College of Health Professions & Natural Sciences

WilmU Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) student Daisy Lara is passionate about providing behavioral health care to patients who often fall through the cracks. Her project, serving Spanish-speaking patients, earned her one of only 20 fellowships awarded to minority students by the National Advisory Committee of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA) to work with the…

Dr. Milton Muldrow represented the state of Delaware, along with the Delaware Space Grant director, at the National NASA Space Grant conference in Washington, D.C. Prior to the conference, Dr. Muldrow visited the offices of U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons, and U.S. Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester to promote Space Grant Funding, and discuss the importance of investing in the STEM…

The College of Health Professions is on the leading edge in educating behavioral health providers, introducing a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) Post Graduate Certificate that will prepare nurse practitioners to offer comprehensive mental health services to patients in primary care settings. Dr. Melody Randle The program was designed partially in response to helping patients…

A reimagined and reinvigorated baccalaureate program offers a new opportunity for students seeking a four-year degree in Health Sciences; with evidenced interest reflected in near doubling of enrollment. “We previously offered an Allied Health completion degree for students who already had an associate degree,” says Angela Herman, Chair of the Health Sciences program in the College of Health…