Connect Magazine Fall 2016: Ohio University CHSP

COVER STORY

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Community Outreach: special section pages 6-17

connect ADMINISTRATIVE LEADERSHIP Randy Leite DEAN Jennifer Horner ASSOCIATE DEAN, RESEARCH AND GRADUATE STUDIES Sally Marinellie ASSOCIATE DEAN, ACADEMIC AFFAIRS Tia Barrett CHIEF FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER

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Becky Zuspan ASSISTANT DEAN FOR STUDENT SERVICES Elizabeth Jones ASSISTANT DEAN FOR OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT Ginny Valentin SENIOR DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL OHIO PROGRAMS AND PARTNERSHIPS Regina Schwartz SENIOR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS Sara White DIRECTOR OF RETENTION AND ADVISING

SCHOOLS & DEPARTMENTS LEADERSHIP

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Dhiraj Vattem SCHOOL OF APPLIED HEALTH SCIENCES AND WELLNESS, DIRECTOR

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Michael Kushnick DEPARTMENT OF INTERDISCIPLINARY HEALTH STUDIES, CHAIR Deborah Henderson SCHOOL OF NURSING, DIRECTOR Gary Chleboun SCHOOL OF REHABILITATION AND COMMUNICATION SCIENCES, DIRECTOR Tania Basta DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH, INTERIM CHAIR

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Graphic Designer: Lauren Dickey Writers: Kate Fox, Spencer Cappelli, Regina Schwartz, Elizabeth Jones, Randy Leite Photographer: Lauren Dickey

CONNECT WITH US CONNECT is published for alumni, friends, faculty and staff of the College of Health Sciences and Professions at Ohio University. College of Health Sciences and Professions, W361 Grover Center, Athens, OH 45701, Phone: 740.593.1433. Ohio University is an Affirmative Action Institution. Visit us online at ohio.edu/chsp.

Send letters to the editor at chsp@ohio.edu. ©Copyright 2016

On the cover: Kids on Campus summer camper high fives Rufus during the Kids on Campus 20th Anniversary Birthday Party. For more information about the anniversary turn to page 12. Photo by Abby Leppert

Grover Center of Tomorrow

No stranger to adaptation, Grover Center’s newest renovation is a nod to the evolving, interdisciplinary face of healthcare in the 21st century. Page 4

Gray’s Save

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Many go their whole careers without seeing a cardiac arrest. But when a high school athlete’s heart stopped on the practice field, AT grad Taylor Gray’s swift reaction saved his life. Page 6

Health Careers Camp Co-sponsored by CHSP and Columbus State Community College, the Health Careers Summer Camp in Dublin was a hands-on, career-oriented practicum for high school students interested in the health professions. Page 10

Becoming Invincible It started as a dance camp for underserved girls. Now Caitlin Dunkley’s Invincible Foundation is a blueprint for female empowerment on and off the stage. Page 14

Student Research

In April, the college’s best and brightest students participated in two research competitions. Page 22

Class of 2016

For Bobcats past and present, all roads lead to Athens. Join us in wishing farewell and good luck to the CHSP class of 2016. Page 25

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MESSAGE FROM OUR DEAN

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am writing this message on the first day of our fall semester classes. This is always an exhilarating time of year. We’ve just gone through the bustle of students and faculty returning to Athens and the city is full of energy again after the dog days of summer.

As you will see in this issue of Connect, this year is going to be another busy one for the College of Health Sciences and Professions.

We are very excited to be undertaking a renovation of approximately one-quarter of Grover Center—our college’s home for the past fifteen years. This $12 million renovation will provide:

• Cutting-edge nursing and interprofessional simulation facilities • New biomechanics and exercise physiology research labs • A new teaching and clinical lab for our athletic training program • A new test/demonstration kitchen for our nutrition program • New exercise equipment for WellWorks, our community fitness center Most importantly, these new state-of-the-art facilities will give our students exciting opportunities for learning and engagement in clinical work with their fellow students and the citizens of southeast Ohio. The renovation will be completed over the next several months. Your support is needed to help us bring the project to a close, though. We are asking our alumni and friends to consider making a gift to support equipment purchases, develop scholarship support for our students, enhance clinical outreach to students and people in need and other activities that will assure we offer the strongest, most incisive education and research programs possible.

As you will also see in this issue, we maintain a strong commitment to outreach to underserved populations. We believe we have an obligation to make a difference in our community, and we believe our students’ learning is enhanced by such activities. You will read about a few examples of this commitment in the following pages. I am sure you will feel the pride that I do about all the ways our students, faculty and staff help to make a meaningful difference in the lives of those who need support. Even after seven years as dean, I still get excited every day about having the privilege to interact with our students and my colleagues in the College of Health Sciences and Professions!

Sincerely,

Dean Randy Leite

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When did the college’s name change to “The College of Health Sciences and Professions”? ❒ B. 2010

❒ A.1998

❒ C. 2001

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Who was the first dean of the college, then called the College of Health and Human Services?

How many times have Physical Therapy students and faculty competed against the Buckeye Blitz quad rugby team?

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❒ A. 6

❒ B. 12

❒ C. 10

CHSP alumni live in all of the below countries except which?

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❒ A. Botswana ❒ B. Spain ❒ C. Malaysia

Approximately how many CHSP undergraduate students enrolled for fall 2015? ❒ A. 5,600

❒ B. 8,300

❒ C. 4,900

❒ A. Hilda Richards ❒ B. Marge Hagerman ❒ C. Michael Harter

The School of Nursing’s online RN to BSN program is currently offered in how many states?

