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closeup of JWU Center for Physician Assistant Studies embroidered on lab coat
Health & Wellness

Physician Assistant Program Shines with National Student Awards

  • Annie Kennedy
  • 23 October 2025
a photo collage featuring four CHW faculty members
Health & Wellness

4 Health & Wellness Faculty Whose Recent Wins Benefit Students

  • Annie Kennedy
  • 21 October 2025
Students gaining hands-on experience in a JWU lab
Arts & Sciences Health & Wellness

Student Perspectives from Inside JWU’s Health and Wellness Programs

  • Melinda Hill
  • 30 September 2025
Assistant Professor Kevin Pozzi works with students in a PT lab.
News Health & Wellness

Students Are Talking: New Doctor of Physical Therapy Program

  • Melinda Hill
  • 04 August 2025
Chef Poyourow in a teaching kitchen demo
Culinary Health & Wellness

JWU Teaching Kitchens Take Shape

  • Caitlin Isles
  • 12 June 2025
From left to right: Haylee Canadas, Cierra Bradford, Madison Morais, Lilly Oliveira, Steve Jacob, Abigail Nosal, Madalyn Lyons, Jadyn Torres and Andrea Avila.
Health & Wellness Research

10 Health & Wellness Students Published in Rhode Island Medical Journal

  • Laurie Roberts
  • 02 June 2025
Nursing students in the ABSN program work with high-fidelity mannequins in the Sim and Practice Labs.
Health & Wellness

Accelerated Nursing Program Earns Accreditation with 100% NCLEX Pass Rate

  • Laurie Roberts
  • 29 May 2025
Students in the Physician Assistant Studies Program get hands-on experience applying different splinting techniques.
Arts & Sciences Health & Wellness

Graduate Health Programs Earn National Recognition and Top Accreditation

  • JWU Media
  • 23 April 2025
clinical nutrition students examine foods and beverages in class
Health & Wellness

Pathways to Careers in Nutrition

  • Annie Kennedy
  • 01 March 2025
Testing reflexes in the Exercise and Science Sports Hub.
Experiential Education Health & Wellness

Exercise and Sports Science Teams Up with Student Athletes 

  • Miranda Hasani
  • 14 January 2025
Group shot of the Nursing Class of 2024
Health & Wellness

JWU’s Nursing Program Celebrates First Graduates

  • Andrea Feldman
  • 17 December 2024
The Changing Landscape of Nursing: Empowering Registered Nurses to Lead
Health & Wellness

The Changing Landscape of Nursing: Empowering Registered Nurses to Lead

  • JWU Media
  • 21 October 2024
Associate Professor Sam Rosenthal shares her research on mental health in college-age students.
Health & Wellness

Evidence-based Approaches to Support Student Mental Health

  • Andrea Feldman
  • 24 April 2024
a photo of Molly Gould OTD '24 standing in front of the sign for the Occupational Therapy program space at JWU
Health & Wellness

OTD Student Experiences ‘Humanity’ Through Butler Hospital Fieldwork

  • Annie Kennedy
  • 22 April 2024
JWU PA students in white coats take turns explaining their master's research to guests at 2024 Scholarship Day
Health & Wellness

Ten Years On, JWU's PA Program Is Going Strong

  • Annie Kennedy
  • 06 March 2024
Kaitlyn Rabb, the policy analyst for Rhode Island KIDS Count, and Quatia “Q” Osorio, the executive director of the Urban Perinatal Education Center, in front of a slide about community-led childbirth and postpartum education.
Health & Wellness

How Community Action Can Improve Black Maternal Health Outcomes

  • Andrea Feldman
  • 31 October 2023
View of the central simulation center that is part of JWU Charlotte’s Nursing lab suites and facilities.
Health & Wellness

JWU Charlotte Launches Accelerated Nursing Program

  • JWU Media
  • 12 October 2023
Students from JWU’s first Nursing cohort welcome visitors to the newly-unveiled facility.
Health & Wellness

JWU Providence Unveils New Nursing Facilities

  • Andrea Feldman
  • 06 September 2023
JWU PA students held a fundraiser to benefit the Heart Brothers Foundation in the Pepsi Forum on April 28, 2023
Health & Wellness

Having a Heart: JWU PA Students Raise Funds to Fight Cardiovascular Disease

  • Lynzi DeLuccia
  • 04 May 2023
Various pamphlets from harm reduction organization Project Weber/RENEW fanned out on a table.
Health & Wellness

Centering Equity & Empathy in the Treatment of Substance Use Disorder

  • Andrea Feldman
  • 28 April 2023
Elaine Black, Ph.D., Director of Food Safety and Public Health
Health & Wellness

What Can You Do With a Public Health Degree?

  • Ashley Caprarella
  • 03 February 2023
Two attendees of the undergraduate research symposium looking at a poster outlining a research project.
Health & Wellness Research

New Center Propels Undergraduate Student Research

  • Lynzi DeLuccia
  • 04 January 2023
photo capturing a screen at the PBN healthcare summit listing Thomas Meehan as a panelist
Health & Wellness

JWU Provides Expertise at PBN Healthcare Summit

  • Annie Kennedy
  • 31 October 2022
JWU's 2022 Health Equity Lecture Series
Health & Wellness News

Keeping Kids Safe in School: Examining Ways to Reduce Gun Violence in America

  • Rachel Nunes
  • 28 October 2022