Health Sciences
OT adaptive sports camp fulfills need in Milwaukee community
For the past few years, Adela Villanueva Perez has been frustrated by how difficult it is to find fun and social activities for her son Carlos. Carlos was diagnosed with autism at four years old and solely because of his diagnosis, he hasn’t been allowed to participate in programming for kids his age. “In the…
2025 Explorer Challenge winners announced
The Explorer Challenge 2.0, Marquette’s long-running seed funding program, selected three projects to support.
Fast facts on first-year graduate, professional students
This fall, more than 1,200 students arrived on campus to pursue graduate and professional degrees at Marquette.
College of Health Sciences student awarded $60K NIH grant
Doctoral student Bridgitte Côté has been awarded a $67,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the effects of chronic stress on the brain as part of her research with mentors Dr. Matthew Hearing and Dr. Robert Wheeler. Côté is pursuing her Ph.D. in neuroscience after completing her undergraduate degree at Arizona State…
Physical Therapy professor awarded Department of Defense research grant
Dr. Kristi Streeter, assistant professor of physical therapy, is expanding her research on breathing after spinal cord injuries with a new grant from the U.S. Department of Defense. Streeter’s new grant is worth $436,808 and focuses on whether combining two therapies leads to tangible improvement in patients’ health. “Leveraging our previous research into breathing therapies,…
Health Sciences student receives Rising Leader Award in audiology
Samantha Grivno, a rising senior in the College of Health Sciences, was honored with the Rising Leader Award in audiology by the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association as part of the National NSSLHA Member Honors.
2025 COMMENCEMENT SERIES | Nontraditional student moves back to Nicaragua to evaluate, provide speech-language therapy to children
Nontraditional graduate student Karen Zielke de Picado has earned her degree in speech language pathology and is going home — albeit with a new set of skills to provide proper care to children who currently have none.
Faculty honored at Père Marquette Dinner 2025
Five Marquette faculty members were recognized with the university’s highest teaching honor and one faculty member received the Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion Award at the 66th Annual Père Marquette Dinner.
Picture This: A Research & Scholarship Photo Contest 2025 winners chosen
Four winners have been selected in the third annual Picture This: A Research & Scholarship Photo Contest sponsored by the College of Health Sciences.
Physician Assistant Studies students ready to embrace new surroundings during clinical rotation in South Africa
Four Marquette Physician Assistant Studies students are in the middle of a clinical rotation they will never forget as they hone their physical exam skills in South Africa. Associate Program Director Dr. Michael Toppe says he was inspired to implement a rotation in Africa thanks to a transformative experience during his own clinical training in…