Category: Health
Happy St. Patrick’s Day – the 5K Way!
Geri Finn and Melissa Dorr, both staff in the physician assistant program, completed the 3rd Annual Shamrock Run in downtown Omaha on Saturday, March 12, 2016, prior to the St. Patrick’s Day parade. All proceeds from the run support Omaha’s Madonna School. Good job, Geri and Melissa!
Mar 17, 2016
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Haley Hansen earns first place with poster
Haley Hansen (PT2) was awarded first place in the poster competition in the medical student category (which includes all health professions students) at the Midwest Student Biomedical Research Forum (MSBRF). The MSBRF is an annual conference co-hosted by UNMC and Creighton that specifically gives graduate students and health professions students a venue to present their […]
Mar 15, 2016
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What you eat can affect your lungs! In a short video for National Nutrition Month, the American Thoracic Society interviewed associate professor Corrine Hanson, PhD, RD, LMNT, about her study on nutrition and lung health. “What we found in our study was that people who ate less fiber had worse measures of lung function,” said […]
Mar 9, 2016
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