CHS News
April 2021
Meet Our Students – Melody Gomez – Helping to Create a Safer World
PhD Student Awarded Grant to Elucidate Neonatal Therapist Team Care in NICU Settings
Kinesiology Professor Receives Competitive BBRC Grant
March 2021
Meet Our Students - Briana Dawkins - Helping Others Celebrate Victories
MSW Students Train Educators Working with At-Risk Students
MiNER Lab Celebrates Top Rankings at TACSM
February 2021
Meet Our Leaders – Dr. Bruce Friedman – “Take the Road Less Traveled”
Meet Our Alums - Meena Aldouri - CLS Grad and Crime Scene Investigator
Meet Our Students – Lisa Rodriguez – Dedicated to a Lifetime of Service
CHS Graduate Student Supports SLP Program’s Successful Transition to Remote Learning
January 2021
CHS Doctoral Student Profiled on UTEP Website
MPH Students Selected for Inaugural TSAHP Student Leadership Program
Meet Our Students – Diana Villegas – Paying it Forward
Meet Our Students – Ramon Flores – “Education Creates Pathways to Success”
December 2020
CHS Celebrates Consecutive TAHPERD Foundation Scholars
CHS Assistant Professors Given "Jumpstart" on NIH Research
November 2020
Meet Our Students - Celida Sanchez - Learning How to Save Lives
Meet Our Students - Owen Salmon - Launching a Research Career
Meet Our Students - Renee Viramontes - Quenching a Thirst for Knowledge
MRC Team Validates Evaluation Instrument for Transition-Aged Youth with Disabilities
Meet Our Students – Genesis Arreola-Castaneda – “Occupational Therapy is a Special Profession”
CLS Program Celebrates Five Years of 100 Percent Placement Rates
October 2020
UTEP’s H.O.P.E Clinic Brings Flu Shot to Homeless Individuals
Meet our Students - Susan Magaña - Following a Passion for Service
First Peace Corps Coverdell Fellow Graduates from UTEP
UTEP Social Work Faculty Member Awarded Top Mexican Government Honor
CHS Doctoral Student Receives Nationally Competitive Scholarship
SLP Team Recognized for Innovation in Education and Research
Meet Our Students - Aaron Smiley - Paying It Forward
Meet Our Leaders - Dr. Dahlia Castillo - Director, OT Program
Meet Our Students - Michael Sanchez - Balancing Fatherhood and Academia
Meet Our Leaders - Joy Olimpo - Asst. Dean for Student Affairs
September 2020
UTEP Partnership Receives Federal Grant to Combat Opioid Abuse in West Texas Counties
Meet Our Leaders - Dr. Vannesa Mueller - Director, SLP Program
Meet Our Leaders - Dr. Jeffrey Eggleston - Director, IHS PhD Program
CHS Professor Appointed to Texas Evaluation Network Board
CHS Prompt Leads to UTEP Ranking in Times Higher Education Impact Initiative
First Year Graduate Student Awarded Competitive NSCA Foundation Grant
August 2020
CHS Celebrates Promotion of Three Assistant Professors
CHS Welcomes Social Work Chair and MRC Assistant Professor
CHS Leavell Faculty Fellows Adjust Strategies Amid Pandemic
CHS Welcomes New Associate Dean
Meet CHS Gold Nugget Victor Medina - MRC Program Alum
July 2020
UTEP Social Work Graduate Program Ranked No. 2 in Texas
CHS Student Develops COVID-19 Training Modules for Peers
June 2020
Dept. of Social Work Stands for Social Justice
MRC Student Transitions to Teletherapy During Pandemic
CHS Professors Examine COVID-19 Stress, Coping Strategies, and Well-Being
UTEP CHS Professors Co-Author Article Examining Statewide Stay-at-Home Orders
UTEP College of Health Sciences Collaborates on LGBTQ+ COVID-19 Texas Study
May 2020
MRC Student Provides Teletherapy During COVID-19 Pandemic
Congratulations to the CHS Class of 2020!
