Not only was she encouraged by her own outcome, but she was also enthralled with the possibility of one day owning and running her own business. She observed the Doctor of Chiropractic who helped her, her dad, and her grandpa. “Kira Bailey, D.C. was so inspiring, successfully running a female-owned business and genuinely connecting with her community. I thought, ‘I want to do that. I want to give back the same way she has helped me and so many others.’”
When the Kalad family moved from Aswan, Egypt to Lansdale, Pennsylvania in 2012, they wanted to provide a better education for their daughters. What they didn’t know was that Sally and Simone, five years apart in age, would choose to attend Palmer College together.
Now, Michael has big dreams for after graduation. “I’d like to work under an established doctor of chiropractic for a while before opening my own practice and I’d love to work with a big LGBTQIA+ population to promote inclusive health care and general health and wellness with that population.”
Zacariah Shannon, D.C., MS. spent 2¾ years as a post-doctoral research scholar at the Palmer Center for Chiropractic Research under the mentorship of Drs. Robert Vining and Cynthia Long. He was supported by an NIH Administrative Supplement from September 1, 2018-August 31, 2020 under the VERDICT grant.
Dr. Langdon ultimately chose Palmer College because of the opportunity to participate in its Research Honors Program, where she was able to cultivate her interest in chiropractic research. Mentorship, which is the cornerstone of the Research Honors Program, was very impactful for Langdon, who said that learning from Dr. Stephen Onifer, Ph.D. was “monumentally impactful” on her learning.