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❒ A.10 ❒ B.3

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When was the groundbreaking ceremony for the Dublin Integrated Education Center? ❒ A. February 2015

❒ B. March 2014

❒ C. July 2014

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How many schools and departments are currently part of CHSP? ❒ A. 5 ❒ B. 7 ❒ C. 4

How many people donated financially to CHSP between July 1, 2014-June 30, 2015? ❒ A. 913 ❒ B. 707 ❒ C. 611

Approximately how many children participated in Kids on Campus programs in the 2015-16 academic year? ❒ A. 2,000 ❒ B. 800 ❒ C. 600

Who was the first faculty member in the Exercise Physiology program?

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❒ A. Sharon Rana ❒ B. Gary Nieman ❒ C. Roger Gilders

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n 2001, Grover Center transformed from a boxy recreation center to the modern, light-filled academic building CHSP currently calls home. In 2016, Grover Center is set to transform yet again, spurred on by changes in healthcare, increases in enrollment and enhanced community outreach efforts.

navigate a system where many practitioners have a hand in their care, it’s important that those specialists know how to work together for the good of the patient. Simply put, healthcare is better when everyone involved works as a team. We want to make sure our students have a chance to experience that.”

The newest Grover renovation project, which began in spring 2016, will double the usable space of the 12,000-square-foot gymnasium by converting it into two levels of research, classroom and lab space.

The new space in Grover Center will meet this need for team-based training through two new interdisciplinary areas: a suite made up of six laboratories, two debriefing rooms and a control room, and a 148seat team-based learning lab.

Interdisciplinary Space According to Dean Randy Leite, as the field of healthcare becomes team-based and more collaborative, students benefit from a learning environment that prepares them for team dynamics.

“This is vitally important in the ever-changing world of healthcare,” Leite said. “As patients

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Rendering of one of six new interdisciplinary simulation laboratories.

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NEW • NOW • NEXT Far Left: Demonstration kitchen after renovations.

Left: Demonstration kitchen before renovations. Photos

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In a scenario envisioned by Leite, students across multiple disciplines could follow a case—such as an injured athlete—from initial treatment on the field, through transport to and care at the hospital and into rehabilitation.

Program areas already committed to collaborating in the new space include nursing, exercise physiology, athletic training, food and nutrition sciences, physical therapy and child and family studies.

Leite also believes synergies will present themselves in renovation areas outside the interdisciplinary suite, including space used by WellWorks, the Atrium Café, exercise physiology and athletic training.

Program and Outreach Space Enrollment growth is another reason the new Grover Center renovation is so important. The traditional nursing program alone has 585 students currently enrolled on the Athens campus. Launched in 2009, the program has far outgrown both its classroom and lab space.

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In addition to increased space for nursing, the Grover Center renovation project will also increase space for several other programs. Athletic training, exercise physiology, and nutrition will all see increases, as will the computer lab.

WellWorks and the Atrium Café—two prime community outreach areas—are receiving upgrades that will help them better serve their customers.

Funding and equipment donations for the renovation project are currently being accepted. For details, contact CHSP’s Assistant Dean for Outreach and Engagement Elizabeth Jones at 740.566.0484 or jonese4@ohio.edu.

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The interdisciplinary space will be utilized by several programs within CHSP to enhance collaboration.

CHSP has future plans to incorporate other colleges into this space as well.

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THE BEAT Recent athletic training graduate saves athlete’s life

by Kate Fox hen she heard a student had collapsed on the athletic field, Taylor Gray, a 2015 CHSP athletic training graduate in the first year of her first job, immediately grabbed two things: her cell phone and an automated external defibrillator (AED).

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Gray, employed through Summa Health in Akron, Ohio, was part of the school’s team of athletic trainers and coaches who responded when seventeen-year-old Caleb Perkins collapsed on the Revere High School practice field the afternoon of March 18, 2016. Gray and another Revere athletic trainer, Eric Gerard, administered a shock to Perkins’ heart with the AED when CPR and artificial respiration failed to revive Perkins.

Perkins was taken to Akron Children’s Hospital where he was immediately transported by ambulance to Cleveland Clinic.

“At that point, the doctors were telling me that he might need a heart transplant,” said Lara, Caleb Perkins’s mother. “I was in shock. Caleb was an athlete; he’d never even been in a hospital!”

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After seeing Caleb off in the ambulance, Gray went back to work in the field house— but soon realized the experience had totally drained her.

“It was like all of the adrenaline that allowed me to be calm and level-headed while doing my job suddenly evaporated,” Gray said. “I was also thinking ‘Gee, most athletic trainers go through their entire career without having to face a cardiac arrest. Lucky me.’ But I was so grateful that my training just kicked in.”

Taylor’s automatic response came, she explained, from hours of trial runs and mock emergencies staged in her undergraduate program. She also credits working with Jeff Russell, Ph.D., at Ohio University’s Science and Health in Artistic Performance (SHAPe) Clinic, one of the few clinics in the nation that serves performing artists.

According to Gray, working as a graduate assistant athletic trainer at the clinic “allowed me a wide range of experience and training on how to best approach and handle any medical situation.”

Thankfully, Perkins didn’t need a heart transplant.

After three weeks of testing, he was discharged with an ICD/defibrillator and is preparing slowly to return next year to the sports he loves—though with a very different attitude. Perkins had been thinking of going into the medical field after graduation. Now he’s certain of it.

Shortly after his discharge, Perkins and his family helped to organize and conduct a CPR training session using simulated patients at Revere High School. The event attracted more than 100 participants who learned to perform CPR to the beat of “Stayin’ Alive.”

“It’s kind of our new mission in life,” Lara Perkins recently told an Akron Beacon Journal reporter, “to get up in front of as many people as we need to so other parents have the same chance that we [were given] to have our child live through something like this. Everybody was trained and they were there at the right time.”

Caleb’s mother also noted that the medical teams at both Akron Children’s Hospital and Cleveland Clinic credited the coaches’ and athletic trainers’ quick response with saving Perkins’ life.

Gray is just thankful for her training. “As athletic trainers, we commonly hear ‘an athlete is down,’ but we never know to what extent ‘down’ means.

