Category: Associate Dean’s Office
SAHP making history: Five adjunct faculty appointments in China
On March 11, 2015, the School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China, appointed four of our physical therapy faculty (Betsy Becker, Joseph Norman, Joseph Siu, Kathleen Volkman) and Dean Kyle Meyer as their adjunct faculty members. This is the first time in history that SAHP faculty received adjunct faculty appointments in China.
Apr 16, 2015
Big weekend for RSTE students and faculty at NSRT
It was a busy weekend for our RSTE students & faculty at the Nebraska Society of Radiologic Technology (NSRT) Annual Conference in Grand Island. Faculty Presentations Lisa Bartenhagen gave two presentations American Registry of Radiologic Technologist (ARRT) Q & A Session for Students ARRT Standards of Ethics – Overview for Technologists Jim Temme presented a […]
Apr 15, 2015
Welcome to Dr. Splittgerber
On February 1, 2015, Ryan Splittgerber, PhD, joined the School of Allied Health Professions. Formerly an assistant professor in Genetics, Cell Biology, and Anatomy (GCBA) and director of UNMC’s gross anatomy lab, Dr. Splittgerber, whose expertise is in human anatomy and the neurosciences, is a core faculty member in Physical Therapy, Physician Assistant, and the […]
Apr 10, 2015
Clinical perfusion highlights
Clinical Perfusion Education program director David Holt, MA, CCT would like to acknowledge some recent accomplishments from current and former students: In January of 2015, Clinical Perfusion Education graduate, Mr. Ryan Zavala, was awarded the Canadian Society of Clinical Perfusion’s Alec Thorpe Academic Achievement award for the year 2014. The Alec Thorpe Academic Achievement award […]
Apr 8, 2015
2015 SAHP Award Recipients
The 2015 SAHP Award recipients will be honored at the annual ceremony on May 6, 2015 at 1:05 PM in the Michael Sorrell Center room 3001. Congratulations to this year’s awardees: Excellence in Teaching – David Holt, MA, CCT Excellence in Research – Amber Donnelly, PhD, MPH, SCT(ASCP) Innovative Scholarship Award – Betsy Becker, PT, DPT, CLT-LANA […]
Apr 7, 2015
SAHP to Lead Both Student and Faculty Senates
For the first time, representatives from the School of Allied Health Professions will lead both the student senate and the faculty senate. Second-year physical therapy student, Andrew Shaw, BS, CSCS, was elected President of the Student Senate and will also serve as UNMC Student Regent. His term will be from April, 2015 till April, 2016. […]
Mar 26, 2015
Preventing Patient Falls – a Team Effort
Nineteen hospitals across Nebraska are implementing an evidence-based approach to keeping patients upright and reducing injuries from preventable falls. Watch this video of Katherine Jones, PT, PhD, associate professor in physical therapy education, and Carol Kampschneider, RN, MSN, V.P. of Clinical and Regulatory Services at St. Francis Memorial Hospital in West Point, NE, being interviewed […]
Mar 25, 2015
2014 PA grads have 100% pass rate!
Our physician assistant (PA) program graduates from the Class of 2014, graduating this past December, all passed the PA National Certifying Exam (PANCE) on their first attempts. Michael Huckabee, PhD, MPAS, PA-C, director of the PA program, reported that this is the first time since 2010 that they’ve regained the 100% pass rate for first-time […]
Mar 24, 2015
Kim Michael among TOP 25 sonography professors
Kim Michael, MA, RDMS, RVT, RT(R), Associate Professor, Director of Diagnostic Medical Sonography Education, and Anderson Professor, received a nice surprise email from The Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography. They sent her a link to a webpage listing Kim as one of the top 25 sonography professors. It begins, “Meet some of the most well-known […]
Mar 20, 2015
UNMC College of Allied Health Professions
Effective July 1, 2015 the School of Allied Health Professions will become UNMC’s sixth college – the College of Allied Health Professions. That has a nice ring to it! Earlier today, Chancellor Gold and our dean, Kyle Meyer, PhD, participated in a meeting of the Nebraska Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education (CCPE), during which the Commission […]
Mar 12, 2015
