May 17, 2023
A team of medical providers are traveling again to western Ukraine to deliver supplies and provide care. The team includes Dr. Svitlana Zhukivska, a family medicine specialist at UTMC who is originally from Ukraine; Dr. Susan Batten, associate professor of nursing; and Dr. Richard Paat, a clinical professor of medicine.
May 16, 2023
Alona Matchenko plans to continue growing her non-profit organization, Toledo Helps Ukraine, and practice immigration law and public interest law.
February 21, 2023
Dr. Joel Voss, an associate professor of political science, discusses President Biden’s surprise visit to Ukraine nearly one year after Russia’s invasion.
November 17, 2022
For Jonathan Kopacz, president of UToledo’s Blue Key Honor Society Chapter, serving others is an integral aspect of his life.
July 19, 2022
Kristin Calkins, director of trauma services at UTMC, discusses the trauma life support training UToledo will be providing to Ukrainian and Polish physicians in Warsaw.
July 14, 2022
Cristina Alvarado, a registered nurse and director of immersive and simulation-based learning, talks about the mission to directly train physicians in Poland and Ukraine on the front lines of war.
June 9, 2022
A third-year UToledo law student, Alona Matchenko is co-founder of Toledo Helps Ukraine, the nonprofit spearheaded in northwest Ohio.
June 8, 2022
Alona Matchenko, a law student and native of Ukraine, discusses her efforts to help Ukraine and refugees.
May 26, 2022
Dr. Svitlana Zhukivska, a family medicine specialist at UTMC, is again returning to her home country as part of an expanded team of nine that includes Dr. Susan Batten, an associate professor in the College of Nursing.
May 5, 2022
Dr. Svitlana Zhukivska, a family medicine specialist, was born in western Ukraine and completed medical school there before coming to the United States for her residency.