Health Professions and Medical Sciences News

RIT’s newest Tigers were formally welcomed Thursday with cheers, advice, and challenges to dream big.

An entry-level clinical doctorate in occupational therapy will launch in June 2026. The program, which will focus on innovative interventions and adaptive devices that extend patients’ functional skills, represents the university’s first clinical doctorate degree.

At the Undergraduate Research Symposium, RIT students share research in artificial intelligence, sustainability, health sciences, and other areas that is helping to solve global challenges.
 

For medical illustration alumni Bob Morreale and Josh Cavalier, RIT baseball bonds made way for bold breakthroughs in their careers. Since graduating from RIT, where they studied and played baseball together, they both mastered innovative technologies to improve healthcare and business practices. 

Sammy Deol won a yearlong Fulbright Scholarship to attend graduate school in England. He will earn a master’s degree in public health in preparation for medical school.

RIT’s physician assistant program celebrated its 30th graduating class this year, and now its biggest champion, former director and founder Heidi Miller, is preparing to retire at the end of June after nearly 32 years.

RIT’s partnership with Rochester Prep High School celebrated its 10-year anniversary.

Researchers at RIT developed new artificial intelligence techniques to extract and visualize information from standard-of-care biomedical data, providing a means for clinicians to better diagnose diseases and determine interventions.

Using a non-traditional, micro-organism separation method, researchers at RIT discovered a faster technique that can be used to distinguish cells that are resistant to antibiotics or cancer.

Science speaks to Michelle Koplitz '08 (biotechnology), Sara Blick-Nitko '17 (professional studies), and Wyatte Hall '08 (psychology) about the impact of budget cuts on the Deaf Scientists Pipeline.

Ellie Warren came to RIT with the goal of becoming trilingual. Now fluent in English, American Sign Language, and Spanish, her next stop is medical school.

With aspirations to work for the NFL, Gabe McMurtrie’s interest in athletic performance made RIT’s exercise science program a natural fit, giving him a strong foundation in human mechanics, physiology, and sport psychology.