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Category: Education

Michael honored with fellowship

The Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography (SDMS) inducted Kimberly Michael, MA, RT(R), RDMS, RVT, FSDMS, as SDMS Fellow. Fellow designation is the highest honor the Society can bestow on a member. An SDMS Fellow exhibits professional qualities and attributes by contributing to the advancement of sonography and supporting the SDMS. Kyle Meyer, PhD, dean of […]

Oct 24, 2017

Hanson and Anderson Berry publish important findings, impact lives of preemies

  PLOS One, a leading peer-reviewed journal, published a study by co-principal investigators Corrine Hanson, PhD, associate professor in our medical nutrition education program and Ann Anderson Berry, MD, associate professor in UNMC’s division of newborn medicine. Their study means premature babies will receive twice the previously recommended dose of vitamin D, now. “This finding […]

Oct 23, 2017

Welcome new faculty: Amanda Stastny

Amanda Stastny, MLS(ASCP)CM, MBCM, recently joined our Medical Laboratory Science (MLS) faculty. She graduated from our MLS program in 2014 and since then has been working in medical microbiology at Nebraska Medicine. “I have strong interests in technology, microscopy, and active learning, so I’m excited to begin working on the microscopy imaging project for the […]

Oct 19, 2017

Meyer and O’Neil present shared governance at conference

CAHP dean, Kyle Meyer, PhD, and assistant dean for finance and administration, Pat O’Neil, presented at the Central Association of College and University Business Officers (CACUBO) conference last week in Columbus, Ohio. Their presentation, “A Model for Reconciling Competing Demands between Shared and Administrative Governance,” discussed the creation and implementation of our collaborative governance committee […]

Oct 10, 2017

Perfusion students, Swan and Glock, present research in CA

Two students in our clinical perfusion education program gave oral and poster presentations on Friday, September 29, 2017 at the 37th Annual Cardiothoracic Research and Education Forum (CREF) at San Diego’s Westin Gaslamp in San Diego, CA. Halle Swan presented on the technical development of a new type of suction apparatus improving safety in open-heart […]

Oct 3, 2017

Wonder Woman Wellsandt

What did you do on your summer vacation? For Liz Wellsandt, PT, DPT, PhD, OCS, assistant professor in our division of physical therapy education, it was an exciting and busy few months! The American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) named Liz an APTA Emerging Leader, she received an APTA New Investigator grant, and she just had […]

Sep 22, 2017

UNMC e-modules expanding to national audience

by John Keenan, UNMC public relations | September 18, 2017 In 2015, Tanya Custer and Kim Michael of the College of Allied Health Professions helped a sonography student develop an e-module as part of the first cohort of student e-learning projects through the Academic Affairs E-Learning Program. They came away inspired. Nearly two years later, […]

Sep 18, 2017

Sonography students represent four sites

This year, for the first time, the diagnostic medical sonography program has one student from each of the four UNMC radiography sites. Tori Bailey did her radiography courses in Columbus, Mayra Barbosa in Grand Island, Sarah Turner in Omaha, and Emily Buck in Kearney. Tori, Mayra, and Sarah are now at the Omaha campus, and […]

Sep 15, 2017

Welcome new faculty: Satera Nelson

Satera Nelson, MS, recently joined our faculty in Kearney as an anatomy instructor. Here is more about Satera in her own words: “I graduated from UNL with degrees in Nutrition Science and Ethnic Studies. While at UNL, I had the opportunity to be a teaching assistant in the Human Anatomy Lab for 2.5 years. I […]

Aug 11, 2017

MITS faculty present at Annual Association of Educators in Imaging & Radiologic Sciences Meeting

Several faculty from the Department of Medical Imaging and Therapeutic Sciences presented at the Annual Association of Educators in Imaging and Radiologic Sciences Meeting. During the meeting, Tanya Custer MS, RT(R)(T), and Kim Michael, RT(R), RDMS, RVT, were also awarded a grant titled Case Study-Based E-Learning Modules in Radiologic Sciences Education: A Delicate Balance of […]

Aug 9, 2017