We are taught to be prepared for the unexpected and to expect the worst. Thankfully, my education stressed the importance of being prepared for any situation and exactly how to handle the worst of the worst.”

Because all of the first responders who were ready for “the worst of the worst,” Caleb Perkins is still alive today.

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Back (left to right): School of Nursing faculty member Penny Roberts, CHSP students Jarnai Alexander, Shannon Walker, Alexis Fehrenbach, Natalie Leahy, Megan Thompson and School of Nursing faculty member Eliza Harper.

Bottom: CHSP students Mackenzie Rice, Stacy Brubaker, Elena Kaiser and Hayley Rinke. Student Inez McQueen, who also participated, is not pictured.

Free EKG screening prevents cardiac arrest

by Kate Fox ast April, nine CHSP nursing students, one athletic training student and two nursing faculty members volunteered for Kate’s Kause, a free pediatric EKG screening clinic held in Little Hocking, Ohio.

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The clinic screened for potential heart problems, most notably prolonged QT syndrome, a congenital heart defect that can cause sudden death in student athletes. Though it can be detected by a simple EKG, the test is not routine for children between the ages of 3-18 nor is it part of the required sports physical.

Taking the Kate’s Kause slogan, “Saving lives, one EKG at a time,” to heart, the CHSP group conducted more than 650 electrocardiograms and identified twelve children with potential heart issues. One student whose EKG indicated serious heart problems was referred to a heart specialist.

CHSP nursing student Alexis Fehrenbach performs EKG screenings.

Photo courtesy of the School of Nursing

Kate’s Kause was founded by and named for Kate Liston, an athlete at Warren High School in Vincent, Ohio, who collapsed during a sporting event. An EKG revealed prolonged QT syndrome, and Kate now takes appropriate preventative measures to ensure her health. Some students, however, have not been so lucky.

Wyatt Barber, a nine-year-old from Reedsville Eastern in Meigs County, collapsed on the football field and died on November 2, 2015, from cardiac arrest.

“There remains a financial barrier to screening all young athletes at this time,” said Eliza Harper, one of the nursing faculty who conducted the clinic. “However, the American Heart Association has recommended a 14-point screening process meant to help schools identify students at risk.

Also, volunteer efforts such as Kate’s Kause give us a chance to provide an invaluable community service while also helping our students transform classroom theory into practice and ideas into action.”

“Since we live in an area where financial and medical resources are limited for both families and schools, it gives CHSP students a chance to provide services that would otherwise not be available,” said Harper. “At the same time, they are learning what a powerful, instrumental—and sometimes lifesaving—role they can play in their communities.”

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CHSP Cares!

by Regina Schwartz The College of Health Sciences and Professions cares about our community and we believe it shows in everything we do­­—from student organization volunteerism to health clinics and special programs assisting underserved populations. Check out just a few of our outreach efforts and proud moments below and learn about many more at ohio.edu/chsp/about/community-engagement!

Student Organizations 1. Creative Expressions: This group dedicates time and effort to working with children in Athens area schools though the arts and inclusion.

Annual Fall Field Day is a free event for children offering crafts and other artistic activities, as well as music technology designed to encourage language learning.

2. AGES: Students in the Aging and Gerontological Education Society promote the study of aging while volunteering with elderly adults in the Athens community. The organization visits the Laurels of Athens several times each week and engages residents through art activities, games, holiday events and one-on-one visits.

Officially recognized as a model organization fostering understanding about aging by the dean and faculty of health sciences at the National University of Malaysia.

3. PT Student Organization: Through a variety of volunteer activities, the Physical Therapy Student Organization promotes healthy and active lifestyles through activities aimed at keeping patients’ needs at the forefront.

Designed a developmental screening mobility course used during Athens County Children Services’ KidFest.

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4. DOSES: Provides a support network for diabetics on campus while educating non-diabetics to create a better educated and more diabetes-friendly campus. The Diabetes Awareness Poster Campaign received national recognition at the 76th Annual American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions.

The Bring Diabetes to Light 5K fundraiser helped send a local child with diabetes to a diabetes camp of their choosing.

5. SSWA: The Student Social Work Association promotes activism in the field of social welfare and prepares students for the professional field of social work.

The Thanksgiving Food Drive has grown from serving 10 families in 2010 to fifty-eight families in 2015.

Students purchase and pack the food, deliver to Hopewell Health Center in Belpre and assist with distribution.

for Give Kids the World and offering Teddy Bear Clinics.

The 2015 Child Life Alumni Symposium was attended by 18 alumni and 80 students. Alumni offered workshops on child life related topics and professional options.

6. BSN Organization: This group provides opportunities for future nurses to practice their skills and give back to the community by offering events such as an annual blood drive and the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure Athens.

Donations to Princess Marina Hospital in Botswana included 500 pillowcases collected by the group. They also collected 110 units of blood last year and helped raise more than $100,000 at the 2016 Komen Athens Race for the Cure.

6. CLSO: While working to prepare students for careers as Certified Child Life Specialists in hospital settings or nonprofits, the Child Life Student Organization volunteers and fundraises for children who are receiving care in hospitals. Efforts include volunteering

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13 Clinics and Programs 7. PEP: Physical therapy faculty and doctoral students provide a free exercise class: the Parkinson’s Exercise Project.

They instruct individuals with Parkinson’s disease on exercises that help manage disease symptoms. Group activities focus on producing large movements while improving balance and increasing strength in a fun and supportive environment.

The social support and exercise offered are so valuable that some participants drive up to an hour to attend class.

8. Mobile Language Testing Lab: Faculty use this mobile lab to travel to children’s homes where they study the association between cognitive processing (memory, attention, retrieval) and sentence comprehension in children with specific language impairment ages 7-11 years.

First research team in the world to build theoretically/empirically cognitively-based models of children’s sentence comprehension abilities.

