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DHPE Student Spotlight: Drs. Ron and Danielle Armold

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A family of four smiles at the camera

Meet Ron Armold, DC, MS and Danielle Armold, DC, MS, CAHTA, a husband and wife duo in Logan’s Doctorate of Health Professions Education (DHPE) program, as told by Dr. Danielle Armold. Dr. Ron and I currently work in our private chiropractic office, Hub City Spinal Care in Spartanburg, South Carolina. We just celebrated our three-year anniversary. We were both interested in the DHPE program for similar reasons. One of our shared commonalities is a love for teaching others. I actually started teaching at a local college at the same time I opened my chiropractic office in order to supplement our …

DHPE Student Spotlight: Tim Victorella

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Tim Victorella lives in upstate New York near the Finger Lakes. He has been working in the mental health field for many years, specifically in crisis intervention, suicide prevention, and professional education. Tim holds a master’s degree in social work and is currently three trimesters from graduation from Logan’s Doctorate of Health Professions Education (DHPE) program. Tim’s career extends back to his early years in emergency medicine in the community. He has been in the mental health field working clinically in emergency departments, community crisis teams, state psychiatric hospitals, and crisis stabilization units. Currently, Tim works for a national crisis …

Logan Student One Step Closer to Realizing Dream with Sports Science & Rehabilitation Degree

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Master of Science in Sports Science and Rehabilitation student MyOcea Dixon

After working as a health fitness professional for HealthFitness, a company that builds and manages comprehensive fitness solutions for organizations, MyOcea Dixon decided to advance her career by pursuing her Master of Science in Sports Science and Rehabilitation (MS-SSR) from Logan University. Currently in her sixth and final trimester, she is one step closer to realizing her dream of opening her own community center. “I’ve always loved sports,” MyOcea said. “I played rugby and golf in high school and college, so I knew I wanted to do something that incorporated sports and fitness. Although I had earned a bachelor’s degree …

New Full-Body Radiology Phantom Enhances Student Learning

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Three people stand behind a full-body radiology phantom lying on a table.

Students in Logan University’s Radiographic Positioning and Foundations of Diagnostic Imaging courses are now able to practice patient positioning and exposure techniques using a new Erler-Zimmer radiology phantom that was delivered in October. A highly specialized object used in medical imaging for education, the new phantom contains a human skeleton as well as outlines of the larynx, lungs, heart and kidneys, which enables students to take real X-ray images. With moveable joints, the phantom can also be arranged into many different imaging positions. “When students set up positions on each other, they are not making exposures; therefore, they do not …

MSHI Student Spotlight: Kassandra Costin

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My name is Kassandra Costin and I am from upstate New York. I have two Bachelor of Science degrees in Biology and Medical Technology. Following the completion of these degrees, I started working as a medical laboratory scientist for a hospital in western Massachusetts. After a year in that role, I spent five years working as a clinical laboratory analyst. As a clinical laboratory analyst, I was involved with optimizing the laboratory information system (LIS), integrating laboratory instrumentation with the LIS, integrating physician practices with the LIS, and working with the local Department of Health. A few months ago, I …

DHPE Student Spotlight: Lora Timmons

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Logan University Doctorate of Health Professions Education Student Lora Timmons

Lora Timmons has been a higher education professional for 27 years, holding a variety of different roles from faculty, academic advisor and director of education to dean at two mid-sized, private universities in Chicago. She currently serves as the dean for nursing and health care at GateWay Community College in Phoenix, Arizona, a huge move she made in the middle of COVID (since she has lived in the Chicago area her whole life)! Working with first-year students has consistently been a passion for Lora, so this career choice seemed to be the right move in a much larger educational system. …