WELCOME TO THE
COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES
WELCOME TO THE COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES
NEWS
Horn offers new undergrad certificates
Horn Entrepreneurship has launched seven new undergraduate certificates created in partnership with each of the seven colleges at the University of Delaware. The certificate programs will allow students to engage with the university’s inclusive entrepreneurship...
Op-Ed highlights important role of biomedical research funding
Bill Farquhar, a professor in KAAP, recently penned an editorial in the Philadelphia Inquirer about the need for increased funding for biomedical research. He included details about another KAAP researcher, Melissa Witman, who is researching heart and blood-vessel...
UD researchers discuss biomedical collaboration
The Delaware INBRE program aims to increase opportunities for biomedical research in the state. Thanks to funding provided by the National Institutes of Health, Delaware INBRE is helping early-career investigators by providing funds for pilot projects that are...
CHS visits Leg Hall to talk research, innovation
Representatives from the College of Health Sciences recently headed to Dover for UD Day at Legislative Hall, where they showed off the innovation, research and clinical care happening daily in our labs, clinics and classrooms. Faculty from the Department of...
Horn offers new undergrad certificates
Horn Entrepreneurship has launched seven new undergraduate certificates created in partnership with each of the seven colleges at the University of Delaware. The certificate programs will allow students to engage with the university’s inclusive entrepreneurship...
EXPLORE THE STAR CAMPUS
The Science Technology and Research (STAR) Campus serves as the College of Health Sciences hub for innovation. With Research, personal clinical care and state-of-the art technologies, the sites at STAR are only the first step towards building a healthier Delaware.
The Tower at STAR
STAR Campus
RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT
Research developed and piloted in the UD Parkinson’s Clinic leads to a national grant to help people with Parkinson’s disease who struggle with walking problems. It’s another example of how the research that happens here in our clinics is being translated to help a larger population of people.
CHS STARTUP TESTS PARKINSON’S DISEASE DEVICE WITH MICHAEL J. FOX FOUNDATION FUNDING
An estimated 1 million people in the United States are living with Parkinson’s and suffer from symptoms including tremor, stiffness and impaired balance. Sixty percent of these individuals experience freezing of gait, a phenomenon where individuals feel as if their feet are stuck to the ground and their ability to walk is blocked. Now, a Mid-Atlantic research team with roots at the University of Delaware has received a $440,000 grant from The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF) to test a device, called VibeForward, that uses vibration therapy to reduce symptoms of freezing of gait in patients with Parkinson’s.
WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT?
Our students benefit from an experiential learning experience – designed towards focusing on all aspects of healthcare. Our colleges curriculum immerses students in research, simulation and clinical care.
Combined with strategic partnerships in the Delaware community and an ever-growing Science Technology and Research (STAR) Campus, the experiences gained by our students prepare them to address all aspects of healthcare, wellness, from research and care, to the preventative and social determinants of health.
FACTS & FIGURES
From game-changing research by UD faculty to businesses discovering the many benefits of partnering with us on the STAR Campus, the College of Health Sciences is driving sustainable economic change in Delaware.
$500M
Of Business and
Infrastructure investment
2,556
Undergraduate
Students
5,259
Patients Served
Annually
509
Graduate
Students
28,891
Unique Clinical
Visits FYE ’18
15
Patents
(FY10-17)
382%
Growth in Research
Expenditures (FY10-17)
#1
Physical Therapy
Program
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CONTACT
Dean's Office
Tower at STAR, 7th Floor
100 Discovery Blvd, Newark DE 19713
P: (302) 831-2381
STAR Health Sciences Complex
540 S. College Ave, Newark DE 19713
P: (302) 831-1060
