Gateway | 2023 Issue 1

The CHSWay

Here, in the Gateway to the Health Professions, we’re professional, determined and ready to lead. We represent our University and our Commonwealth. This is The CHS Way.

Learn more about it in these pages.

IN THIS ISSUE:

CHS volunteer learning to walk again with professor’s help College preparing for new Health Education Building

UK basketball star comes home to thank former CSD professor

A MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN

BY THE NUMBERS

THE

LEAD-OFF

INNOVATION

Plans are underway for a new Health Education Building

COLLABORATIVE COVER: CHS volunteer learning to walk again with professor’s help

IMPACTFUL Christopher Colman listened to his parents when they said, ‘No matter what, keep moving forward.’

DISCOVERY

Former UK basketball star comes home to thank former CSD professor

DISTINCTION

Meet our Young Alumni Award winner and our Hall of Fame inductee

OUTREACH

Project CARAT refurbishes assistive devices while filling the gap for supply chain issues

EXPERIMENTAL LEARNING

students talk to local employers in speed dating style

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Gateway is a publication of the University of Kentucky College of Health Sciences.

Dean & Professor: Scott M. Lephart, PhD

Editor: Ryan Clark

Contributing Writers: Allison Perry, Beth Bowling, Kristi Willett, Erin Wilson and Loralyn Cecil

Graphic Design: Honey Creative

Photography: Peter Comparoni (unless otherwise noted)

Cover photo by Ryan Clark

UK College of Health Sciences

Charles T. Wethington Jr. Building 900 South Limestone Street, Room 123 Lexington, KY 40536-0200 859.323.1100

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A MESSAGE FROM

the Dean

In the College of Health Sciences, there is a certain way in which we conduct ourselves.

Professionalism. Dedication. Innovation. Altruism. All are words that describe the conduct and actions of our students, faculty, staff and alumni.

This is something I have been thinking a lot about as of late, because I am so proud of all of the people who represent — and help support — our College. I believe this is the best place to work on all of campus, and I see the same feeling throughout our classrooms, offices and labs.

We are all proud to be here. And as we teach and support our students, that pride carries forth as our students go on to change the world. It is the way we do things here in CHS. It is the way our alumni lead and succeed. Our College is the Gateway to the Health Professions, and I refer to our spirit at The CHS Way.

In these pages you will see example after example: From the inspirational survivor’s mentality of April Ballantine,

to the altruistic nature of Dr. Patrick Kitzman, and from the life-changing therapy given by Communication Sciences and Disorders, to the inventive classes taught in Clinical Leadership and Management …

This is The CHS Way.

Look for the hashtag #theCHSway on future stories and projects as we highlight more of the amazing people who help make up the College of Health Sciences.

Need us to guide you? It will be our pleasure. Come — let us show you The Way …

Scott M. Lephart, PhD Dean and Professor

VALENTIN AND PABIAN

named Chair of Departments

After serving as Associate School Director of the School of Kinesiology & Physical Therapy, Division Head & Program Director of the Division of Physical Therapy, and Professor of Physical Therapy — all at the University of Central Florida — Patrick Pabian, PT, DPT, PhD, accepted the position of chair and professor of the Physical Therapy department this summer.

And last winter, Virginia L. Valentin, DrPh, PA-C, was named chair and director of the Physician Assistant Studies department. Valentin previously served as a registered nurse, physician assistant, assistant and associate professor, and division chief. With more than 20 years of experience in healthcare and academia —

along with a previous role as an Assistant Professor in UK’s Physician Assistant Studies Program — she most recently served as an Associate Professor and Chief of the Division of Physician Assistant Studies in the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine at the University of Utah School of Medicine. She was also the senior author on the PA Education Association’s Article of the Year, “Maximizing Black applicant matriculation in U.S. PA Programs.”

In the fall, Pabian was sworn on to the board of directors for the American Council of Academic Physical Therapy (ACAPT) at the Physical Therapy Education Leadership Conference.

PROFESSIONAL M.S. IN ATHLETIC TRAINING PROGRAM EARNS INITIAL ACCREDITATION

The College of Health Sciences’ Professional Master of Science in Athletic Training Program (AT) has earned its initial accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE).

“The accreditation process allows for unlimited opportunity to grow, reflect, and plan,” said Johanna Hoch, PhD, ATC, and Program Director of the Professional Master of Science in Athletic Training. “Oddly enough, these are three of my favorite processes when tackling anything that I do. When I started here in 2017, the date of 2022 seemed so far away, and I can remember being so anxious for the time to get here. But the time flew — I think it was honestly the fastest five years of my life. And here we are today, announcing that we have received initial accreditation. I do hope that all of our readers can see my smile through these words.”

Hoch went on to note how it was an entire team of faculty, staff, clinicians and the Program’s Medical Director who made the achievement possible.

NOEHREN IS NEW HAMBURG ENDOWED PROFESSOR

Brian Noehren, PT, PhD, FACSM and interim Associate Dean for Research and professor in the College of Health Sciences, is the latest recipient of the College’s Joseph Hamburg Professorship in Rehabilitation Sciences.

Noehren, who joined the faculty of the College of Health Sciences in 2009 as an Assistant Professor in the department of Physical Therapy, is currently the Director of the University of Kentucky Human Performance Lab/ BioMotion Lab. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 2016 and to Professor in 2020.

LEPHART’S PAPER HONORED 25 YEARS LATER

Scott Lephart, Ph.D., dean of the University of Kentucky College of Health Sciences, was honored because he was the primary author of the most cited paper published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine in 1997 (along with Danny M. Pincivero; Jorge L. Giraldo, M.D.; and Freddie H. Fu, M.D.). As such, the journal asked Lephart to provide a 10-minute presentation discussing his article, which they then posted on YouTube and Facebook.

The original paper — titled “The Role of Proprioception in the Management and Rehabilitation of Athletic Injuries” — has been cited more than 500 times since it was originally published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine in 1997.

HAGAN EARNS NATIONAL ASAHP SCHOLARSHIP

Seth Hagan, a third-year student in the Doctor of Physical Therapy program, has been named one of 11 national scholarship award winners for 2022 by the Association of Schools Advancing Health Professions.

