Lack of diversity is an issue in the physician assistant (PA) profession, according to figures presented by Pangela Dawson, Ph.D., PA-C, director of Morehouse School of Medicine PA Program, at the ... Continue Reading Seminar Developed by Shenandoah Student…
2021 Marfing Educational Trust Scholarship Awarded Recipient Dzevida Pandzic ’21 Says Award Will Serve As Inspiration
Physician Assistant Studies student Dzevida Pandzic ’21 is the recipient of the 2021 Dr. Thomas Marfing Educational Trust Scholarship. Funded by the trust, the scholarship has been awarded annually ... Continue Reading 2021 Marfing Educational Trust Scholarship…
Shenandoah PA Student Receives Prestigious Fellowship Third-Year Student Marie Slisher Honored
By Elise O’Neill-Eckman '19 Third-year Physician Assistant (PA) Studies student Marie Slisher received the prestigious Physician Assistant Education Association (PAEA) Student Health Policy ... Continue Reading Shenandoah PA Student Receives Prestigious…
Chasing Down a Dream Woman crosses thousands of miles to become a Shenandoah PA student
Silvia Garcia Murcia traveled thousands of miles—sleeping in the desert, crawling through cacti, and experiencing life inside a detention center and maximum security prison—to finally become a ... Continue Reading Chasing Down a Dream Woman…
PA Faculty Member Named Virginia PA Of The Year Former PA Program Director Honored By The Virginia Academy of Physician Assistants
Adjunct Associate Professor of Physician Assistant (PA) Studies Rachel A. Carlson, Ed.D., PA-C, DFAAPA, was named the Virginia PA of the Year by Virginia Academy of Physician Assistants(VAPA) at its ... Continue Reading PA Faculty Member Named Virginia…
Shenandoah PA Students Shine In Scholars Program Half of the PA students chosen for national program hail from Shenandoah
Three of the six physician assistant studies (PA) students chosen as Paul Ambrose Scholars this year are from Shenandoah University. Pamela Audrey Lee, Catherine Mahon, and Melissa Rabinek were ... Continue Reading Shenandoah PA Students Shine In…
Shenandoah Represented At WHO Forum Physician Assistant Studies Faculty Member And Students Present At And Participate In Forum Focusing On Health Workers From A Global Perspective
Physician Assistant (PA) Studies faculty and students attended the World Health Organization (WHO) Forum on Human Resources for Health in Dublin, Ireland, in November. This meeting was the ... Continue Reading Shenandoah Represented At WHO Forum…
Health Professions Faculty News: Fall 2017 PA Faculty Members Receive Financial Awards & Publish; AT Gets New Medical Director; Graduate Public Health Director Performs Analysis In Ethiopia
The School of Health Professions welcomed new full-time faculty members this semester: Assistant Professor of Physician Assistant Studies Richard Gilbert, M.S., PA-C; Assistant Professor of ... Continue Reading Health Professions Faculty News: Fall…
PA Students Receive Prestigious National Fellowship Christina Wojnarwsky and Lyudmila (Mila) Likhonina participate in fellowship class focused on professional advocacy and leadership in the health care
By Elise O’Neill-Eckman '20 Second-year physician assistant (PA) students Christina Wojnarwsky and Lyudmila (Mila) Likhonina, members of the class of 2018, received the prestigious Physician ... Continue Reading PA Students Receive Prestigious National…
Health Professions News: Summer/Fall 2017 Interprofessional collaboration, service to local health care organizations and the purchase of the Health Professions Building Mark the summer and fall months
The university purchased the Health Professions Building on the Winchester Medical Center (WMC) Campus in September. The facility, which the university previously leased from WMC parent Valley Health, ... Continue Reading Health Professions News: Summer/Fall 2017…
PA Students Bolstered by Military Students Receive Scholarships for Veterans & Health Professions
Physician Assistant (PA) Studies student Judith Pascarella ’17, received the LtC David Gwinn Memorial/Veterans Caucus Scholarship for 2017 from the Veterans Caucus. Pascarella, who is a lieutenant ... Continue Reading PA Students Bolstered by Military…
High Marks for Health Students Exam Success Reflects Top-Notch Program Content in a Variety of Health Professions
Graduating students trained in Shenandoah’s health professions programs are performing extremely well on their certification exams. The most recent group of graduates of the Bernard J. Dunn School of ... Continue Reading High Marks for Health Students…
Shenandoah University Professor Awarded PAEA Research Grant Project To Address Critical Thinking Skills And Their Impact on PA Student Success
Distinguished Professor and Director of the Physician Assistant (PA) Studies program Anthony A. Miller, M.Ed., PA-C, was recently awarded the 2017 Faculty Generated Research Grant from the Physician ... Continue Reading Shenandoah University Professor Awarded PAEA…
Abraham Named Interim Dean of Health Professions at Shenandoah University Interim Appointment To Run Through The 2017-18 Academic Year
Karen Abraham, Ph.D., has been named Shenandoah University's interim dean of the School of Health Professions. She will begin her new position on January 3, 2017, and will serve through the 2017-18 ... Continue Reading Abraham Named Interim Dean of…
Virtual Dissection Health Students Can Dissect With the Swipe of a Finger With Anatomage Table
Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy Thomas Turner, Ph.D., who is an anatomy lab instructor, said that with the virtual device, you can turn a body from side to side, rotate the whole thing, and ... Continue Reading Virtual Dissection Health Students Can…
Physician Assistant Student Talks Hospice Care in D.C. Dustin Bogan '16 Participates in Patient Quality of Life Coalition's Lobby Day
Palliative and hospice care are important issues for health care professionals to consider, particularly as the U.S. population ages. However, they aren’t issues only for the elderly – they’re ... Continue Reading Physician Assistant Student Talks Hospice…
Health Students Attend World Health Assembly
Adjunct Faculty, Senior Practicum Proctor for ASD program and International Health Policy Course Faculty Lisa Darsch, MSN, and Assistant Director of Northern Virginia Campus at Scholar Plaza and ... Continue Reading Health Students Attend World Health…
PA Expands, Student Publishes
The Division of Physician Assistant (PA) Studies has expanded to the Northern Virginia Campus, and 12 students are to begin studies there in July, as members of the class of 2018, which also includes ... Continue Reading PA Expands, Student Publishes
Zika Virus Q&A Penned By PA Professor Recent article in PA Professional magazine outlines the timely, need-to-know info
Assistant Director of Northern Virginia Campus at Scholar Plaza and Assistant Professor of Physician Assistant Studies J. Leocadia Conlon, M.P.H., PA-C, recently published a timely article about Zika ... Continue Reading Zika Virus Q&A Penned By…
PA Student Published in 2015 VA Engage Journal
Physician Assistant Studies graduate student Jillian Goles ’16 has been published in the fall 2015 volume of the VA Engage Journal, an engaged scholarship project of the VA Engage Network.Goles’ ... Continue Reading PA Student Published in 2015…
University Awarded Nearly $1 Million in Federal Grant Money for Behavioral Health Education
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has awarded a grant expected to total $935,393 over three years to Shenandoah ... Continue Reading University Awarded Nearly $1 Million…
Students Participate in CLARION National Case Competition
Four Shenandoah University students participated in the 2015 CLARION National Case Competition, held at The University of Minnesota, on April 17 and 18. This is the first year that Shenandoah has sent ... Continue Reading Students Participate in CLARION National…
Shenandoah University Physician Assistant Studies Program Ranked in U.S. News & World Report’s 2016 Edition of ‘Best Graduate Schools’
U.S. News & World Report has released its list of Best Graduate Schools for 2016, and Shenandoah University’s Physician Assistant Studies Program is again ranked among the best in the nation in ... Continue Reading Shenandoah University Physician Assistant Studies…
Shenandoah University Holds Its First-ever Inter-professional Case Competition
On Feb. 28, students from Shenandoah University’s Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy and Physician Assistant Studies programs, as well as students from the Bernard J. Dunn School of Pharmacy and ... Continue Reading Shenandoah University Holds Its First-ever…
Physician Assistant Education Association (PAEA) Senior Director of Education Policy and Strategy Tony Miller, M.Ed., PA-C, Receives Award
Physician Assistant Education Association (PAEA) Senior Director of Education Policy and Strategy Tony Miller, M.Ed., PA-C, was selected to receive the 2013 Virginia Academy of Physician Assistants ... Continue Reading Physician Assistant Education Association (PAEA)…
Caring For Our Community
» Learn more! Visit the Center for Public Service and Scholarship site. As part of its mission and culture, Shenandoah University encourages students to become engaged, caring citizens, locally and ... Continue Reading Caring For Our Community
Athletics and Discipline Help PA Alumna Succeed
Jessica Robertson ’09, ’11 made the most of her college experience while studying at Shenandoah. She graduated this December from Shenandoah’s Physician Assistant (PA) Studies program and immediately ... Continue Reading Athletics and Discipline Help PA…
Bloss Arrives as New Vice President for Academic Affairs
Shenandoah University’s newest academic administrator, Adrienne G. Bloss, Ph.D., joined Shenandoah’s senior leadership team on July 8 as vice president for academic affairs (VPAA). Formerly the ... Continue Reading Bloss Arrives as New Vice…
Five Year Plan 2008-2013 – A Summary
In June 2013, the university completed its first five-year strategic plan under the leadership of President Tracy Fitzsimmons, Ph.D. Shenandoah’s Strategic Plan 2008-2013 emerged from purposeful ... Continue Reading Five Year Plan 2008-2013 –…
Shenandoah University’s New Health & Life Sciences Building
It’s 9 o’clock in the morning. As freshman nursing student Miranda Ulsh walks to the Brandt Student Center to work out, she begins planning her day. After grabbing a quick brunch at the Allen Dining ... Continue Reading Shenandoah University’s New Health &…
Beacon of Light in Health Sciences
Shenandoah University plans to break ground this year for the 62,000-square-foot Health & Life Sciences Building on a grassy lot adjacent to the Alson H. Smith, Jr. Library and Mary M. Henkel ... Continue Reading Beacon of Light in Health…