Category: Health
Cyber Security: Be Aware. Be Accountable.
All UNMC faculty, staff, and students must complete the information security awareness training in Blackboard by December 31, 2016. Vigilance is needed everywhere – on campus, at home, in government – as there are huge potential financial, HIPAA, FERPA, research, and personal privacy risks. Our colleagues are our frontline defense against potential breaches. You are […]
Oct 27, 2016
MITS honors student with rededication
Earlier this month, the UNMC Department of Medical Imaging and Therapeutic Sciences (MITS) held a rededication of a memorial honoring student Dawn Lisec. The department had planted a tree and placed a plaque in 1994 in honor of Lisec, who graduated from the radiography program that year and had just begun the diagnostic medical sonography […]
Oct 21, 2016
Donnelly elected to executive board
Amber Donnelly, PhD, MPH, SCT(ASCP), director of the Cytotechnology program, has recently been elected to serve a 4-year term on the Executive Board of the American Society of Cytopathology (ASC). This is the highest position a cytotechnologist member can hold in the national organization. The society is comprised of both Pathologist and Cytotechnologist members. The […]
Oct 14, 2016
Flu-shot reminder
It’s that time! Time to protect yourself and others from the flu. Find the flu vaccination clinic that works for you. (Note: This link only works when you’re on campus or by remote.) Our online influenza vaccine verification allows colleagues to indicate their choice of vaccination: receipt of vaccine reason for vaccine declination vaccination received […]
Oct 13, 2016
Workshop provides valuable tips for our PT students
By Keriann Shaw, SPT On September 9, 2016, the UNMC Division of Physical Therapy Education hosted a workshop in Storz Pavilion led by Brian Gallagher, CEO of MEG Business Management. Brian Gallagher is a physical therapist, private practice owner of 2011 Advance magazine’s “Practice of the Year,” and a nationally known physical therapy management consultant. […]
Oct 12, 2016
Fell receives Lifetime Achievement Award from ASCP
Linda Fell, director emerita of our clinical laboratory science (CLS) program (now medical laboratory science), received the 2016 Member Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society for Clinical Pathology. The award was presented at ASCP’s annual meeting held last month in Las Vegas. Read full article in UNMC Today>>
Oct 6, 2016
Free screenings for Special Olympians from UNMC students in Kearney
Last Saturday, our UNMC physician assistant students in Kearney, along with accelerated nursing students, offered free health screenings for local Special Olympians to stay healthy as they prepare for their sports. Full article and video>>
Sep 22, 2016
PT students among those named NASA Nebraska Fellows
In case you missed it in UNMC Today, we have some “rocket scientists” in our midst! Second-year UNMC Physical Therapy students, Melissa Parks and Trent Werner, have each been named NASA Fellowship recipients. Read full article>>
Sep 21, 2016
UNMC PAs celebrate IPAP’s 25th anniversary
Wayne Mathews, MS, PA-C, DFAAPA, associate program director in physician assistant education, recently attended the Military Inter-services PA graduation at Joint Base Fort Sam Houston, TX. The program, of which UNMC is the degree granting institution, is celebrating their 25th anniversary. Mathews, a Vietnam Navy veteran, was a guest speaker on the birth of the […]
Aug 26, 2016
MITS faculty garner 1st place for SDMS presentation
Faculty from the Department of Medical Imaging and Therapeutic Sciences (MITS), Kim Michael, Tanya Custer, and Kate Wampler, have been selected as the first place winners in the Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography (SDMS) Scientific Presentation Competition, for their work, “Eye Movement Tracking in Sonography Education: Comparing the Gaze Patterns of the Novice to the […]
Aug 18, 2016
