The School of Nursing was recently awarded a Healthcare Collaborative grant from the Tennessee Hospital Association in collaboration with Ascension St. Thomas Midtown. Read more.

Health sciences programming expands with the launch of this new program designed to meet the growing demand for professionals in speech-language pathology and related fields. Read more.

The College of Health Sciences and the College of Pharmacy recently partnered to offer an engaging panel discussion exploring the role that faith plays as practitioners seek to serve patients. Read more.

The new committee is a cross-college initiative that brings together students and faculty from kinesiology, nursing, nutrition, psychology and physician assistant programs. Read more. 

Creating additional partnerships with community stakeholders while providing students with transformative spiritual and educational experiences abroad is the focus of this new initiative. Read more. 

With a robust healthcare ecosystem and growing medical education contingency, there is no better place for physician assistant studies than at Lipscomb in Nashville, the healthcare industry capital of the U.S. Read more. 

There are many events happening in the College of Health Sciences this spring. Below are highlights of some of the activities coming up this semester. 

The College of Health Sciences has a number of activities and events planned this spring. Highlights include:

The College of Health Sciences is holding two sessions for faculty and staff with guest speaker Dr. Jan Harris from the Department of English and Modern Languages. She facilitated the first session on "Belonging in the College of Health Sciences" in February, referencing the book "The Power of Bridging" by john a. powell. The next session will be in April.

The first Interprofessional Education (IPE) Fair will take place April 4. Students from health sciences, social work, and mental health programs will rotate through interactive booths featuring AI in healthcare, clinical case presentations, scope of practice discussions, clinical problem-solving escape room, and hands-on health assessments. This collaborative event promotes cross-disciplinary teamwork and professional understanding among healthcare students.

The Department of Kinesiology Pre-PT/OT Club met in February with faculty club chairs Rebecca Claypool and Libby McCurley. Also meeting in February is the Pre-Physicians Assistant Club & Pre-Med Club. Hayden Hall, a Lipscomb alum and medical student, will lead a skills lab along with several other guest medical students.

In addition, the Lipscomb Student Nurses Association, the Nursing Christian Fellowship, the Kinesiology Club meet regularly throughout the semester. The School of Nursing also hosts a breakout chapel that meets every Wednesday to study scripture with an emphasis on application for nurses.