Category: Health

Large NIH Grant for Corri Hanson

Corrine Hanson, PhD, RD, LMNT, received funding as a co-investigator on a 5-year, $5 million NIH grant. This grant will create a Center of Excellence called the Comparing Urban and Rural Effects of poverty on COPD (CURE COPD) Center. The Center is a collaboration between Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the University of Nebraska Medical Center, […]

Jul 15, 2015

Students and Faculty volunteer at OWL Ride

This past Saturday night, July 11, 9pm to 1am, students from UNMC’s COM, COP, and the College of Allied Health Professions (CAHP) were represented at the OWL Ride (Omaha With Lights). This is the 6th year for Omaha’s nighttime urban cycling adventure benefiting the Meyer Foundation for Disabilities (MFD). The Owl Ride route is 16.88 […]

Jul 14, 2015

CE: Oncology Rehabilitation Principles, Application, and State of Practice

The Division of Physical Therapy Education is hosting a two-day continuing education conference,  Oncology Rehabilitation Principles, Application, and State of Practice, and August 7-8, 2015. This interprofessional conference will feature the expertise of two national speakers from the well-known cancer centers of MD Anderson and Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital: Brent Braveman, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA and […]

Jun 15, 2015