Category: College of Health and Human Services

Northern Arizona University PA Program holds white coat ceremony for Class of 2024

Andrew | August 24, 2023

The Physician Assistant class of 2024 was welcomed to NAU with a white coat ceremony on August 11 at the Phoenix Bioscience Core. … Read more

NAU develops two-year hybrid Doctor of Physical Therapy program

Andrew | August 15, 2023

Northern Arizona University is expanding its Doctor of Physical Therapy program to include a competency-based, hybrid option for students to learn primarily online with some travel to campus for in-person immersive learning experiences… Read more

Physical therapy students working on a patient.

Dr. Amy Bonomi on her Journey in Health Professions

Andrew | August 9, 2023

NAU’s College of Health and Human Services recently welcomed Dr. Amy Bonomi as its Associate Dean of Strategic Initiatives. Her path through health professions began as a child growing up in a household where both parents worked in the medical field. Her father is a noted oncologist specializing in lung cancer, and her mother dedicated her life to others as a nurse and through art. These two important figures would mark the beginning of her journey through the world of health. … Read more

Building on the past, looking to the future: NAU celebrates growth in health care fields at 10-year PBC anniversary

mem2 | May 8, 2023

As Northern Arizona University (NAU) celebrates the important milestone of 10 years of delivering exceptional health care education programs at the Phoenix Bioscience Core (PBC), the imperative to continue growing programs and developing a talented pipeline of allied and behavioral health providers for the state is clearer than ever. … Read more

Nursing student talking to a patient and making notes.

NAU Nursing expands to North Valley campus

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NAU is on the forefront of tackling our extreme nursing shortages. The expansion of our accelerated nursing program to North Valley is one example of how we are working to get more well-prepared nurses from all backgrounds into the Arizona communities that desperately need them… Read more

The main entrance of N A U's North Valley campus.

“The world needs more people like you.”

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OTs are health care professionals who work with people to help them find ways of participating in the activities that are most meaningful to their lives, such as bathing, driving, dressing, feeding and mobility… Read more

Two Athletic Training students practicing on another student.

Casual Conversation Leads to Meaningful Interprofessional Research

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This project highlights the importance of interprofessional collaboration, whether formally organized or through casual conversation between friends… Read more

Students learn how to use the dental x-ray machine.

NAU receives $6.4M grant to train nurses in effort to address statewide shortage

mem2 | February 1, 2023

“At NAU, we are committed to ensuring students are prepared to enter the nursing workforce our state so desperately needs,” said NAU President José Luis Cruz Rivera… Read more

Three nursing students sit at a picnic table at N A U's Yuma campus.

NAU Professor and UA Med Student Team Up for Stroke Research

mem2 | January 27, 2023

Our research gives, for the first time, an understanding that if a patient has better mobility and better self-care, there is a correlation with their likelihood of returning home… Read more

Outside of the building at one of N A U's statewide campus locations.

Yuma Grown | New NAU Program Created Through Grassroots Advocacy

mem2 | January 25, 2023

While school districts nationwide face a similar shortage of SLPs, Kaste says Yuma’s needs were particularly desperate… Read more