Category: Health
PA Week is October 6-12, 2015
Submitted by the UNMC PA Class of 2017 To celebrate Physician Assistant Week, October 6-12, 2015, here on the UNMC campus, the PA class of 2017 will participate in service events to spread influence across the local community. They’ll be serving dinner on October 8th at the Rainbow House, and on October 11th at the […]
Oct 5, 2015
Sasek publishes in JAAPA on postconcussive syndrome
Cody Sasek, MPAS, PA-C, an academic director in our PA program, published, “Postconcussive syndrome in a high school athlete,” in the Oct 2015 edition of the Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants. Cody collaborated with a physician with whom he had previously worked in his clinical practice before coming to UNMC, resulting in […]
Oct 1, 2015
Michael and Custer take first place in SDMS competition
Kim Michael, director of the diagnostic medical sonography education program, and Tanya Custer, assistant professor in RSTE, were selected as the first place winners in the Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography (SDMS) Scientific Presentation Competition for there winning entry, “Using the Anatomage Virtual Dissection Table in the Education of Imaging Science Students.” The Scientific Presentation […]
Aug 19, 2015
Recent PA graduate publishes in JAAPA
Bridget Reilly, PA-C, a 2014 graduate from the PA Program has published her first article in the peer-reviewed Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants July 2015 issue. Her co-author and mentor was Tami Ritsema, PA-C, a PA Program faculty member at the time. The article, “Managing nonteratogenic adverse reactions to isotretinoin treatment for […]
Aug 17, 2015
We Stepped Across Nebraska…Virtually!
Congratulations to everyone who took part in the Step Across Nebraska fitness challenge! As a group, we took 22,272,896 steps. That’s over 10,124 miles, or 22 times across Nebraska, or almost halfway around the Earth! The College had tremendous participation with this summer wellness initiative. Forty CAHP faculty and staff members signed up, but only […]
Aug 13, 2015
Temme among Vets at Golden Age Veterans Games
James Temme, associate director of radiation science technology education, was among approximately 900 Veterans who were in Omaha to participate in the Golden Age Veterans Games this weekend. Mr. Temme was honored to carry the Nebraska flag during the opening ceremony. “I placed fourth out of 50 in table tennis,” said Jim. “That was an […]
Aug 11, 2015
Corri Hanson, Fellow!
The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, the world’s largest organization of food and nutrition professionals, recently recognized Corrine Hanson, PhD, as a Fellow. This designation recognizes Dr. Hanson’s commitment to the field of dietetics and celebrates her professional accomplishments and pursuit of life-long learning. A Fellow signifies that a member has lived up to the […]
Aug 7, 2015
First IPE Wandering Word Challenge at UNK
Ryan Splittgerber, PhD, and Ellie Miller, two of our faculty at the UNMC Health Science Education Complex at UNK, played the Walking Word Challenge this week. With printers yet to be installed in the new building, however, they had to hand-draw the scrabble board! To respect the intent of the game, which was to get […]
Jul 28, 2015
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
