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Our students understand the importance of giving back. From working with a disabled child in the local community to providing medical care at a health clinic in Nicaragua, School of Health Sciences students use their specialized knowledge to make an impact on the lives of others.
At left, a physician assistant student taking part in a volunteer reading program, which involves weekly visits to Saint Raphael's pediatric primary care clinic to read to children in the waiting room.
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Some School of Health Sciences programs include the option to take a semester or year abroad. At left, a group of diagnostic imaging students who completed a clinical placement at University College Dublin over the summer. Learn more about education abroad
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School of Health Sciences students are active in a variety of student organizations. Many groups perform community service, volunteer work and raise money for charity. For example, a group of occupational therapy students participated in a sew-a-thon to create pillowcases for the Ronald McDonald House of Connecticut. The New Haven-based organization houses families of children being treated at area health facilities.
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Many of our students have had the opportunity to present papers at conferences and attend the annual meetings of professional health organizations. Wade Johnson, an athletic training/sports medicine major, was awarded first place in the clinical case study competition at the Southeast Athletic Trainers' Association's conference in Atlanta in March 2010.
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The accomplishments of School of Health Sciences students have not gone unnoticed. Meg Brunelle, an athletic training/sports major, was named the Joseph Abraham District I Eastern Athletic Trainers' Association Scholarship Award recipient at the group's annual conference in January 2010.