Category: Health
PA women place in the Super Bowl 5k
Last Saturday, a few PA faculty and staff teamed up with doctors in the nephrology department to form the Interprofessional team “UNMC Varsity” to run the Super Bowl 5k. Carey Wheelhouse took 2nd place overall in the women’s division. Annie Wildermuth received 2nd place in her age group. Melissa Dorr won first place in the […]
Feb 7, 2019
Radiography student, Logan Teten, receives ASAHP scholarship
Logan Teten, 2nd year student in our radiography program, was one of only three 2018 recipients of a $2,500 scholarship from the ASAHP Midwest Deans Association. He was the only recipient in the undergraduate program category (they give three scholarships annually – one to a student in an undergraduate program, two to students in programs […]
Feb 5, 2019
UNMC’s Genetic Counseling program receives accreditation
By Holly Zimmerman, MS, CGC, program director for genetic counseling I literally screamed when I read the email. It said, “The Accreditation Council for Genetic Counseling is pleased to grant Accredited New Program status to the genetic counseling program at the University of Nebraska Medical Center effective January 31, 2019.” Our program is a unique […]
Feb 4, 2019
Welcome new perfusion faculty: Scott Sanderson
Scott Sanderson, MPS, CCP, LP, is the new adjunct assistant professor and clinical education coordinator in the Department of Clinical Perfusion Education. Scott has been with Nebraska Medicine for the last six years serving as a staff perfusionist, and will continue his clinical roles alongside his new academic appointments. He is a former graduate of […]
Jan 23, 2019
Cochran appointed CAHP Assistant Dean at HSEC
Following an extensive stakeholder review process, Teresa Cochran PT, DPT, MA, GCS, FNAP, was appointed CAHP Assistant Dean at the Health Science Education Complex (HSEC) in Kearney, effective in December 2018. Dr. Cochran admirably served in an interim capacity since April. Over that brief time, she continued to advance the work of the faculty at […]
Jan 21, 2019
Dr. Krusen named founding director of occupational therapy education
by Kalani Simpson, UNMC public relations | January 09, 2019 Nancy Krusen, Ph.D., founding director of occupational therapy education, in the College of Allied Health Professions, didn’t have far to look to find her profession. You might say she inherited it. Both of her parents were physiatrists — physicians that specialize in physical medicine and […]
Jan 11, 2019
PT faculty member interviewed for PT in Motion article
PT faculty member, Patricia (Pat) Hageman, PhD, is cited in a December 2018 publication, PT in Motion. The article highlighted an exchange of views between the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) “Emerging Leader” awardees and members of the Association’s highest membership category called the Catherine Worthingham Fellows (FAPTA). Hageman, a FAPTA, commented that some of […]
Dec 10, 2018
Welcome new faculty: Sara Fisher
Sara Fisher, MS, LCGC, is the new assistant professor and assistant program director for Genetic Counseling. She has been working at UNMC for the last 14 years as a clinical genetic counselor, primarily seeing prenatal patients in the Olson Center for Women’s Health. In her own words: “This new position is a great merge of […]
Nov 8, 2018
PAs garner grant to improve rural health
Carey Wheelhouse, MSPAS, PA-C, Principal Investigator, and Co-Investigators, Mia Hyde, MPAS, PA-C; Wayne Mathews, MS, PA-C; and Annie Wildermuth, MMS, PA-C, RD, were awarded a pilot grant from the Central State Center for Agricultural Safety. The purpose of their grant, “Improving Agricultural Worker Health and Safety Awareness through Multimodal, Case-Based Physician Assistant Education,” is to […]
Nov 7, 2018
Hanson, Anderson Berry, and team receive $1.2m for nutrition research with Norway
Corrine Hanson, PhD, PhD, RD, LMNT, FAND, and Ann Anderson Berry, MD, PhD, (Pediatrics) are part of a collaborative team that received $1.2m in funding from the University Board of the University of Agder in Christensand, Norway to work with the University of Agder to establish a Priority Research Center on Lifecourse Nutrition. Nina Obervy, […]
Oct 25, 2018