Hagan, 24, is a native of Goshen, Ky., and attends the DPT program at Kentucky’s Hazard campus. A former athlete at Centre College, he was naturally interested in neuroscience and biology, and on a study abroad trip to Uganda and Eastern Africa, he was able to observe their own medical techniques.

LOWMAN RECEIVES 2022 ASHA FELLOWSHIP OF THE ASSOCIATION AWARD

Joneen Lowman, PhD, CCC-SLP, and Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) received the Fellowship of the Association Award from the American SpeechLanguage-Hearing Association (ASHA).

Lowman is Project Director for LinKS, a Department of Education grant to train graduate CSD students in the use of telepractice with the school-age population, as well as the Director of the Center for Telehealth Education, Research and Outreach, including the interprofessional telehealth graduate certificate.

25 INDUCTED INTO HEALTHCARE DIVERSITY PROGRAM

Twenty-five high schoolers were inducted into the Healthcare Diversity Program’s second year at Bryan Station High School.

The Diversity Healthcare Program provides support, mentors and enrichment activities, as the teens practice preparing a resume and interviewing for jobs. They also complete diversity training and can shadow UK graduate students, interact with healthcare teams, and immerse themselves in clinical settings.

LYMAN T. JOHNSON AWARDS HONORS 4 IN CHS

Four people with ties to the College of Health Sciences were honored at the 31st Annual Lyman T. Johnson Awards Luncheon.

There were four nominees from the College, two from 2021 and two from 2022 — and all were honored because the event was unable to be held last year due to COVID.

Congratulations to Casey Carter, Geoffrey Staton, Jasa Harris and Mariah Morton.

PAGE HONORED AS UNIVERSITY RESEARCH PROFESSOR

Judith L. Page, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, has been named one of 14 University Research Professors.

The 2022-23 University Research Professorship Awards honor faculty members who have demonstrated excellence that addresses scientific, social, cultural and economic challenges in the Commonwealth, across the region and around the world.

PT CLASS OF ’69 CELEBRATES 50TH REUNION

In the summer, a special group of Physical Therapy graduates had a 50-year reunion — one that was actually 52 years in the making.

Seven of the original 12 students got together (with two on Zoom) to celebrate their class.

Three times the students tried to organize the event, and each time, the COVID pandemic provided a roadblock. But even a pandemic couldn’t keep these Wildcats from sharing their UKPT memories.

Interprofessional.INNOVATIVE.

STATE-OF-THE-ART.

New Health Education Building expected to break ground in 2024

BY KRISTI WILLETT CHS Contributor

The University of Kentucky is committed to training health professionals who will advance the well-being of the Commonwealth and beyond. To adhere to this mission, a collaboration among four health care colleges — Medicine, Public Health, Health Sciences and Nursing — has been established to construct an innovative, stateof-the-art health education building.

With technological advancements, modern aesthetics, and a spacious environment conducive to learning, this new facility will serve as a hub for health education and provide an exceptional educational setting to sufficiently prepare the next generation of health care leaders, health and rehabilitation practitioners, nurses, physicians, public health professionals, scientists, and more.

The new structure will be called the Health Education Building (HEB). This new facility will prepare the next generation of health leaders to help Kentuckians, and everyone, live longer, healthier lives.

Groundbreaking for the building is expected to be in early 2024 with completion in late 2026. “In our commitment as the University of Kentucky for Kentucky, and with our vision for a healthier Commonwealth, it is vital that we continue to expand and enhance programs for learners across the health care continuum in a transdisciplinary way to continue to grow a high-quality health care workforce for Kentucky,” said UK Provost Robert DiPaola, M.D.

Last April, the state legislature approved the budget, which includes $250 million in state bonding authority that — along with funding from university sources — will be allocated for the construction of this new building.

Recently, Turner Construction Company was selected as the project construction manager. Turner’s presence in Kentucky dates back to the construction of a concrete mill for American Woolen Company in 1924. Since that time, they have completed more than $1.1 billion worth of construction

projects throughout Kentucky, ranging in value from $100,000 to $450 Million. The architects and designers for the project also have been selected.

JRA Architects and HOK will help establish the health education building as a cutting-edge facility with state-ofthe-art technology and modern design, enhancing the educational experience for the next generation of health care leaders in Kentucky.

JRA Architects is a Lexington-based firm with over 75 years of experience and HOK has used its planning and design expertise — including architecture,

interiors, health care consulting, lab planning and design, medical education planning, and engineering — to help create and enhance academic medical environments for more than 65 years.

“The College of Health Sciences boasts some of the country’s leading programs within our respective disciplines,” said Scott Lephart, PhD and Dean of the College of Health Sciences. “The only thing we have needed in recent years is the space to expand our professional programs to meet the healthcare workplace shortage in the Commonwealth and beyond. This building will be the preeminent academic complex in the country for

health science education enabling us to grow and strengthen our graduate and professional programs. This expansion will also permit us to repurpose the outstanding space we currently occupy in the Charles T. Wethington, Jr. Building, including advancement of a Center for Undergraduate Education and Student Success and a Center for Research and Scholarship in CHS.”

To follow the progress of HEB, visit: provost.uky.edu/heb

PRE-DESIGN (AUG 2022)

• Project team, vision and overall goals

• Program validation and verification

• Site analysis

SCHEMATIC DESIGN (FEB 2023)

• Concept development

• Cost estimates and budget reconciliation

• Authorization to move to next phase

DESIGN DEVELOPMENT (AUG 2023)

• Extension of Phase I

• Design and general structural details

• Cost estimates & budget reconciliation

• Authorization to move to next phase

CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS (NOV 2023)

• Design finalized

• Development of construction blueprints

• Technical specifications for bidding, construction, permits, etc.

