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Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences

Vesper Grantham
Vesper Grantham, MEd, RT(N), CNMT
Chairman and Professor

The Department of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences includes undergraduate and graduate programs focused in the art of medical imaging and radiation therapy. Our programs are programmatically accredited and recognized nationally through our outstanding faculty and educational curricula. We invite you to use the program links to investigate the professions.

This is an exciting time to work in these healthcare professions! Within our professions, we work with the most advanced and sophisticated equipment, using critical judgment to produce diagnostic images and ensure safe and effective therapeutic interventions. Our Department values its place within the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center where our students and faculty participate in interprofessional activities in preparation of the current healthcare environment. Students and graduates work with a diversity of physicians including radiologists, radiation oncologists, cardiologists, urologists, emergency medicine physicians, obstetricians/ gynecologists, and family practice physicians

Our professors and clinical faculty value educating the future leaders of our professions in the areas of patient care, service and scholarship!

News

Thursday, October 24, 2024

Allied Health Alumna and Cancer Survivor Serves Other Cancer Survivors

Sally Eggleston thought she understood cancer's emotional impact in her radiation therapist role until her own cancer diagnosis in 2015 meant that she got first-hand knowledge. Now, she uses this understanding to help support cancer survivors, even after treatment ends.
Eggleston graduated from the radiation therapy program at the University of Oklahoma College of Allied Health and became a radiation therapist specializing in radiation oncology. She has always had a strong desire to help cancer patients, which has manifested in teaching other aspiring radiation therapists and a range of jobs working with patients navigating life during treatment.

Eggleston will share her insights on survivorship and supporting cancer patients for the long term at the Barbara Curcio Lectureship for Allied Health Week at the University of Oklahoma on Nov. 6. She will discuss the emotional and physiological effects that accompany a transition from intensive medical care to the new “normal.” For more information or to RSVP for the event, click here.

For the full article on OU News written by Bonnie Rucker, click here. 

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