140 students to receive master’s and doctorate degrees in healthcare specialties
Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions (RMUoHP) will conduct commencement exercises Saturday for the 2018 Class of 140 healthcare master’s and doctorate students. Dr. Gregory D. Myer, RMUoHP alumnus and director of research at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, will provide the commencement address. He is a recognized leader in the field of injury prevention and human performance neuroscience.
- What: 2018 Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions Commencement Ceremony
- When: Saturday, August 11, 11:00 am to 1:00 pm
- Where: Utah Valley Convention Center, 220 Center Street, Provo, Utah
“We estimate Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions graduates currently treat tens-of-thousands of patients throughout the country every day,” said Dr. Richard P. Nielsen, founding president of Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions. “The quality of care these patients receive is evidence of the quality of education our graduates experience.”
Commencement speaker Gregory D. Myer, PhD, FACSM, CSCS*D received the Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions Outstanding Alumnus Award. He is the Director of Research and the Human Performance Laboratory for the Division of Sports Medicine at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. He maintains primary faculty appointment in the departments of Pediatrics and Orthopedic Surgery in the College of Medicine at the University of Cincinnati. He has published over 300 articles in peer-reviewed medical journals and has published books and several book chapters related to his research.
RMUoHP graduates will receive degrees in the following areas:
- Master of Science in Health Science
- Master of Physician Assistant Studies
- Doctor of Occupational Therapy
- Doctor of Physical Therapy
- Doctor of Clinical Science in Speech-Language Pathology (Doctor of Speech-Language Pathology)
- Doctor of Nursing Practice
- Doctor of Science in Health Science
- Doctor of Philosophy
About Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions
Founded and located in Provo, Utah, in June 1998, Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions (RMUoHP), is a regionally accredited institution under the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities, an institutional accrediting body recognized by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education. This accreditation is the highest achievable in the United States. RMUoHP is an exclusive graduate healthcare education institution with a reputation for high-quality, evidence-based, and outcomes-oriented healthcare education programs (currently 21 doctoral programs or doctoral tracks and four master’s degree programs in different healthcare specialties) and has a diverse student body and faculty with alumni from Utah and all 50 states. www.rm.edu