• Cost estimates & budget reconciliation

• Authorization to move to next phase

BIDDING (JAN 2024)

• Identification of construction company

• Groundbreaking

• Cost estimates and budget reconciliation

• Authorization to move to next phase

INLCUDED IN THE HEB

• FINAL PHASE (DEC 2026)

• Occupancy

CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION (SEP 2026)

• Build

• Equipment move-in and operations set up

CHS GRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS

• Department of Athletic Training/Clinical Nutrition

• Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders

• Department of Physical Therapy

• Department of Physician Assistant Studies

• Department of Health and Clinical Sciences/Medical Laboratory Sciences program

• Rehabilitation and Health Sciences PhD Program

OF STRENGTHTears

CHS VOLUNTEER LEARNING TO WALK AGAIN WITH PROFESSOR’S HELP, EXOSKELETON THERAPY

“Deep breaths, April. Deep breaths.”

April Ballentine nods, steeling herself. As she sits inside the lab of the University of Kentucky’s Sports Medicine Research Institute (SMRI), her anticipation stirs up an incredible amount of pure nervousness.

This is one of the most important days, a day the Lexington native has been waiting for, working for — for weeks, months, even years.

A crowd has gathered to witness this moment, including April’s friends and family, UK faculty, and physical therapy students from the UK College of Health Sciences.

With great trepidation, she shifts her body into position, channeling her mindfulness to conquer this new task. Then, she is asked the million-dollar question. “You ready?”

April looks up at the physical therapist in front of her, unflinching. “Yes.”

Today, the 51-year-old will stand and walk for the first time in more than eight years.

‘I’VE GOT TO GET UP’

BY RYAN CLARK &ALLISON PERRY CHS Contributors

In August 2013, April was out with friends at a happy hour when an exboyfriend showed up, gun in hand. As he raised it toward her face, she blocked his first shot. But in the chaos, she blacked out and fell to the ground. He then unloaded the chamber on her in front of more than 50 witnesses.

At some point, April woke up, covered in a white sheet. Her ears were ringing, and all she could utter was one phrase, over and over. “I’ve got to get up.”

She then heard a voice gently reply, telling her to lie still, followed by sirens. She couldn’t breathe. Then, everything went black again.

When April woke up for the second time, she was at the University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler Hospital. She had survived five gunshots at close range. A trauma team, led by Trauma Medical Director Andrew Bernard, M.D., had stopped the bleeding — ultimately saving her life. Because she was hooked up to a respirator, April’s medical team gave her a dry erase board to communicate.

“I wrote my daughter’s name with a question mark, and they said she was fine,” April said. “Then they asked me if there was anything they could get for me. And I said I was hungry as hell.”

That fighting spirit kept April going during her stint in the ICU — a time she calls “one of the greatest challenges I’ve had to go through in my life.” After several weeks of intensive care, she was discharged to Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital.

“That’s when I learned I was paralyzed,” April said. “I had never heard that word before — or if I did, it just never registered because I was so highly medicated.”

April spent 90 days at the facility. She’d heard of companies that made robotic exoskeletons, which allowed users to stand up and walk again with bracing and support from the upper body. Occasionally during her therapy, April would try to stand, holding herself with her arms.

It was far harder than she had expected.

“It was so difficult,” she said. “I recall trying to push myself up, and it almost seemed impossible. That dream was shot really easily.”

‘STANDING TALL’

April’s arm muscles bulged and strained.

Her teeth clenched. And, with the help of the exoskeleton, she struggled to stand on shaky, unfeeling legs. Slowly, and with a seemingly superhuman effort, she pulled and pushed and willed herself out of her sitting position.

The crowd that had gathered around her exploded into cheers. They clapped their hands, and some wiped away tears. Few were prepared as to how emotional the presentation would be.

Dozens of other students, faculty and staff watched as the courageous effort was shared via a livestream. It wasn’t the first time April had presented to a crowd.

In October 2015, she was speaking about her experience at a church to raise awareness for Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Fayette County Sheriff Kathy Witt heard her story and approached April with a proposition.

“She said, ‘I want you on my team,’” April said. “She’s been a great advocate for domestic violence awareness for a very long time.”

April began working with the Sheriff’s office, first as a volunteer, then as an employee. She now serves as a victim advocate intake specialist in Amanda’s Center, a 24-hour point of contact for victims of domestic violence located in the Fayette County District Courthouse. In this role, she helps ensure victims have access to the resources and help they need.

April describes her current work as “a calling” that has helped her heal, process and understand her own trauma.

‘LIVE IN THE MOMENT’

More than 50 family, friends and students gathered at UK’s Sports Medicine Research Institute last spring to encourage April as she used a special rehabilitation exoskeleton to help her stand and walk.

“I understand what it’s like to be a victim, and I understand what it’s like to be afraid and to not be afraid,” she said. “And I believe that I’m a good resource to help someone escape, or

to help them understand the extreme behavioral issues they’re experiencing.”

April also began volunteering at Cardinal Hill, playing a mock “patient” for physical therapy students to learn how to work with people who have spinal cord injuries.

Denise O’Dell, PT, DSCPT, associate professor in Physical Therapy, met April when she was volunteering for the students.

“It’s very challenging to role-play and teach the students how to help someone who had a spinal cord injury or a brain injury,” O’Dell said. “April has volunteered a large number of years for my colleague, coming into the lab and the students perform a Physical Therapy evaluation.”

“And I make it fun, too,” April said. “So, I think the personality fits because I break the ice, and make them laugh, and say the unexpected. But that’s basically how it started. And I’ll continue to do so as long as she has me.”

April and O’Dell, who was just hired in 2021, have only worked together with the students one time. But O’Dell was impressed. She saw a spark in the survivor. “I’ve been in talks with ReWalk, but no one here in the community does it.”

“I’m standing today,” she declared. And before the day was through, April Ballentine would do a lot more than that.

O’Dell could see how important standing and walking was for her — even though it would be different than before.

“I’ve taught for, or I’ve assisted as a faculty member, for almost 20 years in different part-time and full-time roles,” O’Dell said. “I have had a lot of these opportunities with community patient volunteers and that one was different. Her drive and success to date is what made me share my contact information with her. Which is not, again, what usually happens.”

‘THAT SPARK’

So, O’Dell got involved. And together, they brought ReWalk — a company that produces wearable, robotic exoskeletons to enable individuals with spinal cord injuries to stand upright and walk again — to the University of Kentucky.

