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Show Your Stripes, Rare Disease Day 2023
By Kylie Vermeire and Sue Jaspersen ‘When you hear hoofs, think horses, not zebras.’ Rare diseases are medical zebras, conditions that individually affect a small number of people. Although each disease may be individually rare, approximately 1 in 10 Americans will be diagnosed with a rare disease in their lifetime. Together, the number of people in the United States […]
Feb 27, 2023
Posters and networking at the cancer symposium
Several faculty from the College of Allied Health Professions presented posters at the Buffett Cancer Center: Cancer Prevention and Control Symposium on Friday. Medical Nutrition Assistant Professor Mariah Jackson presented two posters, “A Cancer Center Nutrition Excellence Initiative: Expanding Nutrition Resources and Improving Outreach Through Partnership and Collaboration,” co-authored with Jana Ponce, PhD, Samantha Dieckmann, […]
Feb 23, 2023
PT implements hybrid interview format
by Physical Therapy Associate Director Sara Bills, DPT The UNMC Physical Therapy Program was excited to implement a hybrid interview format this year to allow us to get to know our applicants in a meaningful (and efficient) way. First, applicants completed an interview via an online platform, where video questions were posed by faculty and […]
Feb 21, 2023
