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From providing financial advice to engaging in impactful research and beyond, graduates of the Purdue University College of Health and Human Sciences are taking giant leaps in making lives better. Senior Amira Garwood and PhD student Yitong Wang are no exception as they each prepare to embark on their next big adventure after walking across the stage at the May 18 commencement ceremony. 

Written By: Rebecca Hoffa, rhoffa@purdue.edu  From providing financial advice to engaging in impactful research and beyond, graduates of the Purdue University College of Health and Human Sciences are taking giant leaps in making lives better. Senior Amira Garwood and PhD...

The connection Ashley Woltman feels with sick children or those who are cancer survivors stems from her own childhood. The Purdue Nursing senior was only 11 when she was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, a type of blood cancer that causes bone marrow to produce too many white blood cells known as lymphocytes.

Written by: Tim Brouk, tbrouk@purdue.edu Ashley Woltman calls it “the Spider-Man.” The Purdue University School of Nursing senior has interacted with sick children during her clinicals on the pediatric cardiology unit of Riley Children’s Health in Indianapolis, working in the...

When Kelsey Smart, a senior in the Purdue University College of Health and Human Sciences, was a kid, she dreamed of becoming a scientist. As she got older, she considered teaching. So, when she discovered speech-language pathology, she saw her dreams align toward Purdue’s No. 2-ranked speech-language pathology program. As she prepares to graduate with a triple major in speech, language, and hearing sciences; sociology; and linguistics and take her next giant leap toward graduate school, Smart is being recognized with one of the university’s highest student honors, the Flora Roberts Award. 

Written By: Rebecca Hoffa, rhoffa@purdue.edu  When Kelsey Smart, a senior in the Purdue University College of Health and Human Sciences, was a kid, she dreamed of becoming a scientist. As she got older, she considered teaching. So, when she discovered...

Housed in the Purdue University Department of Health and Kinesiology, the sport management graduate program plans to produce the next generation of sport data analysts, sports information directors, and general managers for professional teams or collegiate athletics departments, among other specializations.

Written by: Tim Brouk, tbrouk@purdue.edu Few at Purdue University have experienced March Madness like Jeanne Boyd. The executive director of sport management in the Department of Health and Kinesiology (HK) ran the show at the NCAA national office in Indianapolis....

Chang Geun Lee, a PhD candidate in Health Sciences, and Jae Hong Park, associate professor of Health Sciences, teamed up with Laurent Couëtil, professor of Large Animal Internal Medicine, to assist asthmatic horses by designing a respirator that the animals could wear.

Written by: Tim Brouk, tbrouk@purdue.edu A collaboration between the Purdue University School of Health Sciences and the Purdue College of Veterinary Medicine will allow horses to breathe easier. In turn, their human owners will too. Chang Geun Lee, a PhD...

With limited therapies available to slow disease progression and an aging U.S. population, the number of Parkinson’s disease cases in the United States is expected to rise to 1.2 million by 2030, according to the Parkinson’s Foundation.  

While many researchers focus on the disease after it has progressed, Jason Cannon, professor and acting head of the Purdue University School of Health Sciences, and Fatema Currim, a postdoctoral researcher in the Cannon Lab of Experimental and Translational Neurotoxicology, are looking into the first environmental and dietary exposures that influence Parkinson’s disease development.

Written By: Rebecca Hoffa, rhoffa@purdue.edu  With limited therapies available to slow disease progression and an aging U.S. population, the number of Parkinson’s disease cases in the United States is expected to rise to 1.2 million by 2030, according to the...