August 24, 2023
New faculty spotlight: Jose Ramirez Bayron
This is part of a series of Q&As introducing faculty who have joined the College of Health Sciences for the 2023–24 academic year. Jose Ramirez Bayron Assistant teaching professor, Department of Health Sciences What classes are you teaching this semester? I am teaching HLTH_SCI 2400: Contemporary Health Issues, HLTH_SCI 4985: Healthcare Organization and Leadership, P_HLTH 4485: Ethics in Public Health and HLTH_SCI 4480: Clinical Ethics. Tell us about yourself. What is your background? My training background is diverse. I am a chiropractor with additional training and education in sports chiropractic and acupuncture. In my first…
August 24, 2023
New faculty spotlight: Laura Morett
This is part of a series of Q&As introducing faculty who have joined the College of Health Sciences for the 2023–24 academic year. Laura Morett Assistant professor, Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences What classes are you teaching this semester? I’m teaching SLHS 8300: Neurological Bases of Speech and Language. Tell us about yourself. What is your background? I’m from Newark, Delaware, and I have always been fascinated by language. Originally, I was interested in teaching English and Spanish at the secondary level. When I found out that I could conduct…
August 24, 2023
New faculty spotlight: Taylor Otto
This is part of a series of Q&As introducing faculty who have joined the College of Health Sciences for the 2023–24 academic year. Taylor Otto Assistant teaching professor and clinical coordinator of Radiography, Department of Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences What classes are you teaching this semester? I am teaching Radiographic Image Analysis and Radiographic Procedures II. Tell us about yourself. What is your background? I earned my bachelor’s degree in radiologic science in 2016 from Avila University and began working full-time at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City with the goal of…
August 24, 2023
New faculty spotlight: David Moxley
This is part of a series of Q&As introducing faculty who have joined the College of Health Sciences for the 2023–24 academic year. David Moxley Associate director, MHA executive programAssistant teaching professor, Department of Health Sciences What classes are you teaching this semester? During fall semesters, I am focused on advising our students in the Executive Master of Health Administration program who are completing their theses in preparation for a December graduation. My normal course teaching is usually in the spring and summer semesters. Tell us about yourself. What is your background?…
August 22, 2023
New faculty spotlight: Brian Hensel
This is part of a series of Q&As introducing faculty who have joined the College of Health Sciences for the 2023–24 academic year. Brian Hensel Associate teaching professor, Department of Health Sciences What classes are you teaching this semester? Additionally, I’ll begin advising a team of students in their Executive Management Study (a consultant project) that will go into next semester. Tell us about yourself. What is your background? I’ve been married almost 40 years; we have two daughters, two sons-in-law and two grandchildren. I’m an alum of the program I now teach…
August 22, 2023
New faculty spotlight: Robin Karlin
This is part of a series of Q&As introducing faculty who have joined the College of Health Sciences for the 2023–24 academic year. Robin Karlin Assistant professor, Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences What classes are you teaching this semester? I won’t be teaching any courses this semester, but I look forward to working with students in the classroom soon! Tell us about yourself. What is your background? I was always interested in languages as a child. I wanted to learn how they worked and how humans could even produce them…
August 22, 2023
New faculty spotlight: Min Soon Kim
This is part of a series of Q&As introducing faculty who have joined the College of Health Sciences for the 2023–24 academic year. Min Soon Kim Assistant research professor, Department of Health Sciences What classes are you teaching this semester? Tell us about yourself. What is your background? I have a background in biomedical engineering and specialized in biomedical informatics during my doctoral training. This means I have a deep understanding of how technology and health information intersect. As a passionate researcher in this field, my main goal is to create and…
August 22, 2023
New faculty spotlight: Rebbecca Fenton
This is part of a series of Q&As introducing faculty who have joined the College of Health Sciences for the 2023–24 academic year. Rebbecca Fenton Assistant teaching professor, Department of Health Sciences and Department of Occupational Therapy What classes are you teaching this semester? For the Health Sciences department, I am teaching HLTH SCI 3900, Research Methods. For OT, I am teaching OCTHR 4120, Older Adult Practice. Tell us about yourself. What is your background? My name is Rebbecca Fenton, but I go by Beck. I was born in Colorado, and my family…
August 22, 2023
New faculty spotlight: Tasha Childs
This is part of a series of Q&As introducing faculty who have joined the College of Health Sciences for the 2023–24 academic year. Tasha M. Childs Assistant professor, School of Social Work What classes are you teaching this semester? I am starting my seventh year of teaching undergraduate or graduate students and teaching two foundational Master of Social Work classes: Tell us about yourself. What is your background? I received my bachelor’s degree in education and master’s in social work from Ohio State University. I am formally trained as a school social…
August 22, 2023
New faculty spotlight: Carrie Larson
This is part of a series of Q&As introducing faculty who have joined the College of Health Sciences for the 2023–24 academic year. Caroline (Carrie) Larson Assistant professor, Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences What classes are you teaching this semester? I will be teaching SLHS 8320: Speech Sound Disorders. Tell us about yourself. What is your background? I’m from central Illinois originally, and I practiced as a pediatric speech-language pathologist for several years in Chicago before getting my Ph.D. from UW-Madison. I received additional training in clinical neuroscience at UConn…