9. HSL: The Hearing Speech and Language Clinic offers free community hearing screenings each year and serves all ages. The staff of audiologists and speech-language pathologists assess disorders of hearing, language, speech, voice and swallowing and offer hearing aids and hearing protection, hearing conservation consultations, swallowing therapy, speech therapy and language therapy.

Service satisfaction ratings were above 95 percent in the last two satisfaction surveys.

10. Heartworks: In conjunction with OhioHealth O’Bleness Hospital, Heartworks offers a cardiopulmonary rehabilitation program that helps participants recover quickly and improve quality of life. Their team of experts works with participants to develop and oversee a rehabilitation program that is customized to their specific needs and goals.

Implemented a pedometer program for patients and increased participation by 27 percent for cardiac and 44 percent for pulmonary rehab groups in 2015.

11. AT: The athletic training graduate students provide healthcare to athletes at high schools throughout the region.

Many of these schools would not otherwise offer services for their student athletes. The students are licensed and serve as head ATs at their schools.

Working under the direction of a physician, the AT is responsible for all facets of athletic healthcare.

Several ATs have prevented catastrophic, life-and-limb- threatening outcomes at area high schools ranging from neck injuries to heat stroke to cardiovascular conditions.

12. STEP Lab: This research lab accurately measures children’s physical activity and has led to novel and accurate methodologies that can assess the true nature of children’s play to inform better interventions and ultimately prevent obesity.

Uses video direct observation (ViDO), as the ideal window to capture contextual cues to promote, but not interfere with, children’s natural free-play physical activity.

13. KoC: The Kids on Campus program offers summer and after-school programming providing educational, nutritional and recreational opportunities to economically disadvantaged and academically at risk children in the region. Approximately 20,000 local children have participated in KoC in the past 20 years.

The KoC talent show had 40 parents, family members, and school staff watch students perform songs, jokes and skits. Even the shyest kids got on the stage to do something!

Answers to CHSP Trivia 1. C 2. C 3. A 4. B 5. B 6. A

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From STEM to stern(um)

Summer Camp

by Kate Fox hirty-two Central Ohio high school students got more than their money’s worth at the CHSP Health Careers Summer Camp in Dublin this past June.

Freshmen through seniors from seven different school districts signed up for one of two camps: “Introduction to Health Careers” for freshmen and sophomores, and “Solving the Patient Case” for juniors and seniors. The two-day camps were a collaboration between CHSP and Columbus State Community College (CSCC), with camp participants spending time with both CHSP and CSCC faculty at CHSP’s Dublin Integrated Education Center.

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Marysville high schoolers learn about STEMrelated health careers from CHSP-Dublin faculty

by Kate Fox hrough the Marysville Early College High School’s newly formed STEM T.A.L.K program, the OHIO College of Health Sciences and Professions in Dublin has partnered with Honda Manufacturing of Ohio, Scotts Miracle-Gro, and CenturyLink to introduce MECHS students to science, technology, engineering and manufacturing (STEM) related careers—including careers in health.

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CHSP faculty and staff, along with professionals from each business, participated in the STEM program’s three facets: monthly STEM luncheon talks, a Women in STEM Back (left to right): Leslie Coonfare, Day on March 18 Margie Vogt and Cheryl Geng and a four-monthFront: Kimberlee Orben and Laura Harris. long “design Photo by Lauren Dickey challenge” where partners mentored students as they designed and produced a STEM-related project.

From January through April 2016, CHSP faculty members Margie Vogt, Leslie Coonfare, Kimberlee Orben and graduate athletic training student Lauren Coccia met with MECHS students twice a month for one hour to help them with their design challenge: to improve handwashing compliance.

Vogt and Orben also joined fellow faculty members Laura Harris and Melissa Bowlby on March 2, 2016, to present a STEM luncheon talk on the variety of health careers available and the focus of each field of study.

Then Orben, Coonfare and Harris, along with fellow faculty Cheryl Geng, attended the Women in STEM Day on March 18, where they presented a simulated case study on the symptoms of 17-yearold basketball player Lauren Bailey. They then divided students into athletic trainer, nursing/ physician assistant, and registered dietitian groups to diagnose, assess and treat the case.

During session one of the camp, freshman and sophomore students were assisted by CSCC faculty members and CSCC Director of Regional Learning Centers, Jeff Akers. The students experienced various health careers using CSCC’s state-of–the-art facilities located at the Dublin Center.

Top left: Tate Virts from Marysville Exempted Village School District practices CPR compressions on the simulation manikin.

Bottom left: Addyson Miller-Brown from Marysville Exempted Village School District looks at the baby simulation manikin’s features.

Right: Faculty member Majorie Vogt teaches high school students how to take a person’s blood pressure. Photos

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Students capped off the program by presenting their design challenges in a competition judged by the partnership members. Ginny Valentin, senior director of Central Ohio Programs and Partnerships, represented CHSP in the judging.

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To kick off the second session of camp for incoming juniors and seniors, Joe Stone from OHIO’s admissions department provided helpful advice on taking the ACT and SAT exams, as well as essential tips on the application process now that many institutions (more than 600 in the U.S. and more than 35 internationally) accept the Common Application. Sally Marinellie, associate dean for academic affairs in CHSP described the various healthcare degrees available in the college, and Amy Martinez, Heritage College admissions advisor, talked about the medical school Early Assurance Program, which offers students from five Ohio partner colleges guaranteed admission upon meeting certain requirements.

Afterwards, Leslie Coonfare, senior director of healthcare and innovation initiatives for CHSP, introduced a case study for a patient exhibiting a variety of symptoms. Faculty members from CHSP, Columbus State Community College, and University of Findlay led students through various treatment options from the perspective of a variety of health professionals. Juniors and seniors also spent a portion of camp in the CHSP physician assistant classrooms and laboratories to assist them in completing their case study.

