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UM-Flint professor, students working with 'Beyond Rhetoric' project to fight racism in Genesee County

Lisa Lapeyrouse, associate professor in the Department of Public Health and Health Sciences, is working to address racism in Genesee County.

After Genesee County became one the first communities in the country to adopt a resolution declaring racism a public health crisis in June 2020, public health researchers, including University of Michigan-Flint associate professor Lisa Lapeyrouse and several UM-Flint students, set out to ensure that the resolution was viewed through a public health lens and translated[…]

UM-Flint PT alum wins national innovation award

Shweta Gore (left), a 2017 graduate of UM-Flint's PT PhD program, recently won a national teaching award.

After becoming the first student to earn a PhD in physical therapy from the University of Michigan-Flint in 2017, Shweta Gore followed in the footsteps of her UM-Flint professors and mentors by becoming an educator. As an associate physical therapy professor at MGH Institute of Health Professions in Boston, Gore values excellence in both teaching[…]

UM-Flint's College of Health Sciences adds four new programs in growing fields

UM-Flint's College of Health Sciences will offer four new undergraduate programs in fall 2023.

The University of Michigan-Flint's College of Health Sciences is adding four new programs in fall 2023, giving students additional options to prepare for in-demand careers and to meet employer needs in a quickly growing and changing health care industry. The new programs are: Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science Bachelor of Science in Health Information[…]

UM-Flint graduates state's first doctorally trained occupational therapists

Danielle Baker (front right) and her classmates celebrate their graduation from UM-Flint's Doctor of Occupational Therapy.

The 30 students who celebrated their graduation from the University of Michigan-Flint's Doctor of Occupational Therapy program Aug. 17 met a milestone in more than just their own education. They also made history as the first class to graduate with a doctorate in the field in the state of Michigan. The program itself made history[…]

A win-win: Working together to increase the impact

UM-Dearborn student Jacques Jones cuts down small trees and trims overgrown brush in the alley way. Photo by Sarah Tuxbury

A jointly sponsored UM-Dearborn – UM-Flint Collaborative Research Funding Program awarded up to $160,000 for four collaborative research projects. Detroit residents are reclaiming and repurposing underused spaces for neighborhood use. They've removed tires and trash from alleyways, organized meetings to discuss community space needs, helped install rain barrels in alley-facing garage downspouts and more. And[…]

Hands-on health care: K-12 students explore careers with UM-Flint

Sarah Case, UM-Flint clinical assistant professor of physical therapy, demonstrated equipment in the physical therapy lab during the Exploring Health Care Careers Summer Camp.

The University of Michigan-Flint's College of Health Sciences welcomed 30 high school students from nearly two dozen schools throughout the state for its first-ever Exploring Health Care Careers summer camp, June 29-30. Students got a first-hand look at multiple health care fields through hands-on activities with faculty and UM-Flint students from undergraduate and graduate programs[…]

UM-Flint Occupational Therapy Doctorate is first fully accredited program in Michigan

UM-Flint occupational therapy students using their program's lab space.

The University of Michigan-Flint Occupational Therapy Doctorate program has been granted full accreditation by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE) of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA). This makes the UM-Flint OT program the first fully accredited doctoral program for occupational therapy in the state of Michigan. Granted the maximum seven-year initial accreditation,[…]

UM-Flint students volunteer over Spring Break

Doctor of Physical Therapy students Jonathan Groening, Carly Wykes, Molly Booms, Emma DeBaeke, and Riley Erlenbeck volunteer at the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan on February 28.

The week of February 28 marked a campus-wide Spring Break at UM-Flint, creating an opportunity for many UM-Flint students to take part in community service. The Alternative Spring Break program and the Doctor of Physical Therapy Student Association (DPTSA) gave us two examples of students engaged in meaningful causes throughout the Flint community.  Alternative Spring[…]