“I could see the drive that she has to, one, give back to society, to better herself, to stay engaged,” O’Dell said. “So, we talked about how great it would be if we could partner together more in certain situations. And she was telling me, ‘I’ve worked out. I go three times a week. I work with the trainer. I moved on to be able to live by myself, which I hadn’t been able to do.’

“So, she had taken all of these steps, and all of this work,” O’Dell continued. “And so, I just saw that spark in her that, ‘I still want more.’”

But you also have to keep perspective, April said.

“As a paraplegic, you want to walk,” she said. “That’s your goal. And so, every day that was what I was pushing for, but I had to learn that I had to live for today and not tomorrow. Because if I lived for walking, then I couldn’t live in the moment.”

‘SO MUCH POSITIVE ENERGY’

So, on the day that so many people watched her in SMRI, April used the time to not only stand upright — she used the exoskeleton to walk two laps around the perimeter of the room.

Her daughter was there, along with her mother. Her trauma surgeon. Her trainer. All cheered her on, amazed at what they saw.

And then there were the students. O’Dell hoped her students would relish the opportunity to see something so special.

“I hope, one, that they always ask, ‘Why not?’” she said. “Even in today’s health care environment that’s really challenging and demanding, and has a lot of burnout, that there are these one-off cases, or these opportunities that they can do more. They get an opportunity just to see what’s out there, and how much it can help our patients.

“A lot of times, early in their career, it’s like, ‘We want this person to get everything back they had.’ In neurologic rehab, that’s not always the case. But there are a lot of ways to get that quality of life that are different than the everyday classroom experience.”

O’Dell said that after watching April, the entire trial day went beyond her expectations.

“There was so much positive energy for April to succeed,” she said. “By having such a team approach and inviting varied groups of people to the experience in person and virtually, so many more people have an awareness of the power of access to upright mobility options for individuals following spinal cord injury. I’m hopeful this leads to more opportunities in Kentucky.”

‘PROVE YOU WRONG’

For patients with a spinal cord injury, a ReWalk exoskeleton isn’t just about the chance to walk again. The mobility it offers comes with a number of health benefits that can improve the patient’s overall quality of life — better circulation, muscle spasticity, bowel and bladder function, and even nerve pain.

“The opportunity to stand and walk is multifaceted,” O’Dell said. “Physiologically, being upright, your gastrointestinal system works better. Your heart, your lungs work better. An individual such as April will rate their quality of life higher from a participation and health standpoint.”

But April still has more work ahead of her.

Although insurance will cover the cost of training with the device, it does not cover the cost of the device itself for non-veterans. ReWalk continues to pursue insurance coverage opportunities, but for now,

April will need to cover the cost of her own exoskeleton. To help fundraise for the device, April is working through a nonprofit organization called Help Hope Live, which set up a donation page for her (https://helphopelive. org/campaign/20338/). Once she has her down payment, she can begin working with ReWalk-trained physical therapists to become proficient with the exoskeleton, a process that usually takes 20-30 sessions.

She isn’t deterred by the cost. Where there’s a will, there’s a way, and April Ballentine always finds a way.

“Throughout the last nine years, there have been people saying, ‘You can’t do this, you can’t do that’ – whatever,” April said. “I’m going to prove you wrong every time.”

‘TEARS OF STRENGTH’

At the end of the grueling two-hour workout in front of family, friends, ReWalk representatives and students, she took drinks of water and tried to stop her hands and arms from shaking.

With effort, she used a finger to wipe away a tear.

“These are tears of pain,” she said, taking a deep breath. “But these are also tears of strength and tears of joy.

“It was all of that together.”

And it led to another goal. In November, April’s daughter was to be married. April said she wanted to be there — and she wanted to stand up at the wedding. As always, April found a way.

‘AN AMAZING EVENT’

After raising enough money to put a down payment on her own exoskeleton, and after practicing for months and months, November 12 — the day of her daughter’s wedding — arrived. April was wracked with nerves. Could she do it? Would she fall? On top of that, her normal trainer could not be with her that day. Enter, once again, Denise O’Dell, who stood in to help on that important day.

“I just wanted to make sure I could be there for her for everything she needed,” O’Dell said. “I was nervous for her.”

Both arrived at the venue in their formal gowns, which only increased the nervousness.

“We’d started therapy back in August and I believe we got up to maybe 22 sessions before the goal date,” April said. “I will tell you, maybe a month or so before the actual date — I never told Denise this — but it was so hard, I was rethinking what I was doing. And I almost told myself, ‘I don’t know if I can do this.’ It is very challenging. It’s the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do. This challenge was harder than being shot.”

But she finds a way — and once again, she rose to the occasion. They practiced in the Marriott hotel, and the day of the event, she looked O’Dell in the eye. “I got this,” she said.

And she did. When it came time for her to stand, she stood in front of the crowd of 150 people. Witnesses say it was difficult to find a dry eye in the house.

“There’s just this drive when you’re working with April and you know it will happen,” O’Dell said. “It was an amazing event.”

“You have to block them out and stay focused,” April said. “I had to not allow myself to be emotional at my daughter’s wedding. It was a lot — there was so much excitement around, but it was different. It was more personal, because of the people there. I didn’t have my own space and it was just — I think about it now and it takes my breath away.”

Then again, no one should bet against her.

“I don’t really think about it, I just do it,” April said. “So, when I reflect back on what has occurred, I — I realize what I’ve truly done.”

Even now, she’s not finished. She says that in 2023, she will continue her volunteer work, as well as her job advocating for domestic violence awareness. She wants to write a book and continue to improve with the exoskeleton.

But she also needs to keep fundraising, to share her story and to help others.

“It increased everybody’s faith and everybody’s belief,” she said. “It motivated so many people, no matter what their challenges are. If you fall, you get back up and you keep going.

That’s the message. “You just keep going.”

MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL TEAMWORK

BY LORALYN CECIL CHS Director of Philanthropy

Christopher Colman started his college career thinking sports would be where he shined brightest. After all, in high school he played on the football, soccer and track teams. He kept good grades, worked in fast food restaurants, cut grass in the neighborhood and still was among the top athletes on each of his teams. Sports seemed to be his ticket to success — until it wasn’t.

