University of Idaho School of Health and Medical Professions

Our M.S.A.T. and D.A.T. students have spent the summer immersed in hands-on learning, collaboration and clinical skill development. While much of the program takes place through hybrid learning and clinical experiences throughout the year, this time together in Moscow is an important opportunity to build connections with classmates and faculty and strengthen the community that makes our programs unique.

We're excited to continue the summer with this incredible group of students and look forward to all they'll accomplish in the year ahead.

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Our M.S.A.T. and D.A.T. students have spent the summer immersed in hands-on learning, collaboration and clinical skill development. While much of the program takes place through hybrid learning and clinical experiences throughout the year, this time together in Moscow is an important opportunity to build connections with classmates and faculty and strengthen the community that makes our programs unique.

We're excited to continue the summer with this incredible group of students and look forward to all they'll accomplish in the year ahead.

Idaho became a state on July 3, 1890. The very next day, the country celebrated its independence.

136 years of Idaho. 250 years of America. Two milestones worth pausing on.

The University of Idaho is a land-grant institution, established with a mission to serve the people of this state. Not just to educate, but to respond to what Idaho actually needs.

That mission is why the School of Health and Medical Professions exists. Idaho needs qualified health professionals across every discipline- in aging care, behavioral health, athletic training, nursing, anatomical sciences, and medicine.

Not someday. Now. We are not observers of that need. We are part of the answer.

Happy 136th Idaho Statehood Day and Happy 250th Independence Day!

Welcome to the lab, researchers!

Idaho INBRE kicked off its summer 2026 undergraduate research program this month, bringing together students who will spend the summer doing hands-on research in University of Idaho laboratories.

SHAMP's own Dr. Bethaney Fehrenkamp is among the faculty supporting this important work. Through the INBRE program, students gain real research experience alongside professional development, networking, and the chance to present their work at a statewide conference.

We love seeing the next generation of researchers get their start here in Idaho.

The project described was supported by an Institutional Development Award (IDeA) from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under Grant .

It has been just over a month since graduation, and as the dust settles, we want to take a moment to celebrate the accomplishments of our M.S.A.T. and D.A.T. students who were hooded on May 15.

This spring, 20 M.S.A.T. students and two D.A.T. students completed their programs. Seven were inducted into Iota Tau Alpha, the national honors society for athletic training, recognizing students who maintained a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher while ranking in the top 35% of their class: Wen Choate, Claire Dines, Jordan Kopsho, Jacob Nguyen, Alvaro Robles, Sophia Raabe, and Brittany Young.

Every graduating class carries stories worth telling.

Matthew McElroy was unable to attend the hooding ceremony because he had already started his first job as a baseball athletic trainer, a position made possible through connections built during his clinical rotations. Sydney De Los Santos chose Idaho specifically so she could complete rotations closer to her family in California while raising her two children. D.A.T. graduate Angelica De Vincenzis spent two years serving as a teaching assistant and preceptor in the ISMaRT Clinic before earning her own degree.

The program also recognized several students for excellence in academics, clinical performance, research, leadership, and service. Claire Dines received the Outstanding Student Award, while Sophia Raabe earned recognition for both Servant's Heart and Clinical Performance. Jordan Kopsho received the Research Performance Award, and Claire Dines and Brittany Young were honored for Academic Performance as 4.0 students.

We are honored to have been part of each student's journey.

Congratulations, Class of 2026.

We are excited to share that Rayme Geidl, M.D. and Rusty Baker, Ph.D., D.A.T. have been officially appointed as permanent Co-Directors of the School of Health and Medical Professions!

Over the past 14 months, Rayme and Rusty have led SHAMP with thoughtfulness and dedication, earning the confidence of students, faculty, staff, and external partners alike.

Please join us in congratulating them on this well-deserved appointment!

Our Idaho WWAMI students had an amazing experience thanks to Gritman Medical Center's Surgical Services team. We're so thankful for this partnership and the opportunities it creates for our students!

We are so proud of Rachael Driskell, an E24 Idaho WWAMI medical student, who presented her research at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine in Salt Lake City, one of the premier gatherings of sports medicine and exercise science professionals in the world!

Rachael presented a poster on gait characteristics and hip bone mineral density asymmetry in postmenopausal women, research that emerged from the lab of Dr. Nick Martonick, Assistant Professor of Clinical Biomechanics at the University of Idaho School of Health and Medical Professions. The findings suggest that women who walk faster and take longer strides tend to have more symmetric hip bone density, pointing to promising possibilities for gait-targeted interventions in bone health.

Way to represent Idaho WWAMI on a national stage, Rachael!