Message from the Dean of the College of Health Sciences at UTEP
Celebrating the 2020 College of Health Sciences Outstanding Seniors
SLPs Provide Telehealth during COVID-19 Pandemic
CHS Student Honored as UTEP Top Ten Senior
April 2020
OT Mindfulness Initiative Moves Online in Response to COVID-19
Meet Our Graduate Students - Branko Miljkovic - First-Generation Miner and Future Sports PT
MSW Student Partners with CISD on Mental Health Grant
Meet Our Graduate Students - Rachel Castillo - Finding Purpose as an SLP
March 2020
Meet Our Graduate Students - Matthew Gonzalez - Following the Path Into Academia
Meet our Students - Manuel Almaraz - Choosing a Profession that Saves Lives
Meet Our Scholarship Recipients - Kayley Castillo - Second-Generation Miner
February 2020
UTEP and EPCC Study Focuses on Antibiotic Resistance in Rio Grande
Impactful Scholarship – Interdisciplinary Lead Research Team Presents at APHA’s Latino Caucus
Meet Our Alums - Jacqueline Cordero - "How You Respond to Difficulties Determines Your Journey"
Meet our Graduate Students - Adriana Cordero
January 2020
Achieving the Dream - CLS Graduate Featured in UTEP Magazine
Visiting Student Scholar Reflects on a Semester in the Borderlands
December 2019
College of Health Sciences Celebrates Fall 2019 Commencement
PhD Students Host Panel Discussion on Interdisciplinary Research
Meet our Graduate Students - Michelle Galvan - Never Put Limits on Your Education
November 2019
OT Team Recognized for Innovative Mindfulness Initiative Targeting Elementary Students
UTEP’s Millionaire’s Club Recognizes Social Work Professor
October 2019
Community Engaged Scholarship - CHS Professor and Students Providing $100 Solutions
Kinesiology Professor Receives University Mentorship Award
"Stand Up and Be Counted" - CHS Alum Challenges Next Generation of Social Activists
September 2019
CHS Staff Member Participates in Alaskan Research Trip
Transformative Scholarship - CHS Professor Awarded QOL Grant for Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury
August 2019
CHS Undergraduate Research Highlighted at COURI Symposium
July 2019
SLP Students Serve Children with Hearing Loss at Summer Camp
SLP Students Serve Special Needs Children and Families at Sensory Camp
UTEP and El Paso Community Foundation Collaborate on Binational Survey
UTEP Grant Targets Opioid Abuse in Rural Texas Counties
June 2019
Professor of Public Health Inducted into Harvard Global Clinical Scholars Research Training Program
UTEP Social Work Student Awarded Hogg Foundation Scholarship
May 2019
CHS Celebrates First Cohort of Outstanding Seniors
CHS Announces Recipients of Grants for Strategic Transformation
April 2019
UTEP Student Awarded Global Fellowship
March 2019
CHS Professor Receives American Rehabilitation Counseling Association's Top Research Award
Student Voices: Sharing Social Work / Social Justice Stories
MiNER Lab Recognized at Texas ACSM Conference
February 2019
CHS Leads Cross College Discussion about Connection between School and Life
CLS Student to Present at National Infectious Disease Conference
December 2018
CHS Announces Leavell Endowed Chair Faculty Fellows
CAPh Lab Passes the Torch to Next Generation of Rehabilitation Scientists
October 2018
CEO of South Africa's Imbeleko Foundation Visits UTEP CHS
September 2018
A Call to Action - Volunteers Needed for PT Professor's QOL Grant for Children
August 2019
July 2018
UTEP CHS Goes Global - Public Health Professor Leads Effort to Expand Costa Rican Partnerships
November 2017
College of Health Sciences Students Have PhUn at Hornedo Middle School
UTEP College of Health Sciences Plays Key Role at Graduate Research Expo 2017
UTEP Health Sciences Dean Sets Local, Global Goals
October 2017
Fed Agency Awards $1.9M for UTEP Health Research
UTEP’s Health Team Assists at H.O.P.E. Fair
Grant Focuses on Primary Care in Rural Areas
Septmeber 2017
UTEP Social Work Professor Earns Migrant Grant