It was suddenly as if doors to athletic opportunities kept closing for him. It was discouraging but his parents had taught him, “No matter what, keep moving forward.”

Christopher decided he needed to shift his focus from sports to academics. He asked himself, “What is something I can do that will bring that same euphoria (as sports did)?”

As Christopher was finding his path, his family had challenges of their own. His parents, Sharon and Joe Colman, came to the United States from Jamaica in the 1980s. His father started his life in the States by delivering newspapers and later worked his way through college, graduating from Kennesaw State University with a Master’s Degree in Business Administration. His mom worked two jobs and had taken classes at night to complete a college degree. They were still working hard to build their dream, when his mother received the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis, a disease in which the insulating covers of nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord are damaged.

Seeing the team of caregivers work to help his mother, Christopher was reminded of the teamwork in sports. He was inspired by the medical professionals and their work to slow the disease.

Christopher Colman listened to his parents when they said, ‘No matter what, keep moving forward’

He returned to college with the same drive he had on athletic fields — but this time for academics. To position himself better for graduate school, he did retakes of classes in biology and physiology. He changed his major to exercise physiology.

While taking classes at Georgia State University, one of his professors, Courtney Strosnider, encouraged him to intern at a cardiac rehabilitation facility. He soon became a full-time employee as an exercise physiologist. Christopher enjoyed his work with patients and seeing people make healthy lifestyle changes.

“The limitations in my scope of practice as an EP became bothersome, though, when caring for patients,” he said. With the same ambition that had always propelled him, he explored options to expand his role in patient care.

Christopher applied to the Physician Assistant Studies program in the UK College of Health Sciences. It was a big win for him. “I am strong in my faith,” he said. “Everything in life happens for a reason and it is important to remember that life is a journey.”

He began the PAS program in January 2021 and calls it a great fit.

“The faculty are supportive but have pushed me out of my comfort zone,” he said. All students benefit from the encouragement of faculty but for Christopher, it led to another step. He became the UK PAS program’s first black class president.

“The faculty encourages us to practice in any setting, anywhere — wherever we think we can succeed,” he said. “They prepare us to be well-versed clinicians, and knowledgeable in our work as PAs wherever we go. They are also open to feedback, always asking us what we need.”

The respect has been mutual. Earlier this year, the PAS faculty selected Christopher as the first recipient of the Daus Family Scholarship in Physician Assistant Studies. During the White Coat ceremony, he learned of the award.

“I am thankful. I am really blessed,” he said. “Everyone goes through challenges. I believe our sole purpose is to help others. I am thankful for those who helped me, and I will continue to lift others on this journey.”

“I believe our sole purpose is to help others. I am thankful for those who helped me, and I will continue to lift others on this journey.”

Outspoken

Kidd-Gilchrist now ready to help others

BY RYAN CLARK CHS Communications Director

It’s still amazing to see, even 10 years later, how people react to him.

It was like time had never passed — even though he’d played his one season at UK and won a national championship and become the No. 2 pick in the NBA Draft.

Even after a decade, everything seemed the same. There were hugs and smiles and selfies. There were students wanting autographs and staff and faculty wanting to reminisce.

And, more than anything else, there was one amazing moment, where a man could offer thanks to a person who changed his entire life.

That, in a nutshell, is what’s it’s like when Michael KiddGilchrist comes back home to the University of Kentucky. Just watch as he walks down a hallway.

“Can I get a picture?” asked Tammy Jo Edge, the Student Affairs Coordinator and Registrar/Student Compliance Coordinator in the College of Health Sciences. She’s also a self-described UK “Superfan.” She was so excited she wrapped her arms around the former UK player. “I am one of your biggest fans! You are amazing, you are awesome and thank you for everything you’ve done for our school — and everything you’re doing now.”

Kidd-Gilchrist just smiled that mega-watt electric smile of his, and thanked her before posing.

For one amazing day, the former McDonald’s AllAmerican who averaged 11.9 points and 7.4 rebounds for Kentucky’s last national championship basketball team came back to Kentucky’s College of Health Sciences to speak to a group of students and administrators, as well as to visit with the therapist who changed his life while he was a Wildcat. It was an emotional time for everyone involved.

‘I AM JUST LOST’

“I am an individual who stutters,” he told the class. “I’ve been stuttering my whole life.”

Kidd-Gilchrist was doing something that — as a younger man — he would’ve never thought possible: He was standing up and speaking to a class of college students, teaching them about his condition, and what he wanted to do about it.

Because as a young man, the stuttering made it to where he could never speak up in a group without the fear of ridicule. And, as you may expect, being a star basketball player placed him in the limelight quite often, forcing him to turn down requests for interviews. He just couldn’t do it.

As part of his homecoming visit to UK, Kidd-Gilchrist was able to share his story with a group of about 50 students in the Communication Sciences and Disorders program — along with another class that tuned in virtually from Eastern Kentucky University.

“Nobody had this thing I had,” he told the students. “I was just lost. Even still to this day, I go in and out of feeling isolated from the average person.”

He didn’t get help until he came to UK. That’s when he met the therapist who would help him answer media questions and feel more comfortable speaking in public. But more importantly, she would prepare him to become a confident communicator in everyday life, a person who can say whatever he wants to say, when he wants to say it. His therapy had as much to do with speaking in

daily life as it had to do with highstress situations. He says she helped changed his life for the better.

Meg Shake, MS, CCC-SLP, a speechlanguage pathologist with UK HealthCare, had been working on staff for the College of Health Sciences at the time, and got the call for KiddGilchrist’s therapy.

He said it was like another class at first. Then, as they bonded, they formed a relationship that led to him manage the condition.

Now, he told the class, he would like to “pause” his basketball career to continue to raise awareness by starting the Change & Impact Initiative for Stuttering. The nonprofit will continue to educate, support government legislation and expand resources and services for those who stutter.

“I am hell-bent on making a real impact in real time,” he said.

MIKE AND MEG

Of course, his visit would not be complete without seeing her. This week was the first time KiddGilchrist was able to thank his therapist face-to-face.

As he said, this was the person who made it easier for him to face the media at the Final Four, or in the NBA. This was the person who helped him to be able to speak in front of college classes.

