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UMass Lowell DNP student Michelle Flanagan poses next to her research poster.
Michelle Flanagan
MS in Nursing (Family Health Nurse Practitioner track), Doctor of Nursing Practice

With a passion for women’s health, Michelle Flanagan earned advanced nursing practice degrees to support patients.

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Jennica Hamm
Applied Biomedical Sciences

Jennica Hamm was mentored and is now a mentor herself, helping first-year students get acclimated to campus and academic life.

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Lou Coiro poses in front of a Department of Physical Therapy banner.
Lou Coiro
Physical Therapy

During his long career, Coiro has opened two physical therapy clinics, treated thousands of patients and hired many UMass Lowell students.

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Kate Killion
Public Health – Dietetics

Kate Killion came to UML because it’s the only university in New England that offers a dietetics degree with a public health perspective.

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Health Sciences News

  • A woman with a striped shirt gestures toward a poster on an easle while talking to a man in a room.

    InnovAGE Fellowship Teaches Researchers How to Think Like Entrepreneurs

    Two UMass Lowell doctoral students were among 12 researchers selected for the InnovAGE fellowship, in which they received entrepreneurship training and mentorship to help bring their AI-powered innovations for rehabilitation and dementia detection closer to market.
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  • Exercise Science student walking on treadmill

    The Tech-Driven Fitness Boom Powers Health Science Careers

    Associate Teaching Professor Kyle Coffey ’07, ’10 of the Department of Physical Therapy and Kinesiology, who serves as the program director of the Exercise Science Bachelor of Science program, sat down to talk about how these latest trends impact health and wellness.
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