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Stories
We’ve curated a list of some of our very favorite stories—originally published on Pulse, Chatham's hub for news and stories—for you to check out throughout the morning.
Students Get Hands-On and Beyond with Augmented Reality Cadaver Lab
Students in Dr. Ahmed El Sergani’s Clinical Applications of Basic Sciences course have been using augmented reality to enhance their experience in Chatham’s human cadaver lab. While a class in the human cadaver lab already comes with essential hands-on experience, Dr. Sergani's approach takes it one step further.
Helping People Thrive— Kayla McLaughlin ‘09, MPAS ‘15
Hailing from rural PA, “where all we talk about is motorcycles,” Kayla McLaughlin ’09, MPAS ’15 was a first-year, first-generation Chatham student when she was exposed to people who were transgender for the first time. “I met so many people that I had never had any contact with before, and I think having that at that time, in that space, which was so safe, and affirming and gentle, was great. I loved Chatham,” she says.
3 Questions with Chatham Eastside
Just blocks from East Liberty’s thriving tech and business hub, Bakery Square—home to Google Pittsburgh, UPMC, and bountiful restaurants and retail—Chatham Eastside is a dream location for the young, urban professional. Eastside has been renovated to the level of LEED-Silver, and it sits at the intersection of some of east Pittsburgh’s most beloved neighborhoods, parks, and living options.
IM4Q: Independent Monitoring for Quality and the Pursuit of Happiness
“People with an intellectual disability often are mistreated, or don’t have access to the same sorts of opportunities or services that people without a disability have,” says Chatham psychology Professor Anthony Goreczny. Goreczny is the principal investigator of a program that is working to change that. The program—which Goreczny has been running for 23 years—is called Independent Monitoring for Quality, or IM4Q.
With Go Baby Go!, students use classroom knowledge to bring fun to families
On a rainy Saturday morning in May, half a dozen children were zipping around on toy cars through the second floor of Chatham University’s Eastside Campus. Watching and guiding them were physical and occupational therapy students wearing shirts that read, “Go Baby Go!” The shirts bore the name of the program these students had spent weeks participating in, outfitting ride-on toy cars to be more accessible for young children with disabilities.
Battling the Unknown - Christine Bingman, DNP ’20
Completing a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree takes a lot of work, and it’s compounded by the fact that many students do it while continuing to work as nurses.
Now imagine that you’re doing it in the spring of 2020, with the world ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic. And you’re the only infection preventionist at your hospital. Such was the experience of Christine Bingman, DNP ’20.
On the Road with Kerrie O’Donnell, Doctor of Physical Therapy ‘17
Kerrie O’Donnell, Doctor of Physical Therapy ’17, didn’t set out to listen to the musical CATS 400 times, or Hamilton 200 times. But life can take surprising turns. And some of those turns land you as a traveling physical therapist working on cast members of musicals.
Making an Impact in Ecuador
For many of the School of Health Sciences students, it would be their first time treating patients in such a context—navigating different cultures, different specialties, even different words. And if that weren’t novelty enough, they’d be doing it in Ibarra, Ecuador.
Alumni Profile: Nicholas Uram, PsyD ‘16, MAP ‘10
Today, as a psychologist and local recovery coordinator at the Washington, DC VA Medical Center, Nicholas Uram, PsyD ‘16, MAP ‘10 helps former service members who are battling “a severe and persistent mental illness” like bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) build healthy, meaningful lives.