And when Meg Shake, who has been a UK basketball fan her entire life, came back to the College of Health Sciences, Kidd-Gilchrist was there. This time, he was the one giving out the hugs.

“I just want to say thank you,” he said, as the pair sat down at a table. “I don’t need an article to say how much I care for you. I want every person who stutters to have this type of bond.” Shake wiped away a tear.

“I appreciate you thanking me,” she said. “But like I told you before, you did all the work. I was just along for the ride.”

And what a ride it’s been. Kidd-Gilchrist told her of his plans to advocate for more knowledge and funding for those who stutter. He’s already been to 60 colleges and universities across the country telling his story.

“You have a great message,” she told him. “There aren’t many (people) who can do this.” Kidd-Gilchrist nodded. “The time,” he said, “is right now.”

For the students, faculty, and staff of the College, it was the perfect visit.

“We just want to thank Michael for coming back and sharing his story with us,” said Scott Lephart, PhD, Dean of the College of Health Sciences. “He’s the perfect example of the kind of difference that can be made when a therapist forms a bond with a patient. And now, that patient just happens to be dedicating his life to advocacy — he’s paying it forward, and we couldn’t be more proud.”

CONGRATULATIONS!

CHS Names Hall of Fame

Inductee, Young Alumni Award Winners

BY RYAN CLARK CHS Communications Director

One is a two-time graduate who is now an executive vice president of clinical services for a rehabilitation center. The other is a 2016 graduate from the Doctor of Physical Therapy Program who is now a pediatric physical therapist.

Both deserve our congratulations, as the College of Health Sciences would like to announce the latest CHS Hall of Fame inductee, Renee Kinder, MS CCCSLP RAC-CT, and the latest recipient of the Young Alumni Award, Katelyn McNamara, PT, DPT.

Kinder, a two-time graduate of Communication Sciences and Disorders, earned her bachelor’s degree in 2003 and her master’s in 2005. The Hopkinsville, Ky., native went on to work as a clinical specialist, director of clinical education, director of clinical services and vice president of clinical services before being named executive vice president of clinical services at Broad River Rehab, based in Asheville, N.C.

She has served as a preceptor for CHS, as well as a member of community faculty for the College of Medicine. She is a published author in the areas of payment reform, documentation and coding, and best practices for individuals with dementia and a regular contributor to McKnight’s. She volunteers on behalf of the American Speech Language Hearing Association (ASHA) serving as a State Advocate for Medicare Policy, Professional Development Manager and prior Editor for ASHA’s gerontology special interest group, and serves as a current advisor to the American Medical Association HCPAC RUC.

“This was a bit of shock initially,” Kinder said. “It makes you engage in significant self-reflection. First and foremost, it’s so impressive that they continue to keep up with the number of alumni that they have, and our paths, and what we’re aiming to do and accomplish to really give back to the industry as a whole. It calls me to

reflect on my entire career and think about what’s next. What can we do next to continue this path?

“The services that we can provide to communities as a whole is never ending,” she continued. “That journey does not end. So, I just look at how we can mold that in the future and continue to make it better.”

McNamara is a 2016 graduate from the Doctor of Physical Therapy Program. She also earned her undergraduate degree at UK in 2013 — a dual Honors degree in Topical Studies in Neuroscience and Spanish. Her decision to become a PT was influenced by her time volunteering in the Samaritan’s Touch Clinic, a physical therapy clinic run by UK DPT students, as an undergraduate student. She served as a Spanish medical interpreter in the clinic, where she was able to observe the Physical Therapy program’s faculty and students.

Renee Kinder

“I fell in love with physical therapy and how the students interacted with the patients. I briefly considered other healthcare professions, but I loved the hands-on approach of physical therapy,” McNamara said. She then decided to apply to PT school at UK because of the commitment to service learning through Samaritan’s Touch, opportunities for research, and of course, the welcoming environment she had observed at the clinic.

She went on to complete her residency at the University of North Carolina. Since graduation she has worked predominantly in outpatient pediatrics and early intervention, as well as with Dr. Andrea Behrman as a pediatric physical therapist in the Kosair Charities Pediatric NeuroRecovery Network. She has experience in translational, quantitative studies in neurotrauma and physiology, and qualitative research experience focusing on pediatric patient and family perspectives of rehabilitation following spinal cord injury, and studying the perspectives of health and wellness amongst vulnerable populations in rural Ecuador.

But in fall 2021 she became a patient herself. McNamara and her new husband, Jonathan, were preparing to move to Germany for jobs. But McNamara had not been feeling well. The diagnosis was a rare form a cancer — primary mediastinal large b-cell lymphoma (PMBCL). This type of lymphoma is rare and generally affects young women under the age of 35.

For the next seven months she fought off the disease, and chronicled her journey on her Caring Bridge Journal: https://www.caringbridge.org/visit/katydid2/journal.

Now, healthy and thankful, she is working again, at Norton Children’s Hospital and with Dr. Kyle Brothers at the University of Louisville. She says she takes particular joy in this recent CHS honor.

“CHS is a place where you can feel at home while also broadening your horizons,” she said. “If you have the passion, the drive and the curiosity to see what’s out there, CHS can guide you to those interests while developing you as a professional.

“This award is truly an honor,” she continued. “Yet, it is UK that I’d like to thank for helping me. This past year has been difficult, yet also one of incredible growth. I was diagnosed with Primary Mediastinal B-Cell Lymphoma on

Dec. 21, 2021. In the midst of that transition home from UNC to UK to receive treatment, I decided to fight Cancer by making the process a learning opportunity. I reached out to UKPT and UK CoPharm and offered my situation as a learning experience for students in their courses on Oncology Care. Their openness to this idea, allowing me to process this diagnosis through sharing my story and teaching students as I experienced the process helped me to fight this cancer. I rang the bell in June of 2022.”

“We in the College of Health Sciences are so proud to honor these amazing alumni,” said CHS Dean Scott Lephart. “We celebrate the kinds of creativity, resiliency, leadership and altruism that each of these impressive former students displays. They are wonderful role models for our current students, and I can think of no one better to represent CHS.”

