Category: Dean’s Office
Tower Trek Triumph
What has 40 floors (870 steps) and shoots 633 feet into the Omaha sky? It’s the First National Bank building, and the home of the annual Trek Up the Tower event, which supports WELLCOM, a nonprofit organization dedicated to worksite wellness. Saturday, February 17, 2018, marked another triumph for our CAHP 14-person tower trekking team. […]
Mar 6, 2018
PT represents at 49th Midwest Student Biomedical Research Forum
On February 17, 2018, representatives from the UNMC Division of Physical Therapy Education attended the 49th Midwest Student Biomedical Research Forum at Creighton University. PT1 student Chun Feng, PT faculty member Joseph Siu, PhD, and post-doctoral research associate JC Chien, PhD, participated, along with students slated to begin the DPT program in August. Those four, […]
Mar 2, 2018
MA Ray retiring after 41 years
M.A. Ray has been at the front desk helping physical therapy (PT) students and faculty since 1996, but her career at UNMC has spanned 41 years. M.A.’s first four years were in Family Medicine. She moved on to the Chancellor’s office for 13 years, supporting successive vice chancellors James Griesen, PhD, and William Berndt, PhD, […]
Mar 1, 2018
Welcome new faculty: James Janzen
Alumnus James Janzen recently joined our Medical Laboratory Science faculty after working nearly seven years in the Core Laboratory at Nebraska Medicine. His focus was chemistry, urinalysis, hematology, and coagulation. Here’s more about James in his own words: “Originally getting my degree in Biotechnology, I spent years as a research and development chemist and then […]
Feb 20, 2018
Welcome new faculty: Lea Lambing
Instructor Lea Lambing, BS, RT(R), RDMS, recently joined our Diagnostic Medical Sonography faculty in Kearney. Here’s more about Lea in her own words: “I’m originally from Wood River, Nebraska. I attended Doane College, in Crete, and pursued a BA in English with the intent to enter higher education. Halfway through my undergraduate career, I was […]
Feb 14, 2018
Students connect with State Senators
Submitted by Pat Hageman, PT, PhD, FAPTA On Tuesday, February 6, 2018, 57 representatives from UNMC’s doctor of physical therapy (DPT) Class of 2019 joined UNMC faculty in attending a Legislative Day Breakfast, hosted by the Nebraska Physical Therapy Association (NPTA), as part of an experiential learning opportunity in their Practice Management course. Based upon […]
Feb 8, 2018
High school students get a taste of imaging activities
What’s a fun and engaging way to interest young people in the health professions? Last Friday, faculty in the Department of Medical Imaging and Therapeutic Sciences, Kim Michael, Kate Wampler, and Tanya Custer, led an activity for the High School Alliance students using the Anatomage table and patient case studies. “This is part of a […]
Feb 1, 2018
Holly Zimmerman to lead genetic counseling master’s program
When Holly Zimmerman was an undergraduate student at the University of Southern Mississippi, she took a genetics class in her sophomore year. Little did she know it then, that class would provide the impetus for a career that would make her, for a time, the only genetic counselor in the state of Mississippi, and now, […]
Jan 24, 2018
Impact in Education: Tanya Custer and Kim Michael
Kim Michael, associate professor and program director in diagnostic medical sonography, and Tanya Custer, assistant professor in medical imaging and therapeutic sciences, are two of the recipients of the Office of Academic Affairs 2017 Impact in Education Awards. They will receive the Innovative Practices in Education Award. Read full article in UNMC Today>>
Jan 4, 2018
Mathews presents to Nebraska One Health stakeholders
Wayne Mathews, associate professor and associate director in the UNMC Division of Physician Assistant Education recently gave a presentation to Nebraska One Health. The group is an interprofessional assembly of several Nebraska organizations and research institutions all promoting the health of Nebraskans. In his talk, “A One Health Approach to Antimicrobial Resistance: A Review and […]
Jan 3, 2018