According to feedback from the participants, the hands-on experience was the best part of the camp. One student noted, “I discovered that I enjoyed the nursing field more than I had expected. I also enjoyed the simulation station because I learned more about being a physician assistant.”

Thanks to the CHSP Health Careers Summer Camp, high school students will have a much better idea of what each health career offers—and demands— when it comes time for them to choose.

Health Careers Summer Camp Partners: Ohio University College of Health Sciences and Professions | Columbus State Community College

Participating Schools: Columbus Catholic Schools | Dublin City Schools | Fairbanks School District | Hilliard City Schools | Jackson City Schools | Marysville Early College High School | Tolles Career and Technical Center | Westerville City School | University of Findlay

keeps kids on target

by Kate Fox t has been 20 years since Kids on Campus welcomed the first group of children into the program. Since then, the Kids on Campus staff and volunteers have ushered approximately 20,000 area elementary-through-high school students through their after-school and summer programs.

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Originally designed as a summer safety net for at-risk children and their families, the program offers reliable childcare, nutritious meals, academic assistance and creative activities to local students.

Kids on Campus serves five local school districts at nine different sites, serving an average of 1,000 students each year.

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academic and social performance, and finally, the whole community benefits when schools, educators, University students, and community members come together to help these kids reach their full potential.”

A number of program “graduates” now see their Kids on Campus years as highly influential.

“It made an indelible impression on me in terms of how I see myself and the world, and what I have ended up choosing as a career path” said Jordan Ostrander, who recently graduated from Xavier University in Cincinnati with a degree in early childhood education. “I probably wouldn’t be here if I hadn’t attended Kids on Campus.”

Liz Schwarzel, a 2000 OHIO elementary education graduate who worked for Kids on Campus as a student, credits the program with guiding her career choice, as well. “I wanted hands-on experience with kids, and someone recommended Kids on Campus.”

Schwarzel worked as a swimming instructor for two summers and then as a team leader in the after-school program at The Plains Elementary, where she mentored two high school students. Schwarzel, who now teaches at Morrison-Gordon Elementary School in Athens, still keeps in touch with those students.

“They are both raising kids in the area and doing well. I love seeing them on Facebook and occasionally bumping into them. I know this program changed their lives.”

Kids on Campus relies on grant support, as well as contributions from partners and donors, to maintain its excellent programs. To donate, go to ohio.edu/give or mail your donation to the Ohio University Foundation, PO Box 869, Athens, Ohio 45701. Please note that your gift is for Kids on Campus.

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Celebrating 20 years and 20,000 kids

by Spencer Cappelli oordinators, University leaders and roughly 300 excitable but well-behaved elementary, middle and high school students from Kids on Campus gathered in Grover Center on July 14 to blow out the candles on two decades of successful summer and after-school programming.

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CHSP Dean Randy Leite, Kids on Campus Program Manager Jo Ellen Sherow, and a former Kids on Campus student spoke to the collection of kids seated on the floor of Grover Center Atrium. Candles were later blown out on a large cake as well-wishers sang “Happy Birthday.”

Local companies Shagbark Seed and Mill and Frog Ranch Foods donated chips and salsa for the kids’ lunches.

“We want to thank everyone for continuing to support this program that means so much to the region,” Sherow said. Sherow assumed her role as program manager earlier in the summer.

Bottom: Founder of Kids on Campus Ann Teske and second program director Angie Hawk.

Photos by Abby Leppert

Kids on Campus is a communityuniversity partnership under the umbrella of CHSP tasked with providing food, programming and educational resources for at-risk or underserved kids in surrounding area school districts during the summer months when they are away from school. They additionally manage an after-school program in the same local districts.

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“I’m so excited to see the program carry on to this day,” said Kids on Campus founder Anne Teske. “In my professional career, I think it’s what I’m most proud of. It’s my star achievement.”

Teske launched the summer program in 1996 after identifying the need for a community-based solution to the problems of malnutrition and food insecurity for many at-risk students in local districts during the summer months.

“We noticed that some kids would come back thinner in the fall,” Teske said. “We looked it up and saw that these same kids qualified for free or reduced lunches during the school year, and we thought, ‘How are these kids getting fed in the summer?’ We had to do something about it.”

Dean Leite praised the program, citing it as an example of the positive impact made when people genuinely commit to a cause.

“I am so proud of Kids on Campus and all the difference it has made in the lives of thousands of children over the last 20 years. It is a great example of what we can achieve when we commit ourselves to making a difference,” he said.

On July 13, Dean Leite presented Teske with an award to recognize her contributions to the community through the establishment of the Kids on Campus program.

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Caitlin Dunkley, founder of the Invincible Foundation, provides summer camp opportunities for underserved girls.

Left: Dunkley hugs dance camper. Middle: Campers dance to music during the break. Right: Campers divide into age groups to learn a daily dance routine then perform it for each other.

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Influencing girls

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t’s another blustery February day in Athens. Caitlin Dunkley, a child and family studies major in the Department of Social and Public Health, is seated at a table near Grover Center’s Atrium Café, typing away on her phone and preparing tomorrow’s post for the Invincible Foundation’s Facebook page. She tilts the device to show off her progress.

“Today’s #InvincibleChallenge:” the draft reads, “We want to know who your inspiration is! Post a picture with a woman in your life who has motivated you to be the best version of yourself.”

The Invincible Foundation posts an “Invincible Challenge” every Wednesday, Dunkley explains. Long before she started the foundation to help underserved kids in her community, Dunkley was just a girl from the Cincinnati suburbs with a passion for dancing. As a member of the Mount Notre Dame High School dance team, she believed in the empowering nature of dance—and knew firsthand what it could do for a young girl’s confidence.

The problem with studio or competitive dancing, Dunkley also knew, was the cost. Purchasing the “froufrou stuff,”— like costumes and makeup—and paying for summer dance camps is difficult for girls from underprivileged backgrounds.

So when a school project forced her to brainstorm ideas related to community service, she immediately seized upon her favorite pastime. Why not, she thought, do something through dance?

