CHHS News

Aug 10th, 2022

The School of Nursing and Allied Health (SONAH) in the WKU College of Health and Human Services recently received a $479,000 grant from the Healthcare Workforce Collaborative of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE).

Jul 25th, 2022

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Kentucky Office of Inspector General awarded the University of Kentucky a 3-year, Civil Money Penalty grant to purchase a license to implement Bingocize® in 30 Certified Nursing Facilities across KY.

Jun 14th, 2022

Cassidy Ratterman, a CHHS graduate student, is completing her third and final clinical rotation at Frazier Rehab Institute in Louisville, KY. She is working towards her Master of Science degree in Speech-Language Pathology (SLP).

Jun 13th, 2022

CHHS faculty member awarded Kentucky Department of Public Health grant for promoting health equity & COVID-19 immunizations in underserved populations across Kentucky using the Bingocize® platform.

May 26th, 2022

Ashley Adams, WKU graduate student from Owensboro, is a first-generation college student supported through a scholarship from the WKU NIOSH Training Program Grant in the Environmental and Occupational Health Science graduate program.

May 13th, 2022

Dr. Rachel Tinius and her technology, BumptUpTM, one of the first-place winners (tied) of the inaugural Kentucky Commercialization Ventures IMPACT competition. IMPACT stands for innovative, mobile, public health, and community-oriented technologies.

Apr 20th, 2022

Darnez Pope, Health Information Management faculty member from the WKU Department of Public Health, co-authored a published research study on telehealth.

Mar 30th, 2022

WKU Center for Environmental and Workplace Health in CHHS working with the Green River Firefighters Association (GRFA) in northwestern Kentucky to create a model for partnerships with rural firefighters to conduct community-based participatory research.

Mar 24th, 2022

The College of Health and Human Services (CHHS) at WKU will host events for their first Diversity & Inclusion Week beginning Monday, March 28th.

Mar 22nd, 2022

Dr. Rachel Tinius, Associate Professor of Exercise Science at Western Kentucky University, recently obtained a grant through the Bridge Funding Award Program of the Kentucky Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network.