Health

Melissa Davis inside the Herrick Conservatory

When it's cold and gray outside, there's plenty of green in the Herrick Conservatory.

Students learn techniques to help people feel better.

Students at Kent State University's East Liverpool Campus learn to use physical therapy to help people recover. 

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Occupational Therapy students learn to help injured people resume daily activities.

Occupational therapy students learn how to help people get back to their regular routines.

End-of-life care is part of the College of Nursing curriculum.

Making sure the seriously ill have the chance to communicate their final messages to loved ones, share their feelings and mend family relationships has been the primary focus of Dana Hansen's career as a hospice nurse. 

Student get hands-on experience during the Ashtabula Campus's Flash Medical Center event

After a three-year hiatus, Flash Medical Center returned to Kent State University at Ashtabula’s Robert S. Morrison Hall for a one-day medical emergency simulation on Friday, Oct. 14, 2022.

Pictured from Kent State's College of Nursing, are: Tracey Motter, associate dean of Academics; Kay Gianantonio, 2018-2020 Jonas Scholar; Nicole Lewis, 2020-2022 Jonas Scholar recipient; and Lisa Onesko, professor and director of the DNP Program.

Two-time Kent State University alumna and current Doctor of Nursing Practice student Nicole K. Lewis, MSN ‘20,  was selected by Jonas Philanthropies, a leading national philanthropic funder of graduate nursing education, as a 2020-2022 Jonas Scholar Award Recipient.

Radiology students at Kent State's Salem Campus learn how to position patients for x-rays.

Radiology students at Kent State's Salem Campus receive practical, hands-on training. 

Tracey L. Bale, Ph.D., is keynote speaker for the 10th Annual Neuroscience Symposium at Kent State University.

Kent State University’s 10th Annual Neuroscience Symposium began Thursday with a keynote address by Tracy L. Bale, Ph.D., titled "The biology of trauma: Understanding risk and resilience."  

Students at Kent State's Salem Campus learn sonography.

Sonography is one of the concentrations students in the radiology program at Kent State's Salem Campus can study. 

Kent State graduate student Thywill Ettey, a third-year doctoral student in the School of Biomedical Sciences, conducts laboratory research.


Kent State University’s Brain Health Research Institute (BHRI) will be welcoming a bevy of accomplished alumni back to the Kent Campus when it hosts the 10th Annual Neuroscience Symposium on Thursday and Friday, Oct. 27 and 28.