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Category: Health

Collaborations lead to a publication and international exposure

A cross-campus collaboration resulted in the publication of, “Urinary metabolites as biomarkers of dietary intake: a systematic review,” accepted by Frontiers in Nutrition. Authors from the UNMC College of Allied Health Professions, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Mayo Clinic in Arizona, UNMC College of Medicine, and the UNMC Leon S. McGoogan Health Sciences Library include: Mariah Kay […]

May 8, 2025

Mariah Jackson, PhD

New publication reflects value of campus-wide collaboration

Associate professor Iman Ahmad, PhD, recently published, “Synergistic effects of HO-1 inhibition and chemotherapy on tumor proliferation and immune infiltration: An in vitro and in vivo approach to enhancing prostate cancer treatment,” in Translational Oncology. Dr. Ahmad co-authored the publication with a graduate student from the College of Medicine, marking a successful co-supervision and a […]

Apr 16, 2025

Iman M. Ahmad portrait taken at UNMC

Sonography faculty publish new educational approach

Several Diagnostic Medical Sonography (DMS) faculty, Kate Wampler, Brandy Sundberg, Angela Ridenour, and Kim Michael, EdD, published an important article in the Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography. “Standardizing Sonography Pre-clinical Instruction Utilizing Peyton’s 4-Step Approach,” is one of the first publications to discuss the use of Peyton’s 4-step approach for sonography pre-clinical lab instruction in […]

Apr 15, 2025

DMS faculty directs DMS student during scan lab using obstetric ultrasound simulator.

Rock Your Socks for World Down Syndrome Day 2025

By Anna Boatman and Kimberly Madsen – Genetic Counseling Students What is World Down Syndrome Day? World Down Syndrome Day, celebrated on March 21st, is a day dedicated to raising awareness and celebrating individuals with Down syndrome. It is observed on the 21st day of the third month each year because individuals with Down syndrome […]

Mar 20, 2025

People's feet in a circle wearing colorful, multi-patterned and mismatched socks.

PTs present and garner awards at annual meeting

Most of our physical therapy faculty and four students recently attended the largest physical therapy conference in the country, the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) Combined Sections Meeting, in Houston, Texas. In addition to networking, engaging, and enjoying the conference, some also presented their work. Jenae Pope, class of 2026, and Betsy Becker, PT, DPT, […]

Feb 24, 2025

Jenae Pope and Betsy J. Becker, PT, DPT, PhD, present their blue ribbon poster at the 2025 APTA CSM.

World Cancer Day

By Ashley Parde and Caroline Stokes – second-year genetic counseling students According to the 2024 World Health Organization’s global cancer statistics, approximately one in five people will develop cancer in their lifetime. February 4th is globally recognized as World Cancer Day. The goal of World Cancer Day is to raise international awareness and reduce illness […]

Feb 4, 2025

world cancer day

Alum awarded ‘Best Trainee Paper’ for publication

Announced last August, Sierra Clark’s published manuscript won the 2023 Best Trainee Paper from the Journal of Genetic Counseling. Sierra is a 2021 alum of our genetic counseling program and is a certified genetic counselor at the Munroe Meyer Institute. Holly Zimmerman is the director of the program and served as capstone committee chair for […]

Jan 27, 2025

Sierra Clark

Recent Research and Scholarship in Occupational Therapy

There’s a lot going on in our Occupational Therapy program at UNMC. McKenzie Behrendt, OTD, and Stacy Smallfield, DrOT, recently published, “The Development of an Interactive Multimedia E-Learning Module for Functional Cognition,” in the Journal of Occupational Therapy Education. This article describes the conception, development, and implementation of a free, interactive, multimedia e-learning module designed […]

Nov 22, 2024

McKenzie Behrendt and Stacy Smallfield portraits

Schiefelbein brings the lab to next gen professionals

How do we make a laboratory safe, accessible, and fun to young students who want to learn about the medical laboratory science profession? MLS Education Coordinator Lauren Schiefelbein has some “out of the box” methods, including designing props, games, and various laboratory analogies that can be physically taken into high school and college classrooms. “Laboratory […]

Sep 30, 2024

Lauren Schiefelbein demonstrates at Shadow Saturday

Perfusion-iEXCEL collaboration yields new training platform

This novel virtual reality project was made possible through the collaborative work of: Nicole Insinger, Bill Glass, Jeremiah Wilt, Dylan Marin, Solomon Chee, Megan Crider, Madeline Love, and Scott Sanderson.

Sep 24, 2024

UNMC Perfusion Students practice skills with virtual reality glasses