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me and says she wants to be a doctor, I want to find her a mentor. That’s what it’s all about.”

The Invincible Foundation started with 25 girls, most between the ages of 5 and 15, in a gym, learning—many of them for the first time—to dance. The first Dance Beyond Your Dreams Dance Camp had Dunkley and a friend teaching basic jazz, hip-hop and Zumba routines to girls in gym shoes.

At the end of the week, the camp held a recital, with flowers for the performers and proud parents looking on from the crowd. Dunkley said she was moved by the transformation they had undergone in such a brief period. Parents agreed.

“They appreciate watching their daughters up there performing, doing something they thought they’d never see them do,” Dunkley said.

The week of dance would return in July for four more summers, camp enrollment increasing through word of mouth. The community started to pitch in, too, with individual contributions and local businesses donating food in the mornings for campers. Some of the older kids, realizing they would be too advanced to return as participants, vowed to come back to the camp as volunteers.

At this year’s dance camp, Dunkley said, the foundation was able to pass out 75 backpacks full of school supplies for all the participants.

Dunkley and the foundation then established spinoff programs to meet the increasing demand: the “Colorful Tomorrow Art Camp,” held at the end of June and a basketball camp held in late July. Dunkley said she hopes to serve the same communities through a new after-school mentors program, and plans are already in motion to launch a scholarship fund and a networking conference with informational resources for graduating seniors.

Her latest goal is to turn the Invincible Foundation into a full-time job after graduation, a goal she believes will be aided by the foundation’s recently achieved status as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, allowing Dunkley to apply for grants to fund her projects. Next summer, two new Invincible Foundation regional branches will debut: one in Athens and another in Cincinnati.

“I have to admit that I’ve been surprised by our success,” she said. “I know where we are, but I also know where we want to be, I know there’s still so much to do.”

In the meantime, Dunkley’s achievements have given her plenty to celebrate.

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COMMUNITY OUTREACH

O H I O The start of it all for one alumnus

by Kate Fox s a young man, Erv Ball made three decisions that set the course of his life: he decided to attend Ohio University, he chose to major in environmental health during the first year it was offered at the University,

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and he set his sights on LuAnne Borda, a fellow OHIO student majoring in child development.

“She didn’t want to go out with me at first, but I was persistent,” said Erv, who

worked for Cuyahoga County Public Health for 28 years before retiring in 2014. “Also, thanks to being pulled aside by my dad, I knew I had to finish my education and get a job before I could do anything else.”

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Erv began as a zoology major in the College of Arts and Sciences but wasn’t sure where that would take him.

At about that time, the College of Health Sciences and Professions (CHSP), then known as the College of Health and Human Services, created a new major in environmental health.

Erv credits many of those first professors— among them Tom Hart, John Malatinis and Cliff Houk—with providing not just an excellent academic background but also an unmistakable enthusiasm for life as well as for the profession.

Erv finished his degree in 1977, LuAnne finally agreed to marry him and the result—in addition to two children—is that every member of the Ball family graduated from Ohio University, Erv in environmental health, LuAnne in child development, son James in community health services, and daughter Erin in business.

With an entire family of Bobcats, it’s no surprise Erv has continued his involvement with the University, bringing his real-world experience to OHIO’s academic programs and serving

CHSP in various capacities: on the Dean’s Advisory Council, as chair of the Environmental Health Sciences Program Advisory Committee, and as president of the CHSP Society of Alumni and Friends from 2002-2005.

“There were many who helped me in my own growth and development as a student,” Erv said. “It only seemed right to do what we could to give back to others. Today’s students already get this, so it’s exciting!”

Sadly, the Balls lost their 23-year-old son James in a tragic accident in 2008.

At the time, James was working as an AmeriCorps volunteer with the Athens City-County Health Department, so to honor his memory, the Balls established a scholarship in his name to benefit CHSP students interested in community service.

doing very different things, which is a real strength, but it sometimes makes it hard for everyone to identify with the college as a whole.”

“Yet, there’s a greater recognition and understanding that good health doesn’t exist in any one given discipline or major,” Erv added. “That’s why I’m glad Dean Leite has championed an interdisciplinary approach to healthcare at the college, with everyone understanding one another’s role as vital to the whole.”

Erv also identified a common denominator in all the disciplines.

“What we all have in common—CHSP alumni, faculty, and students alike—is an attitude of caring and a commitment to improving the quality of life in our communities.

It’s why our alums are successful, our faculty members are respected, and our students are hired so quickly. It just makes sense that, by combining our efforts and ideas, everyone will mutually benefit.”

“It only seemed right to do what we could to give back to others.”

Both Erv and LuAnne take pride in the scholarship recipients carrying on their son’s legacy and continue to stay engaged with many of them. The whole family also supports the scholarship— most recently by participating in the OhioHealth O’Bleness Race for a Reason on the Athens campus last May. Erv has also agreed to again serve as president of the Society of Alumni and Friends.

“We are such a large college, and we have so many great CHSP graduates out there,” he said when asked what he hopes the organization will accomplish during his term. “We have the different schools, departments, and divisions

Now is the perfect time to get involved with the CHSP Society of Alumni and Friends. As a successful professional and community member, you can contribute to planning and supporting the organization’s services to its members, the college’s students and faculty, and to the community in general. If you are interested in learning more or in joining, please contact Elizabeth Jones, assistant dean for outreach and engagement, at 740.566.0484 or jonese4@ohio.edu.

Scholarship Supports Son’s Legacy To date, the James Ball Scholarship has received more than $80,000 in contributions, and scholarships have been awarded to 15 students since 2012. The Ball family hopes to significantly increase the endowment to provide greater support to more individuals. “Our goal hasn’t been cast in stone,” said Erv, James Ball’s father, “but I believe a figure between $250,000 and $500,000 is our target range.”

