Department of Health Sciences

The mission of the Department of Health Sciences is to improve the health and wellbeing of all people of North Carolina, the nation, and globally through exemplary and culturally sensitive teaching, innovative research, and person-centered care.

• Exemplary Teaching: To produce a diverse, interprofessional, and culturally competent workforce of health care practitioners, educators, researchers, and health care leaders.
• Innovative Research: To conduct research aimed at generating new knowledge that advances the practices and policies of health care.
• Person-Centered Care: To advance the science and practice of person-centered care with a focus on patient outcomes, families, communities, integrative health care, health promotion/disease prevention, and the improvement of overall quality of life.

Throughout our teaching, research, and clinical care, we are committed to engagement with diverse student, faculty, and patient/client populations and to creating an inclusive and equitable environment in which to work and learn.

Majors

• Clinical Laboratory Science Major, B.S.
• Neurodiagnostics and Sleep Science, B.S. 
• Radiologic Science, B.S.

Minor

• Neurodiagnostics and Sleep Science
• Speech and Hearing Sciences

Courses

• Clinical Laboratory Sciences (CLSC)
• Neurodiagnostics and Sleep Science (NDSS)
• Radiologic Science (RADI)
• Speech and Hearing Sciences (SPHS)

Professors

Nancy Bagatell, Eileen Burker, John Grose, Michael Gross, Katarina Haley, Stephen Hooper, Lisa Johnston, Michael Lewek, Karen McCulloch, Tara Moon, Stephanie Sjoblad.

Associate Professors

Lisa Domby, Sarah Hess, Adam Jacks, Nancy McKenna, Joy J. Renner, Devon Weist, Mary Ellen Wells.

Assistant Professors

Amy Dela Cruz, Julia Drouin, Kimberly Jenkins, Patricia Johnson, Bai Li, Shawn Luby, Hannah Hodson McLean, Lauren Noble, Hannah Siburt Bethany Stearns, Katrina Steinsultz, Laine Stewart, Sara Taylor, Susan Taylor.

Instructors

Kristine Barnette, Randy Gay, Caroline Henderson, Susan Gibson-MacNeela, Leslie Meredith.

Professors Emeriti

Susan Beck, Charles B. Burns, Virginia Dickie, Melody Harrison, Janice C. Keene, Vicky LeGrys, Lee McLean, Cathy Nielson, Jane Rourk, Robert L. Thorpe, David Yoder.