OU College of Allied Health

Last week, students prepared, shared, and photographed fruit and vegetable-based foods from other cultures with guidance from Stephanie Deberry, Nutritional Sciences PhD student and dietitian/public health faculty, in preparation for CHAMP Camp this Summer!

Under the leadership of Dr. Erin Benear, our first-year audiology students stepped into hands-on training this week, mastering the equipment and techniques required to take ear impressions which is a foundational skill in clinical audiology practice👂

Leadership through service in action 📚❤️ Dean Jane Wilson recently joined the iLEAP crew for Read Across America, sharing a story and spending time with our Speech-Language Pathology graduate students and young readers! #ReadAcrossAmerica

Huge congratulations to Dr. Elizabeth Hile and her student, MaKinsy Ringels, on earning third place in the Balance and Falls Special Interest Group Research Poster Presentation contest at the APTA Combined Sections Meeting (CSM) in California! 🥉 #LeadOnOU ❤️☝️

Dr. Yo Shih has been honored with the 2026 Early Career Investigator Award in Biomedical Research, presented by the Biomechanics Special Interest Group of APTA Academy of Research 🌟 Congratulations on this well-deserved achievement, Dr. Shih! 👏🔬✨

The College of Allied Health Research Day 2026 is just around the corner, and YOU'RE INVITED!! ✨ 🗓️ This 16th Annual Research Day will take place on March 27th, from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. at the College of Allied Health. Mark your calendars and come support student research!

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This Thanksgiving season, we are so grateful for our amazing students, faculty, and staff that make the College of Allied Health community the best there is! Hear what they had to say about their experiences at Allied Health during this year's Allied Health Week ❤️☝️

We were honored to welcome Dr. Lynne Davis, OU Allied Health Radiologic Tech alumna & MassBay Community College Dean, for an inspiring talk on the life-changing value of mentorship. She reminded us that true mentorship happens through care, collaboration & everyday moments. ❤️

🩻 Celebrating Willhelm Roentgen’s 1895 discovery of X-rays! Our OU MIRS “rOUd runners” joined ASRT’s Rad Dash 5K — running at Wheeler Park to honor the tech, teamwork & impact of medical imaging 👟💪 #RadDash25 #RadTechWeek #OUMIRS

Allied Health Week was full of fun — from OT’s free fidget toys to a visit from Therapy Dog Maggie! 🐾 Remember: caring for others starts with caring for you. So give yourself that break in the Atrium, take a deep breath, recharge, and keep shining your light in healthcare! ❤️

🧠 Making strides in neurologic PT—one step (and one paw) at a time! 🐾 🥇 DPT students Amanda Mori, Celia Benedict, Katy Whitt & Autumn Rosenthal earn Best Poster at the 2025 ANPT Conference for study on dog-assisted walking in people with MS, mentored by Dr. Bobbette Miller!

Big thanks to AAC specialist Camber Moulton, MS, CCC-SLP with PRC-Saltillo, for sharing invaluable insight with our OU Allied Health SLP students during #AACAwarenessMonth! Our OU SLP grads gained tools to help every voice be heard thanks to the amazing iLEAP program 🙌🍎

Big news! 🎉 Assistant Clinical Professor Dr. Younes has been invited by the National Commission on Dietetic Registration to help contribute to the national exam for Registered Dietitian Nutritionists — a recognition of his expertise and dedication to student success. 👏

👟❤️ Nutritional Sciences is back with hydration tips for race day! 💧 Sip water all day, not all at once a few times a day 💧 Replenish w/ sodium & electrolytes when sweating 💧 Sugar helps fuel & recover. Salty foods pre-race can help too! See you at the Tulsa Run Oct 25!

OU research shows kids with cochlear implants may rely more on how speech *feels* than sounds 💬✨ Dr. Matthew Masapollo’s work could shape new therapies that focus on motor skills, not just hearing. 🔗 to read more [bit.ly/4hbLsJY]

First-year DPT and OTD students bring anatomy to life in the Principles of Human Movement! By drawing peripheral nerves on each other’s arms, they continue to develop their “x-ray vision” — the ability to picture where nerves lie beneath the skin 🩻

With the College of Allied Health Rehab Sciences gearing up to help runners recover after the Tulsa Run, they’ve teamed up with the Nutritional Sciences department for some Running 101! ✨ See you at the Tulsa Run on October 25, Runners! 🏅

Looking to join the OU Allied Health Family? The Department of Nutritional Sciences offers interprofessional graduate certificates in Applied Nutrition and wants YOU to apply! Visit the 🔗 below to learn more #OUAlliedHealth bit.ly/4mX3TTR

Lead on, Bethany! ☝️❤️ 🏆 Congratulations to Radiation Therapy student, Bethany Fraire, for being one of 15 students nationally to be awarded the Varian Radiation Therapy Advancement Scholarship!