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Welcome new intern: Gali Pena-Villagrana
Gali Pena-Villagrana, BA, is a recruitment and marketing intern in the Office of Enrollment Management & Student Affairs in the college. Here’s more about Gali in her own words: I just recently graduated from the University of Nebraska-Omaha with a Bachelor’s of Science in business administration and a double concentration in marketing and management. I’ve […]
Sep 26, 2024
Welcome new faculty: Morgan Anson
Assistant Professor Morgan Anson, MPS, CCP, LP, is the newest staff member for our clinical perfusion program. Morgan is originally from Omaha, Nebraska. She received her bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln before going on to get her master’s degree in perfusion at UNMC. Prior to working as a perfusionist at Nebraska […]
Sep 12, 2024
Hanson to speak at NIH workshop
Medical Nutrition Program Director and Professor Corri Hanson, PhD, is an invited speaker at the National Institute of Health Advancing Nutrition Research to Promote Respiratory Health workshop September 19 – 20, 2024. This workshop aims to bring together multidisciplinary researchers and nutrition experts to discuss the state of the science regarding the role of nutrition […]
Aug 28, 2024
Welcome new staff: Tori Villars
Victoria “Tori” Villars recently joined our office of Enrollment Management and Student Affiars as an office associate I. Here’s more about Tori in her own words: For the past 10 years I was with Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital, the first three years in patient access and the last seven working with Utilization and Case Management […]
Jun 10, 2024
2024 Outstanding Supervisor for the UNMC Genetic Counseling Program: Angela Cox
by Mary Matthiessen The UNMC Genetic Counseling Program is excited to announce that Angela Cox, MGC, CGC, has been named the 2024 Outstanding Supervisor for the UNMC Genetic Counseling Program. This award goes to one genetic counseling supervisor each year per genetic counseling program in the United States and Canada and was voted on by […]
Jun 5, 2024
Spreading Warmth and Wellness: The CAHP Student Ambassadors’ Successful Food Drive
This winter, the College of Allied Health Professions’ Student Ambassadors took up the mantle of compassion and community service. Their mission? To spread warmth and wellness through a January food drive. With drop-off locations in Omaha and Kearney, the students collected donations to support the Omaha Open Door Mission and the Kearney Jubilee Center, both […]
Feb 20, 2024
PT hosts visiting scholar from Brazil
by Liz Wellsandt, PhD The UNMC Physical Therapy program hosted a visiting scholar, Rodrigo Scatonne da Silva, PT, MSc, PhD, on August 21-22, 2023. Dr. Scatonne da Silva traveled to UNMC from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte in Natal, Brazil. There, he lectures in physical therapy at the undergraduate and graduate levels and coordinates […]
Aug 29, 2023
Donnelly receives Excellence in Education award
It’s no secret that our Assistant Dean for Student Affairs Amber Donnelly, PhD, is an excellent educator. We’ve known it for years. But now, it’s official. Dr. Donnelly received the Excellence in Education award at the joint International Congress of Cytology and the American Society of Cytopathology meeting in Baltimore, Md., on November 19, 2022. […]
Nov 29, 2022
Welcome new faculty: Erin Westover, OTD
Erin Westover, OTD, OTR/L, recently joined our occupational therapy faculty. Here’s more about Dr. Westover in her own words: I am excited and privileged to be joining the talented faculty team within the Division of Occupational Therapy Education as an assistant professor. I bring experience within occupational therapy education, as well as a practice background […]
Sep 26, 2022
Herbers and Nabower inaugural Orthopedic Physical Therapy Residency graduates
The UNMC Orthopedic Physical Therapy Residency Program’s inaugural cohort of residents, Renee Herbers, PT, DPT, ATC, and Caleb Nabower, PT, DPT, completed all requirements and graduated from the 13-month post-professional training program on August 19th, 2022. This 13-month, post-professional training program includes a structured didactic curriculum, clinical practice and clinical mentoring at Nebraska Medicine’s Lauritzen […]
Aug 22, 2022
