Author: Fran Higgins
Welcome, Victoria Kennel, PhD!
Victoria (Vicki) Kennel, PhD, recently joined the College of Allied Health faculty as an Assistant Professor under the Division of Allied Health Research Development. She completed her PhD this year at the University of Nebraska at Omaha in Industrial/Organizational (I/O) Psychology, a field dedicated to the scientific study of the workplace. She also received her […]
Nov 16, 2015
PT faculty, alums, and student making strides against breast cancer
PT Faculty, Betsy Becker and Nikki Sleddens, along with UNMC PT alums Nick Reiss, Stephanie Urbom, and Heather Rhoardarmer, and current UNMC PT1 student, Taylor Walla, participated in Making Strides Against Breast Cancer on October 25, 2015 in Lincoln. The annual walk, held at Holmes Lake Park, raised $200,000.
Nov 13, 2015
Johnson and Sleddens recognized with PT service positions
Grace Johnson, PT, DPT, MS, OCS, in PT Education was appointed to the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties’ (ABPTS) Specialty Council on Orthopedic Physical Therapy. Her four-year term will begin January 1, 2016. The Specialty Council on Orthopedic Physical Therapy is responsible for defining orthopedic specialist practice, creating the specialist examination for board certification, and […]
Nov 12, 2015
PT hosts successful CE conference on oncology
In August, the Division of Physical Therapy Education hosted 58 alumni, clinical instructors, and like-minded rehab professionals for a continuing education conference: Oncology Rehabilitation Principles, Application, and State of Practice. This interprofessional conference featured the expertise of two national speakers from the well-known cancer centers of MD Anderson and Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital: Brent Braveman, […]
Nov 2, 2015
Michael and Custer funded for E-Learning
Kim Michael and Tanya Custer received a $50k award in support of the e-learning initiative. The first $25k comes from the Office of the Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs with an agreement for match funding of $25k from the College of Allied Health Professions. It will be used to develop the UNMC E-Learning Curricular Redesign, […]
Oct 30, 2015
CAHP represented at NIH NINR 30-yr Anniversary Scientific Symposium
Patricia Hageman, PhD, represented CAHP as first author and last author, respectively, on two poster presentations, accepted through a highly competitive process for dissemination at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) Symposium on Advancing Science, Improving Lives. The symposium was held October 13th, 2015 in Bethesda, MD. Since 1997, […]
Oct 28, 2015
Congratulations to Tiffany Colvin, I-Week Honoree
Tiffany R. Colvin, MHA, MLS(ASCP)CM was honored during Innovation Week for filing a New Invention Notification (NIN), “Creating a Synthetic Urine Specimen for Urinalysis Education.” Congratulations, Tiffany!
Oct 27, 2015
CLS Class of 1965 celebrated 50 years in September
Graduates of the 1965 UNMC Medical Technology Class (now known as clinical laboratory science/medical laboratory science) celebrated their 50th reunion by revisiting the UNMC campus on September 25-26, 2015. Eleven class members and six instructors, including their program director, Dr. Arden Larsen, reminisced about their student/instructor experiences and their professional careers (some are still practicing […]
Oct 26, 2015
Radiation therapy faculty garner 2-yr ASRT grant
Jana Koth and Lisa Bartenhagen are co-PIs on a two-year, $10k ASRT Foundation Research Grant, “A Video Intervention for Head and Neck Cancer Patients: A Pilot Study.” They wrote the grant, with assistance from Matt Fitzgerald and Laura Bilek, PhD, to determine if viewing an educational video using VERT images reduces anxiety in persons undergoing […]
Oct 23, 2015
Christina Gregg and “Chariots of Perspire” ran Market to Market
On October 8, 2015, Christina Gregg, clinical education coordinator for radiography and CVIT, participated in the Market to Market relay with a few other employees from UNMC/Nebraska Medicine. Their team, “Chariots of Perspire,” included Frank Rutar, Radiation Safety Officer; Keith Swarts, Director of Business Services; Jayme Nekuda, Associate Director of Human Resources; Kitsy Hagge. Labor […]
Oct 22, 2015
