Wichita State University: Department of Public Health Sciences

Congratulations to Daniele Wilson on her promotion to Clinical Specialist III, CPT at Abbott.

Congratulations to Fl 24 Health Management graduate and current MHA student, Taygen Altenburg, on her new role as Associate Manager of Integration with The Resource Group, Spend Management.

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Congratulations to Haley Eastman on her recent promotion to Recruitment Operations Manager at Maxim Healthcare Services.

Congratulations to Thao-Nhu Truong on her new position as Operations Coordinator at Ascension.

Congratulations to Amber Sanford on her new role as Healthcare Coordinator at Pacific Dental Services.

Congratulations to Tatumn Graham, Spring 2024 graduate in Health Management, on her new position as Office Assistant at Premonition Health.

Congratulations Brooke Roberson, MHA, on her promotion to Division Operation Analyst at HealthTrust Performance Group.

Congratulations to Allyson Gard, OT, MOT, on her new role as Occupational Therapist at The Hand Center of the Emerald Coast.

🌟 Congratulations to Addison Barnard for being named the 2023-24 American Athletic Conference Softball Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Addison is the first Shocker softball student-athlete to receive this honor since Wichita State joined The American in 2017. 🏆🥎

In addition to her athletic success, Addison graduated in May with a degree in health science and a GPA of 3.82. She's a two-time Academic All-American and has been a consistent presence on the American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team and the Athletic Director's Honor Roll.

On the field, Addison finished her career with 93 home runs, ranking fifth all-time in NCAA history. Her combination of power and speed—90+ home runs and 60+ stolen bases—earned her All-America honors three out of her four seasons at Wichita State. 🌾💪

Way to go, Addison Barnard—an inspiration on and off the field! 🌟

Barnard Named AAC Softball Scholar-Athlete of the Year - Wichita State Athletics Addison Barnard can add another "first" to her resume. Barnard has been named the 2023-24 American Athletic Conference Softball Scholar-Athlete of the Year, it was announced by the league Wednesday morning.

Professionals looking to boost their skillsets or retrain for new opportunities can enroll in the many Badge courses offered at Wichita State in the fall 2024 semester. With Badges, professionals can take bite-sized, one credit hour or less courses to learn or enhance their skills.

Wichita State has been a national leader in creating a standard for microcredentials, allowing employers to be confident that meaningful learning has occurred when you list the badge on your resume. Badges are developed with input from employers, government licensing agencies, trade associations and faculty.

One such series of badges is the Care of Populations series. This series can enhance your knowledge of public health and provide nurses with 7 CEU hours upon completion of all six badges. Additionally, completing all six badges for a total of 3 credit hours can be applied toward the Bachelor of Science in Health Management.

To learn more about Badges, including how to enroll, visit wichita.edu/badges, or fill out the Badge interest form for any questions you may have.

Congratulations Omar Syed on his new position as Medicare Insurance Agent with Spring Venture Group.

Congratulations to the HEALTH Student Association Executive Board graduates.

Congratulations to Danielle Compton on her new position as Account Manager at HUB International.

Congratulations to our Spring and Summer 2024 Graduates in the Bachelor of Science in Health Management and the Bachelor of Science in Health Science. PHS is proud of you and looks forward to seeing the places you will go!

Congratulations to Joshua Espinoza on his new position as Account Manager, Medically Integrated Dispensing at McKesson.

Congratulations to Jacey Arnett for achieving Academic Excellence in Health Science and being honored with the Research Award by the Department of Public Health Sciences.

Congratulations to Merry Phan for achieving Academic Excellence in Health Science and being selected for the Research Award.

Congratulations to Camryn Compton for achieving Academic Excellence in Health Science and Health Management.

Congratulations to Roaa Alwazani for her outstanding Academic Achievement in Health Science and for being chosen as the Health Science Alpha Eta Outstanding Student.

Congratulations to Olga Lesnik for achieving Academic Excellence in Health Management and being named the Health Management Alpha Eta Outstanding Student. Olga was also recognized by the College of Health Professions for her outstanding service and leadership.

Congratulations to Caly Bourbonnais for achieving Academic Excellence in Health Management.

Congratulations to Grace Morgan on her new position as Healthcare Consultant with Myers and Stauffer LC.

Congratulations to Olivia Dempsey, on her new role as Associate Attorney with Martin, Pringle, Oliver, Wallace, & Bauer, LLP.

Congratulations to Arooj Anwar, on her new role as Project Specialist - MITIE at Houston Methodist.

Congratulations to Kayla Orindgreff on her new role as ADHD Sales Specialist with Ironshore.

Congratulations to McKenzie Boyd on her new role as Research Assistant at the University of Kansas Medical Center.

Congratulations to Victoria Gallagher, MA on her new role as Principal Behavioral Health Provider for Veterans and Families at Prairie View, Inc.

Congratulations to the WSU CLARION team who placed 2nd in the National CLARION Competition this past weekend in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Pictured are Taylor Lipford, Speech Language Pathology; Kristen Geiger Physician Associate; and Taygen Altenburg, Master in Health Administration.

"The CLARION National Case Study Competition is an interprofessional case study competition hosted by the University of Minnesota. Participants receive a fictional scenario and must perform a root cause analysis to determine innovative solutions to the proposed case study challenges. This year, participants were able to pick one of three cases, that each centered around a different essential workplace during a fictional second pandemic occurring in April 2025. Based on what we learned from COVID best practices, independent research, and innovative ideas, we presented our solution to the case. My team chose to address the food processing plant and developed four interprofessional teams to help combat healthcare mistrust, misinformation, vaccine hesitancy, and cultural insensitivities. After winning the local case competition in Wichita on March 1st, we were able to attend the national competition in Minneapolis, MN. At the national competition we presented our case in the initial round and then again in finals. We took second place with our presentation. This competition provided me with a great opportunity to get to learn more about clinical healthcare as I worked with a physician assistant student and speech language pathology student. It also gave me great insight into how to solve issues through procedures and policies, but also through frontline worker perspectives and utilizing best practices partnered with innovation to create a successful plan." - Taygen Altenburg, MHA

Congratulations to Jacey Arnett Senior in Health Science (left) and Salsabila Attaria Junior in Health Science (right) on receiving first place at the Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Forum (URCAF). Their presentation was titled, “Utilizing a Wearable Fetal Heart Rate Monitor to Increase Obstetrics Healthcare Access: Determining the Device Acceptability.”

The students’ project is part of a three-year study funded by the National Institutes of Health designed to guide the design and clinical utilization of a wearable fetal heart rate monitoring device among providers and patients alike. The study is led by Dr. Nikki Keene Woods from Public Health Sciences. The interdisciplinary team includes colleagues Dr. Yongkuk Lee from engineering and Dr. Jamie Harrington and Jolynn Dowling from Nursing, as well as students from each of the divisions.

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development