“CHS is a place where you can feel at home while also broadening your horizons.”

Katelyn McNamara

Developing Creativity

Intergenerational Initiative Will Offer Toys with a Purpose in Hazard

HAZARD, KY. — The University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health (UK CERH) in Hazard, Kentucky, in partnership with the Kentucky Appalachian Rural Rehabilitation Network (KARRN), will be the home site of Toys with a Purpose, a new intergenerational initiative that will establish a lending library to support child development and promote learning through play by improving access to free adapted toys in Eastern Kentucky.

Toys with a Purpose will expand the capacity of the well-established and highly successful Project CARAT (Coordinating and Assisting the Reuse of Assistive Technology) by utilizing grant funding from the Commonwealth Council on Developmental Disability that was awarded to KARRN.

BY BETH BOWLING CHS Contributor

“Play is part of normal child development and is essential for developing creativity, imagination, dexterity and physical, cognitive and emotional strength,” said Patrick Kitzman, professor of physical therapy with UK College of Health Sciences. “In addition, play helps with language, math and social skills and even helps children cope with stress. Toys are integral to play, yet children with disabilities are often unable to use off-the-shelf toys and purchasing manufacturer-adapted toys can be very expensive.”

Toys with a Purpose will also involve two other linked programs — a collaboration with local high schools in Perry County and intergenerational mentoring. Senior citizens and veterans of all abilities will pair with students of all abilities for mentoring, community engagement and development of strategies to grow the lending library.

“We are very excited about this opportunity for members of our local community from different generations to bring together their unique skill sets, knowledge and talents,” said Fran Feltner, DNP, director of the UK CERH. “They will not only gain experience in collecting and refurbishing existing toys, they will also have the opportunity to develop adapted toy prototypes and educational materials using the principles of Universal Design in Learning.”

For more information, contact coordinator Keisha Hudson at keisha.hudson@uky.edu or 606-439-3557.

Kentucky Appalachian Rural Rehabilitation Network (KARRN) is a collaborative team that advocates to empower communities impacted by disability. Established in 2008, this community-engaged network has investigated and developed strategies to reduce disability and improve quality of life for individuals with neurological impairments (spinal cord injury (SCI), brain injury (BI), stroke, etc.) living in underserved and impoverished rural Appalachian counties.

Under the umbrella of KARRN is the physical therapy studentran Project CARAT (Coordinating and Assisting the Reuse of Assistive Technology).

The UK Center of Excellence in Rural Health (UK CERH) was established by state legislation in 1990 to address health disparities in rural Kentucky and the unique challenges faced by our communities. The mission was and still is today to improve the health and well-being of rural Kentuckians. For more than three decades, the center has partnered with communities, providers, students and individuals to provide health professions education, health policy research, health care service and community engagement toward reaching this mission.

“Play is part of normal child development and is essential for developing creativity, imagination, dexterity and physical, cognitive and emotional strength”

SPEED-DATING STYLE

CLM Students Interview with Local Employers

BY RYAN CLARK CHS Contributor

The idea began during the summer, when professors heard employers asking to speak with talented students about internship and job opportunities.

Coincidentally, students in the College of Health Sciences’ Clinical Leadership and Management program were looking for things to do during the summer months.

Between Sarah Kercsmar, PhD, program director and director of undergraduate studies in Clinical Leadership and Management, and her partners at the Stuckert Career Center (namely Rachel Brand and Beth Hanneman) they came up with the perfect plan.

Speed dating. Or, in this case, a more professional version of it. In this version, there is no romance — but there are relationships. So Kercsmar sent the word out on social media, and earlier this year, more than 20 students gathered to speak to nine local healthcare employers in a round-robin style fashion where each got about five minutes with one another before moving to the next.

Welcome to the 1st CLM Speed Dating/Summer Internship Fair. It’s kind of like speed dating — and by all accounts, it worked pretty well.

“The hope is for students to make meaningful connections,” Kercsmar said. “And that can lead to internships and careers. Here in CLM we’re about building networks, and if you can practice your interviewing skills in this environment — especially during COVID — that can be really beneficial. And for employers, this is a chance to meet some of our really awesome students and get to know our program better. Then hopefully they’ll be eager to do it again.”

Afterward, those groups and students who made a connection were encouraged to meet up again for a “second” interview.

“It went really well. Dr. K and everyone did such a great job putting this event together, giving us the opportunity to speak to all of these employers from several different healthcare fields,” said Katrina Norris, a junior CLM major.

“It opened my eyes to some pretty incredible options this summer.”

“The event was a great opportunity for myself and my fellow CLM students to network and find internships for the summer,” said Madison Middendorf, a junior in CLM who is on the pre-PA track.

“I love that CLM gives students the ability to be successful after college and make connections with employers all over the state of Kentucky.”

The prospective employers felt the same way.

“I thought the event was exactly what the students needed to begin a very important process,” said Jill R. Hunter, director of Government Payer Policy and Project Collaborations at University of Kentucky HealthCare’s EVPHA Payer Administration. “During the event, I was thinking back to my undergrad days, moving from Senior Year into Grad School with one plan — become a TA and start classes. While I attended an amazing university, at no point did someone take the time to offer an event to provide me and my fellow classmates an opportunity to ‘dress for success’ and interact with business professionals in the field I planned to enter someday — not to mention the chance to be selected to work with one or more of the individuals for the summer.”

“I was truly impressed with the caliber of the CLM students at the Career Fair,” said Mark Slone, a CHS alum and President of Alliant Purchasing. “The students were well prepared, articulate and energetic. It made

me proud to be an alumnus of the program and we at Alliant Purchasing look forward to working with some of these future leaders.”

Hunter went on to say that Dr. Kercsmar is one of a kind — “an amazing educator (who) truly has the students’ best interests at heart.”

Afterward, nearly all of the students and employers found internships — and the results were outstanding.

“The immersion experience has been vital in developing my understanding of a daily professional atmosphere,” said Caroline Prewitt of Lexington, who interned at University of Kentucky HealthCare. “Shadowing a member of executive leadership and their team has been invaluable to see professionalism at the highest level.

