Author: Fran Higgins
Individually Rare, Collectively Common
By Elyssa Gray, Erin Loughney, & Katie Tlusty Rare disease dayOver 300 million people worldwide are affected by a rare disease. In the United States alone, there are over 7,000 rare diseases affecting around 30 million people. Individually, these diseases are rare, but rare diseases are collectively common. Rare diseases span the medical spectrum from […]
Feb 24, 2021
Welcome new staff: Mindy Peck
Mindy J. Peck, MS.Ed, recently joined our staff as a student services associate. Here’s more about Mindy in her own words: I am originally from western Nebraska and grew up in Holdrege. I graduated from Hastings College with a degree in Studio Art and Art History with a minor in Religion and Philosophy. After a […]
Feb 2, 2021
Welcome new faculty: Michael Rosenthal, PT, DSc
The College recently welcomed Michael Rosenthal, PT, DSc, ATC, to the physical therapy education faculty. Here’s more about Mike in his own words: I was raised in Alma and Lexington, NE. Following graduation from Doane College I was commissioned as an officer in the U.S. Navy and completed a master’s degree in physical therapy from […]
Feb 1, 2021
Welcome new staff: Meghan Okrina
Meghan Okrina, MBA, recently joined the CAHP as finance administrator. Here’s more about Meghan in her own words: Born and raised in Omaha, I took a chance and moved to Phoenix in 2013. I completed my MBA at the University of Arizona in 2017, while simultaneously working for UA’s College of Medicine in Phoenix. It […]
Jan 19, 2021
Students’ food drive a success
In mid-November, students from various CAHP programs ran a campus-wide food drive for Thanksgiving. They collected a total of 663 items: 555 in Omaha and 108 in Kearney. The drive was sponsored by SUN-APTA, the Students of the University of Nebraska-American Physical Therapy Association, as a fall philanthropy project. Donations went to Heartland Hope Mission […]
Dec 1, 2020
Grammer elected to national board
Shaun Grammer, DMSc, PA-C, Director of Physician Assistant Education and Chair of the Department of Medical Sciences, was elected to the national Physician Assistant Education Association (PAEA) Board of Directors to begin January 2021. The Board administers the Association’s financial affairs, appoints standing and ad hoc committees, and conducts all Association business between membership meetings. […]
Nov 9, 2020
Program helps ease students into the clinical environment
by Joe Evans, Nebraska Medicine A program is being used to help ease physical therapy students into the transition from the academic setting to the clinical environment. The Early Acute Service Experience program (EASE) helps prepare the students to enter the acute care setting. This program allows students to become more familiar and comfortable managing […]
Oct 27, 2020
Welcome new faculty: Alisha Wright
Alisha Wright recently joined our radiography and computed tomography faculty. Here’s more about Alisha in her own words: I am originally from Tilden, Neb. My path to radiography was a little longer than average because I decided to play college volleyball and attended Northeast Community College in Norfolk, Neb, as well as Concordia University in […]
Oct 8, 2020
Medical Nutrition Attends FNCE — Virtually
submitted by Mariah Jackson The Medical Nutrition Education Division has six nutrition research abstracts accepted to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics’ Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo (FNCE), to be presented this October. FNCE is one of the world’s largest meetings of food and nutrition experts. More than 10,000 registered dietitian nutritionists, nutrition researchers, […]
Oct 5, 2020
PPE preparation for PT clinical education experiences
The health and wellness of our students, faculty, and staff is a primary point of focus this semester. In PT Education, a dedicated team of faculty and staff came together to procure personal protective equipment (PPE) for 192 DPT students and the faculty members and lab instructors teaching clinical skills labs for the Fall 2020 […]
Oct 2, 2020