The scholarship is available to full-time degree-seeking CHSP sophomores, juniors and seniors. Applicants must maintain a cumulative grade point average of at least a

2.5 and show an interest in AmeriCorps and ComCorps programs or interning with the Athens City-County Health Department.

To contribute to the scholarship, you can go online to the Ohio University Foundation at ohio.edu/give, select “Make a One Time Gift” or “Start a Recurring Gift,” choose “other” and specify the “James Ball Scholarship.” For more information about the scholarship, contact Elizabeth Jones, assistant dean for outreach and engagement, by email at jonese4@ohio.edu or by phone at 740.566.0484

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his issue of Connect highlights the various community outreach initiatives that our college supports and engages in. I am happy that our involvement in the community isn’t limited to our faculty, staff and students; a number of alumni are also involved with such efforts.

As Dean Leite has often remarked, it is his goal to make sure every CHSP student has a meaningful volunteer experience during his or her tenure at OHIO. During this year’s new student welcome in August, students were introduced to one of the region’s biggest issues—food insecurity—by glazing a plate that will be used during the Southeastern Ohio Foodbank & Southeast Ohio Regional Kitchen Empty Plates fundraiser.

Another great example of a student making a difference is Caitlin Dunkley, a senior in the child and family studies program. Caitlin took the initiative to create a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that helps empower underserved girls in her community. Called the Invincible Foundation, the nonprofit helps girls realize their full potential through dance and by supplying school supplies as well as connections to community resources.

This month the Physical Therapy Alumni Advisory Board will be joining current doctorate of physical therapy students for the annual Physical Therapy Day of Service (PTDOS.) Michele Courtney, PT/CLT, Ph.D., MBA, assistant clinical professor, is an ambassador for PTDOS and has developed a service project for volunteers to engage in at the event. Afterwards, the students, faculty and alumni will enjoy some time to network and socialize.

We also see many alumni volunteering to give back to their academic programs. One example is Pamela Bowen Smith, Ph.D., CCC-SLP (MAHSS ’87), who returns to Athens one weekend each summer to teach a graduate seminar on traumatic brain injury. She has offered this workshop for more than seven years and it is highly anticipated by students.

These are just a few of the ways we connect with the community. We’d love to hear about your efforts to impact your local community or to involve you with the work we do here at CHSP. If you’d like to get involved in one of our projects, or involve students in a project near and dear to you, please email me at jonese4@ohio.edu.

I hope to see you soon!

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SCHOLARSHIPS • AWARDS

Left: Late associate professor for Child and Family Studies, Joan Jurich receives the 2016 Outstanding Teaching Award. Top Right: Laura Chapman with her newborn receives the National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Graduate Research Mentorship Award in Clinical Aphasiology. Middle Right: College Diabetes Network at Ohio University receives the Outstanding Contribution to the Greater Community by a Student Organization Award. Bottom Right: Christopher McCourt receives the MSN Online Outstanding Graduate Award. Photos by Lauren Dickey

Awards Ceremony honors Students and Faculty

by Kate Fox ean Randy Leite recognized CHSP’s outstanding students and faculty during his remarks at the 2016 Student and Faculty Awards ceremony on Friday, April 15, in Grover Atrium.

“You represent the promise of Ohio University,” Leite said. “I become incredibly optimistic when I think about what our students are doing in this community.”

Attendees were recognized for their contributions and accomplishments during the 2015–16 year.

Individual awards were given under the categories of “Outstanding Graduates,” “Student Achievement,” “Dean’s Recognition Awards,” and “Faculty Awards.”

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The college honored more than 60 students and faculty members, including the late Joan Jurich with the Outstanding Teaching Award; Cheyenne Weaver, communication sciences and disorders, with the J. William Fulbright U.S. Student Program Award; Samuel Pitcairn, exercise physiology, for Outstanding Undergraduate Research; Jamie Boster, speechlanguage science, for Outstanding Graduate Research; and Laura Chapman, speech-language science, with the Gary S. Nieman Research Award.

A complete list of the award winners is available on the web at ohio.edu/chsp/alumni-giving/giving or scan the QR code below.

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2016 Scholarship Awards Celebrate Excellence and Giving Left: Various donors watch students receive their scholarships. Bottom: Donors Mark and Jane Nocito speak to Randy Leite, CHSP dean, and Dhiraj Vattem, AHSW director, at the Scholarship Reception. Photos by Lauren Dickey and Liz Moughon

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ean Randy Leite had the honor of presenting 54 scholarships to nearly 100 College of Health Sciences and Professions students at the 37th Annual Student Scholarship Awards Reception on September 23, 2016.

“I feel fortunate to have the privilege of working in this building with these students,” Dean Leite said. “The students here tonight are exceptional. Less than one percent of the college’s 9,000 students are selected to receive scholarships each year.”

Along with 11 college-wide awards, the schools and departments within the college also award scholarships, many of them endowed by CHSP and OHIO alumni, such as the Jeanne deLeur Beck Scholarship established by Charles W. Beck Jr. (B.S. ’62), awarded to nine nursing students this year.

Other scholarships awarded to five or more recipients include the Area Six Health Services Scholarship, the Mary Pallay Covell Scholarship, the Clay Family Memorial Nursing Scholarship, the CHSP Alumni Scholarship, and the James Ball Scholarship.

Go to ohio.edu/chsp/alumni-giving /giving.cfm for a complete list of 2016 scholarship recipients.

Thomas named a Presidential Research Scholar

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HSP is proud to announce that Professor of Physical Therapy James Thomas, Ph.D., has been named a Presidential Research Scholar by the Ohio University Research Division. He joins four other faculty members in the fields of life and biomedical sciences and arts and humanities who were also chosen for the honor.

The Presidential Research Scholar award recognizes mid-career faculty members who have garnered national and international prominence in research, scholarship and creative activity. Each scholar receives $3,000 to apply to the pursuit of research or creative works.