Observing this level has helped foster a sense of understanding how a large organization manages their current state, as well as plan for future strategies.”

Kinsey Gilbert, of Orlando, Fla., interned at Baptist Health.

“Something I learned through this internship is that every single position in healthcare, patient-facing or not, has an impact on the patient’s journey — health IT is just more

behind the scenes,” she said. “It’s good to intern, especially in college, to help figure out what you want to do and what kind of organization you want to work for.”

In fact, she said she never would have applied to a health IT job before the internship.

“But now I could see myself heading in that direction,” she said. “I also did not realize how important it is to like the organization that you work for and ensure that their mission, vision and values align with your own.”

Hannah Brown, a Lexington student who interned at Alliant Purchasing, said she saw firsthand how the professional world works.

“The CLM program has taught me more than I could ever have imagined,” she said. “However, putting that knowledge into practice and seeing firsthand how, for example, project management works, or how medical billing is done, helps put everything into perspective. You quickly see how the professional world operates and you are given the opportunity to meet wonderful people who can help push you to be the best person you can be.”

Research

OFFICE OF Grant Awards Received

Esther Dupont-Versteegden, PhD

DNA Turnover in Myofibers is an Unrecognized Mechanism for Maintaining Skeletal Muscle Health

Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (NIH)

$37,256

Esther Dupont-Versteegden, PhD & Tim Butterfield, PhD, ATC Mechanisms Underlying Local and Systemic Effects of Massage

National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health

$2,409,378

Nicholas Heebner, PhD, ATC Marines SpeCial Operations PrEparedness (M-SCOPE)

Office of Naval Research

$2,409,378

Johanna Hoch, PhD, ATC

The Influence of Resilience and Grit on PostOperative Outcomes After ACL Reconstruction

Southeast Athletic Trainers Association

$4,991

Matthew Hoch, PhD, ATC

Visual-Motor Coordination Assessments for Patients with Chronic Ankle Instability: Decision Support Tools to Optimize Return to Duty Army Medical Research and Materiel Command

$1,494,315

AWARDS RECEIVED

APRIL 2022 — DECEMBER 2022

Kate Kosmac, PhD

BEET Root Juice to Reverse Functional Impairment in PAD: The BEET PAD Trial

Northwestern University (NIH)

$10,207

Patrick Kitzman, PT, PhD

Toys with A Purpose: Adapted Toy Lending Library WHAS Crusade for Children

$5,300

Coordinating and Assisting the Reuse of Assisted Technology: Together One Priority (CARAT TOP) KARRN Project FY23 KY Council on Developmental Disabilities

$56,398

Coordinating and Assisting the Reuse of Assisted Technology: Together One Priority (CARAT TOP) KARRN Project KY Council on Developmental Disabilities

$55,602

KATS Hazard Appalachian Center for Assistive Technology: State Level Activities

KY Department of Vocational Rehabilitation

$139,441

Enhancing Capacity for Project CARAT-TOP (Coordinating and Assisting the Reuse of Assistive Technology-Together One Program)

American Association of Retired Persons

$8,305

Kirby Mayer, DPT, PhD

Covid 19: Remotely Monitored, Mobile HealthSupported High Intensity Interval Training After COVID-19 Critical Illness (REMM HIIT Covid 19) Duke University (NIH)

$8,928

Cellular and Physical Function Outcomes Leading to Failed Muscle Recovery After Critical Illness

National Institute Arthritis Musculoskeletal & Skin Diseases

$149,146

Brian Noehren, PhD, PT, FACSM

Accelerating Recovery Following a LowerExtremity Fracture Through Speed HIIT Army Medical Research and Materiel Command

$1,430,476

Brian Noehren, PhD, PT, FACSM & Christopher Fry, PhD

Sex-based Muscular Adaptations, Capillary Dysfunction and Functional Decline Impact Kneerelated Psychosocial Outcomes After Acute Knee Injury (SMACK)

National Institute Arthritis Musculoskeletal & Skin Diseases

$647,071

CHS EQUIPMENT AWARDS

Christopher Fry, PhD

The DigiGaitTM System

Emily Gabriel, PhD, ATC

FMS Professional Y-Balance Test Kit

Patrick Kitzman, PhD, PT & Mary Jo Cooley

Hidecker, PhD, MA, MS, CCC-A/SLP

Ultimaker S5 3D Dual-Extruder Printer

Danielle M. Torp, PhD

Novel Loadsol Pro

Joshua Winters, PhD, CSCS

Vald ForceFrame™ with travel case & trolley

Anne Olson, PhD, CCC/A

SUCCESS in Speech-Language Pathology: Strengthening

Under-served Communities through Enhanced Student Support Health Resources & Services Administration

$1,259,533

Charlotte Peterson, PhD

The Role of Satellite Cells in Skeletal Muscle Hypertrophy with Aging

National Institute on Aging

$717,996

Virginia Valentin, DRPH, PA-C

Promoting Resilience and Mental Health Among Health Professional Workforce

University of Utah (HRSA)

$7,199

Cheryl Vanderford, MPAS, PA-C

2021 Communities Talk to Prevent Underage Drinking

Initiative Muscle Health

Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration

$750

Joshua Winters, PhD, ATC

Improving Psychological and Vestibular Health Using a Novel Intervention: Making Informed Decisions in Gaze and Postural Stability (MINDGAPS) System

University of Montana

$73,000

STUDENT AWARDS

Jennifer Tinsley, MS, LAT, ATC

Jennifer Tinsley: Resilience and Professional Quality of Life in Firefighters

NATA Research & Education Foundation

$1,900

Yuan Wen, MD, PhD

Contribution of Ribosome Specialization to the Pathophysiology of Muscular Dystrophy

National Institute Arthritis Musculoskeletal & Skin Diseases

$116,970

CHS RESEARCH & SCHOLARSHIP SUPPORT PROGRAM PILOT

Christen Page, PhD, CCC-SLP

The Impact of Interprofessional Education on Professional Collaboration

Leslie Woltenberg, PhD, Shelley Irving, MSPAS, PA-C, and Isaac Joyner, MPH

Qualitative Data Science- Exploration of Preceptor

Feedback for Health Professions Learners

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