Class of 2021: Hailey Westrick, M.S. in Clinical Laboratory Science Laboratory Professionals Are "Members of a Mighty Team” Says Graduate and Teacher A medical laboratory scientist working in various hospitals, Hailey Westrick discovered as she trained interns and associates that she also liked teaching. When she decided to get an advanced degree, [...]
Class of 2021: Jennifer Morquecho, B.S. Health Information Management Dreamer is First-Generation College Graduate at Rutgers School of Health Professions At the age of six, Jennifer Morquecho came to the United States from Ecuador, joining her parents who had come first in search of a better life and education for their children. [...]
Class of 2021: Robert Morhauser, M.S. Physician Assistant An Unconventional Journey from English Teacher to Physician Assistant Robert Morhauser would sometimes stand beside a patient’s bed and wonder what he was doing there. For ten years he had been a teacher and now he was in clinical rotations in emergency rooms as [...]
Meet Our 2021 Award Winners We proudly announce our Awards of Excellence winners. Carrie Esopenko, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Doctor of Physical Therapy In just five years as a SHP faculty member, Dr. Carrie Esopenko has built her laboratory and an impressive research program. Her work is both in sports and intimate [...]
Faculty Member Featured in “Twenty Pearls” Documentary on the Impact of the Nation’s Historic First Black Sorority Rutgers School of Health Professions Program Director Valerie Johnson is a long-time member of the nation’s first Black Greek-letter sorority. But it wasn’t until she participated in a recently released documentary film about its founding [...]
Medical Student Wins Fellowship to Train with Physical Therapy Researcher A prestigious National Institutes of Health fellowship was awarded to a Rutgers medical student and Ph.D. candidate who is working with Professor Judith Deutsch, PT, Ph.D., director of the Rivers Lab at the School of Health Professions in Newark. John Palmieri is [...]