s Dental Day at the Healing Hands Center in Bristol, TN. Two hundred children came to play games and learn about the importance of dental hygiene.
Gold Chapter Honors
The National Student Speech Language Hearing Association (NSSLHA) awarded ETSU with 2019 Gold Chapter Honors. Honors are awarded to chapters that demonstrate outstanding efforts to support NSSLHA’s mission to inspire, empower and support students in communication sciences and disorders programs.
Congratulations! The Radiologic Science Class of 2019 had a 100% pass rate on the The American Registry of Radiologic Technologists licensure exam.
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Jeremiah Tate
Physical Therapy
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College Student Award Winners Outstanding Undergraduate Dareen Marghlani Cardiopulmonary Science
Outstanding Graduate Kaitlyn Webb Clinical Nutrition
G.E.M. Going the Extra Mile Award Karley Swanson Cardiopulmonary Science
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College Updates
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Addiction Counseling Program
A new graduate certificate program at East Tennessee State University is preparing social workers to tackle a problem that affects millions of lives every year – drug and alcohol addiction. To make the program accessible to students who live in other areas, the required courses are offered in convenient synchronous and asynchronous virtual learning platforms in ETSU’s Master of Social Work. These locations include: ETSU’s main campus, Johnson City; Asheville, North Carolina; Sevierville, Tennessee; and Abingdon, Virginia.
Herbalife Nutrition Scholarship
Nicole Litwin, former ETSU BS and MS/RD student in Nutrition, completed her master’s thesis Assessment of Red Blood Cell Membrane Fatty Acid Composition In Relation To Dietary Intake in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Catheterization, under the direction of Professor W. Andrew Clark. After graduating from ETSU, Nicole worked as an intern for the Dairy Research Institute in Chicago, Illinois for 2 years and then joined Colorado State University as a doctoral student in Nutrition. She will complete her Ph.D. in September 2019. Nicole received the Inaugural Herbalife Nutrition Scholarship for doctoral students at the 2019 meeting in Baltimore, Maryland.
Interprofessional Education (IPE) The college has scaled up our participation in the university IPE Program with a significant increase of both faculty and student involvement. A total of 41 students in the college participated. In this academic year, faculty from each department participated with a total of 11 faculty representing audiology, speech-language pathology, physical therapy, social work, nutrition, and cardiopulmonary science.
Student Diplomats
The CCRHS Student Success Center has established a student diplomat program to promote ETSU and the college through positive, professional interactions, active recruitment, and volunteer activities. Students were invited to join the program based on GPA, an enthusiastic personality, and demonstrating strong verbal communication skills. Join us in welcoming these amazing students to our program: Tori Chambers (Radiologic Science), Meagan Delaney (Physcial Therapy), Cameron Seeley (Cardiopulmonary Science), and Deme Berry (Dental Hygiene).
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Students Return To Costa Rica For two years, students from the College of Clinical and Rehabilitative Health Sciences have traveled to Costa Rica for an International Interprofessional Clinical Experience: A Community Focused Transformation. In 2019 a total of 12 students from four disciplines (Audiology, Respiratory Therapy, Physical Therapy and Speech-Language Pathology) collaborated with students and faculty from the University of Santa Paula (USP) to provide services in rural Costa Rica. This past year's experience centered around providing access to care to Isla Venado, an island with a population of approximately 1,000. Over the course of a few days, ETSU and USP students and faculty treated over ten percent of the island’s population. Apart from the satisfaction of delivering needed health care services in an interprofessional manner, students developed and strengthened relationships in their individual journeys of professional development and personal growth.
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ETSU Health Over the coming months, the name “ETSU Health” will be used more widely to refer to the educational, clinical, and research pursuits of ETSU’s Quillen College of Medicine, Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy, College of Nursing, College of Public Health, and College of Clinical and Rehabilitative Health Sciences. The university took an official step toward introducing ETSU Health earlier this year when it joined the Nashville Health Care Council, a premier association of health care leaders. Dr. Wilsie Bishop, senior vice president for academics, stated, “Our patients are already familiar with the high-quality care we provide at our clinical sites. As this year progresses, they will also become familiar with the name ETSU Health.”
ALS CLINIC The Gary E Shealy Memorial ALS Clinic, started in April of 2017, is the first-ever ALS clinic in the region. It continues to provide interdisciplinary services in medicine, physical, occupational, and respiratory therapy, speech-language pathology, and social work to people in our region and surrounding areas who are living with ALS. The clinic, which meets the 3rd Friday of the month, currently serves approximately 20 patients. The aim is to provide a place where patients can meet with many medical professionals in one visit, thus decreasing the burden of traveling from office to office, or making the many-hour journey to the next closest ALS clinic. For more information, call Courtney Andrews at 423-439-4712.
In Memory Of Anna Grace Janice Cooper Anna Grace Janice Cooper, age 23, of Bristol, Tennessee, passed in peace on Monday, June 17, 2019, at Bristol Regional Medical Center after a courageous ninemonth battle with cancer. In fall 2018, Anna began her dietic internship at East Tennessee State University. She was pursuing a Master’s Degree in Nutrition. Shortly after the semester started, she was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. The family would like to extend special thanks to everyone who cared for, supported, and prayed for Anna during her illness. Her memory will live on in those she left behind.
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50 Years! Dental Hygiene Alumni - join us in celebrating! For details visit: www.ETSUAlumni.org
CONTACT US Visit our website: www.etsu.edu/crhs/ Visit our college: 156 S. Dossett Dr. Johnson City, TN 37614 Email: CARHS@etsu.edu Phone: 423-439-7454
Invest in the Future by Giving By Check: Payable to ETSU Foundation with “CCRHS” in the memo line. By Credit Card: Call (423) 439-4242 for assistance. Mail to: ETSU Ways Foundation To P.O. Box 70721 Give! Johnson City, TN 37614 Online: Go to http://www.etsu.edu Click “Give” to go to Online Giving. Designate The College of Clinical and Rehabilitative Health Sciences
Dates of Interest September 2019
- Student Welcome Picnic (5)
October 2019
- Audiology Awareness Month Dental Hygiene, Physical Therapy Month
November 2019
- Homecoming (1-3) Radiology Tech Week (5-10)
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