Thomas, who has been a licensed physical therapist for 31 years, has more than 15 years of clinical experience in the field and has been a CHSP faculty member since 1999. He has been funded by the National Institutes of Health since 2004 and his work focuses on understanding how fear avoidance behavior maps to motor behavior in low back pain sufferers. He is currently principal investigator on two NIH funded projects examining the efficacy of classic and novel interventions for chronic low back pain and just received a $100,000 supplemental award from the National Institutes of Health to examine sex-specific changes in trunk stiffness in response to two of the most popular manual therapies for the treatment of lower back pain.

AROUND THE COLLEGE

Top: Julia Filby presents findings for the elliptical bike training study. Left: Student research competitions coordinator Michael Kushnick with the case competition first place winners. Middle: Randy Leite, dean of CHSP, Jennifer Horner, CHSP associate dean for research and graduate studies, and Joseph Shields, vice-president for research and dean of the graduate college, at the research showcase. Right: Benjamin Waddel presents at the research showcase.

Student Research Competitions

by Spencer Cappelli n April, CHSP hosted two student research events: the Interdisciplinary Case Competition and the Student Research and Creative Showcase. The Research Case Competition featured five teams that attempted to solve a case study revolving around Appalachian health. The first-place team was awarded $1,000, second-place team $500 and third-place team $250.

In addition, the first-place team also presented their research once more at the Student Research Case Competition.

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The showcase featured seventy-seven teams vying for top honors in 11 distinct research areas. Judges considered the students’ posters and professional abstracts prior to the grand culmination of the exposition—the April 7 public showcase, held on the Grover Center third-floor bridge. Members of the first-place teams each received a $100 cash prize.

Interdisciplinary Research Case Competition First Place: Brenna Innocenzi, Jamie Webber, Shandra Hamilton, Jennifer Basalla Second Place: Lucas Harrison, Ian Ackers, Emily Griswold Third Place: Paul Dunn, Jacquelyn Swartz, Eric Rawn, Ellen Isaac

Undergraduate Basic and Lab Sciences (group 1) Winners (Tie): Sarah Kent, Abby Maurer, Emily Nicholas, Abby Powers and Anna Sarah; Benjamin Waddell Mentors: Francois-Xavier Brajot (Kent, el al); Mark Berryman (Waddell)

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Basic and Laboratory Sciences (group 1) Winner: Ashley Patton Mentor: Frank Schwartz, Kelly McCall Winner: Francis Essien Mentor: Erin Murphy Health Applications (group 1) Winner: Mohammad Haghighi Mentor: Brooke Hallowell Health Applications (group 2) Winners (Tie): Taylor Cutajar and Parth Patel Mentors: Jen-Tzer Gau (Cutajar) and Jeff Russell (Patel) Health Applications (group 3) Winner: Kevin Morris Mentor: Chad Starkey

Health Applications (group 1) Winners (Tie): Lucas Harrison; Samuel Pitcairn Mentor: Michael Kushnick (Harrison and Pitcairn) Other (group 1) Winners (Tie): Bridget Coologhan; Margaret Harrison Mentors: Joan Benigno (Coologhan); Chao-Yang Lee (Harrison)

Other (group 1) Winners (Tie): Rachel Schmetzer and Heather L Hamm Mentors: Rebecca Meier (Schmetzer) and Joann Benigno (Hamm) Other (group 2) Winner: Laura Chapman Mentor: Brooke Hallowell Other (group 3) Winners (Tie): Garret Mayhugh; Jamie Boster Mentors: Fuh Cherng-Jeng (Mayhugh) and John McCarthy (Boster)

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Kerri Shaw and Jeff DiGiovanni at the Athens City-County Health Department. Photo by Lauren Dickey

Tomorrow’s healthcare workers improve community health today

by Spencer Cappelli n 2013, Ohio University joined eight other Ohio universities participating in the Medicaid Technical Assistance and Policy Program (MEDTAPP) Healthcare Access Initiative. As a universitydirected program, MEDTAPP uses state Medicaid funds from the federal government to train the next generation of interdisciplinary healthcare professionals.

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Changes in healthcare precipitated by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act challenged providers to work in a more interdisciplinary fashion. That, coupled with a demand for primary care providers in the region that DiGiovanni termed "near crisis-point" spurred implementation of the new MEDTAPP initiative.

"Employers are looking for students who possess these interdisciplinary competencies," DiGiovanni said. "If nutritionists have a working knowledge of the 'language' of social workers, or audiologists, they will feel more comfortable recommending those services to patients who need them."

But university students aren't the only ones MEDTAPP endeavors to educate.

The new Community Health Worker Certificate program will train community members to carry out basic primary care objectives.

The minimal prerequisites needed for the program allows workers to improve their individual economic situations while also giving back to their own communities.

Kerri Shaw of the School of Social and Public Health said she expects to welcome 15–20 participants to the upcoming program. 100 hours of in-class and clinical setting training are required before students become certified to work in a variety of clinical settings.

“Receiving a certificate will make people attractive to employers, and that’s ultimately our goal,” said Shaw. “People can come from local communities to receive training, and then go back to help their neighbors live healthier lives.

It’s important, because people respect and listen to people they already know.”

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“MEDTAPP aligns with established, successful programs to train and retain healthcare practitioners vital to underserved populations,” said Jeff DiGiovanni, associate professor of communication sciences and disorders and the college’s clinical officer. As MEDTAPP primary investigator for Ohio University, he oversees the program.

“The crux of our mission is twofold: interdisciplinary healthcare education and workforce development.”

OHIO's MEDTAPP program exposes OHIO students to interdisciplinary healthcare environments in service to the community. A local partnership with the Beacon School in Athens, for example, sees CHSP students from numerous backgrounds—nutrition, dietetics, social work, nursing and more—working together to provide qualitative health assessments to the developmentally disabled children and adults there.

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