Health Sciences
Marquette University Occupational Therapy wins AOTF St. Catherine Challenge
The American Occupational Therapy Foundation has announced Marquette University’s Occupational Therapy doctorate program as the winner of its annual St. Catherine Challenge. The St. Catherine Challenge is a national student-led fundraising initiative. Proceeds from the challenge support occupational therapy research grants awarded by the American Occupational Therapy Foundation. Marquette’s OT students outraised over 60 other occupational therapy programs across the nation to earn the top…
The Black Student Nursing Association bolsters inclusivity for health care students
The Black Student Nurses Association provides a place to feel accepted for black health care practitioners at Marquette.
Educational, engaging discussions highlight the importance of health education during Global Brigades trip
On a humid, sunny day in Coclé, Panama, the sound of soccer balls skipping across cement fills the air. Children run around with faces full of stickers, the sound of their laughter echoing off the cinderblock walls. Coloring sheets flutter in the breeze as unattended crayons roll away. It looks like a school, maybe a midday recess period. But instead, those sounds are the result of Marquette University students and their work volunteering…
Calling strangers friends in Panama
Earlier this year, Biological Sciences major and Urban Scholar MaHailey Stephens traveled to Panama with Marquette’s Medical Global Brigades service trip to provide sustainable health care to local community members. While there, she reflected on how this year’s Ignatian theme of “I have called you friends” was present throughout her work and how she’ll carry the lessons she learned with her for years to come. Global Brigades embodies our Ignatian…
‘To whom much is given, much will be required’
Global Brigades turned into a family experience for Joe and Anna Magnotta.
Children needed for physical therapy student project
Children ages 5 to 15 are needed to participate in a Marquette University physical therapy student project.
Department of Physical Therapy partners with PT Solutions
The Department of Physical Therapy in the College of Health Sciences is partnering with PT Solutions for the next three years to grow services for students, practitioners, and patients across the country and to give students the opportunity to practice in real-world environments prior to graduation. PT Solutions is a clinician-founded practice that takes a…
Biomedical sciences piloting custom VR simulation to aid in neuroanatomy, physiology
Biomedical Sciences professor Dr. SuJean Choi is utilizing virtual reality to help students understand the minutiae of brain function.
Biomedical sciences professor uncovers how chronic stress and opioids rewire the brain
Stress is a universal part of the human experience — and universally miserable when it turns chronic or severe. It can raise your blood pressure, disrupt your sleep, weaken your immune system and so much more. But some of its most damaging, and least understood, effects happen inside the brain, says Marquette’s Dr. Matthew Hearing,…
Built on culture, sustained by innovation
College of Health Sciences faculty members reflect on the college’s 30-year history that has graduated over 10,000 mission-driven graduates.