COLLEGE OF NURSING & HEALTH SCIENCES
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT
JOIN US. In the College of Nursing & Health Sciences, we’re called to a higher standard of care.
Our students learn to reach across divides for the benefit of patients, to become leaders among the next generation of culturally competent health professionals.
Rigorously trained to collaborate with
colleagues across the health fields, our graduates join the workforce
prepared to bring value to the work of their team members, champion the voice of a
struggling patient, and to foster exemplary interprofessional, compassionate, and family-centered services.
In this tight-knit ecosystem of health care education, research, and practice, you’ll
train to serve society and your patients, with better outcomes for all.
Hands on. Hearts out.
STUDENT EXPERIENCE
In-depth, rigorous clinical experience is the hallmark of a UVM education in the health sciences.
In addition to in-depth and focused advising, we welcome new undergrads with the Links program, which matches first-year students with returning students as mentors and friends who are on call to help navigate life at UVM.
You’ll join classmates in servicelearning and volunteering opportunities with: • Vermont Adaptive Sports • Special Olympics Vermont • UVM Wellness Environment • Vermont Migrant Education Program
OUT OF THE CLASSROOM, INTO THE CLINIC. Students get hands-on experience in facilities such as: Our on-campus UVM Medical Center, the epicenter of health care in Vermont The Clinical Simulation Laboratory, enabling high-tech training and testing The Eleanor M. Luse Center for Communication, a non-profit providing hearing, voice, speech and language therapy Appletree Bay Primary Care, a nurse-practitioner-led Burlington practice, staffed by UVM nursing faculty and students
C L I N I C A L S I M U L AT I O N L A B
With ample opportunity to study abroad, including facultyled trips to destinations from Iceland to Uganda, our students are exposed to diverse health systems around the globe.
Burlington’s status as a refugee resettlement city means our students get experience with treating patients with diverse backgrounds here in our clinics, as well.
E YA L A M I E L R A D I AT I O N S C I E N C E
Discover. Teach. Heal. NOT ONLY ARE OUR FACULTY IMPROVING THE FUTURE OF CARE WITH CUTTING-EDGE RESEARCH, THEY’RE DEVOTED TO BRINGING STUDENTS INTO THEIR LABS TO HELP ADVANCE SCIENCE. Eyal Amiel, above, assistant professor of medical laboratory and radiation science, is discovering the secrets of our immune system. His recent breakthroughs could lead to targeted treatments to increase immune activity (in cancer therapy, for example), or suppress immune reactions (like in patients with multiple sclerosis).
FA C U LT Y
1 Connie Tompkins, associate professor of exercise science, is taking on the obesity epidemic, researching treatment and prevention among children and adolescents. She’s designed an evidence-based program to help kids form healthy habits.
2 Mary Val Palumbo, professor of nursing, is a statewide leader in a national campaign to advance the to her interprofessional leadership roles, she’s active as a gerontological nurse practitioner at the University of Vermont Medical Center Memory Program, publishing research on best practices in elder care.
3 Jeremy Sibold, associate professor of rehabilitation and movement science, is unlocking the links between exercise and mental health. His research has shown that physical activity is proven to reduce suicidal thoughts and attempts in teens who are victims of bullying.
4 Nancy Gauvin, clinical assistant professor of communication sciences and disorders, specializes in craniofacial anomalies, including cleft lip and palate, and has collaborated with medical charities such as Operation Smile. She also has expertise in dysphagia and voice disorders and has provided accent modification therapy to clients from around the world.
C O L L EG E O F N U R S I N G & H E A LT H S C I E N C E S
profession of nursing. In addition
Adam Virgile ’13, exercise and movement science graduate, works as a strength and conditioning performance analyst with the NHL’s New York Rangers.
94%
of College of Nursing & Health Sciences students are employed or continuing their education within 6 months of graduation.
Maria Frietas ’15, communication sciences and disorders graduate, is a graduate student clinician at Boston Children’s Hospital.
Prepped and ready.
Ajiri Obaro-Best ’12 is a staff nurse at Montefiore Medical Center, a leading teaching hospital, in the Bronx, New York.
Kristina Ushakova ’18, exercise and movement science, trained Olympic-caliber weightlifters and bobsledders as an intern.
College of Nursing and Health Sciences students earn above-average pass rates on national certification exams.
At the UVM Medical Center where some of those lessons took place, in rural New England clinics, and in major urban hospitals and research centers, our alumni chart impactful, fulfilling careers in multiple directions.
Brigid Donovan ’98 is a trauma nurse at San Francisco General Hospital and an assistant clinical professor at the University of California San Francisco.
100%
job placement among UVM Medical Laboratory Sciences students since 2013.
C O L L EG E O F N U R S I N G & H E A LT H S C I E N C E S
Timothy Heffernan ’00, medical and laboratory sciences graduate, is executive director of oncology research at the Institute for Applied Science at MD Anderson Cancer Center.
The transition from student to working professional is seldom easy. But graduates of our college leave here with a solid foundation of hands-on learning and clinical field experience critical to starting that first job ready to run.
THE COLLEGE OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES
comprises the departments
of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Biomedical and Health Sciences, Nursing,
Exercise Science B.S.
Nursing B.S.
Health Sciences B.S. (with online degree option)
Nursing (for Registered Nurses) B.S.
Communication Sciences and Disorders M.S.
Medical Laboratory Science M.S.
Nursing M.S. (Clinical Nurse Leader)
Physical Activity and Wellness Science M.S. (approved; to begin Fall 2019)
Medical Laboratory Science B.S.
Direct Entry Program in Nursing (DEPN) Doctor of Nursing Practice (D.N.P.) Post-Master’s Doctor of Nursing Practice (D.N.P.)
Human Functioning and Rehabilitation Science Ph.D. Doctor of Physical Therapy (D.P.T.)
MINORS/CERTIFICATES
Medical Radiation Sciences B.S.
Minor in Communication Sciences and Disorders
ACCELERATED MASTER’S
UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAMS
Communication Sciences and Disorders B.S.
GRADUATE PROGRAMS
and Rehabilitation and Movement Science.
Nursing M.S. (Clinical Nurse Leader)
Minor in Emergency Medical Services Certificate in Integrative Health Speech-Language Pathology Pre-Master’s Track
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WHY UVM?
We believe that the best health care professionals will not only have deep experience in their fields of study, but also broad exposure across disciplines. At UVM, you’ll have access to top scholars and courses in these fields, and you’ll live and study alongside friends with diverse passions and majors—music to engineering to wildlife biology—whose ideas and interests will expand your world. With this deep and broad education, you’ll launch prepared not only to land a great job, but with the ability to see the world through multiple lenses, an essential 21st-century life skill.