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Cardin honored for 10 years of service

Tamara Cardin, BFA, was recognized for 10 years of continuous service to UNMC at the 2015 Service Award Dinner. We’re happy to have Tamara doing admissions and recruiting in our Academic and Student Affairs. Congratulations! Photos from the event on Flickr >>

Jun 26, 2015

Four SAHP faculty among iLEAD graduates

Congratulations to Katherine Jones, PT, PhD (physical therapy), Corrine Hanson, PhD, RD, LMNT (medical nutrition), Cody Sasek, MPAS, PA-C (physician assistant), and Marcia Hess Smith, BS, CNMT (nuclear medicine), who graduated from the iLEAD program. The nine-month iLEAD program provides a course of study in leadership. Read article in UNMC Today>>

Jun 1, 2015

Physical therapy grad named to post with Chicago Bears

From UNMC “For the Record” Nate Breske, a 2004 physical therapy graduate of the UNMC School of Allied Health Professions, has been named the head athletic trainer for the Chicago Bears. Breske comes to the Bears from the San Francisco 49ers, where he has served as assistant athletic trainer since 2008. Prior to joining the […]

May 29, 2015

Faculty receive education support grants

Congratulations to these recipients of College of Medicine support grants: Betsy Becker, PT, DPT, CLT-LANA, “Blended Learning Instruction on Joint Range of Motion”  – Educational Support Grant for $4,600 Tiffany Colvin, MHA, MLS(ASCP)CM, “The stabilization and fixation of urinary sediment in support of the standardization of clinical education in urinalysis across multiple campuses” – Educational […]

May 12, 2015

Together in Health: Cytotechnology and Radiation Therapy

In case you missed this story in UNMC Today last week, students from the cytotechnology and radiation therapy programs came together recently for an interprofessional education (IPE) program featuring their respective virtual teaching tools.  Read full story>>

May 11, 2015

Alum hired as RSTE Instructor for Kearney

Ellie Miller is the new Radiation Science Technology Education Instructor for the Kearney Campus. She graduated from UNMC in 2010 after completing both the Radiography and Sonography Programs. She has spent the last three-and-a-half years working at a small rural hospital performing Radiography, Sonography, CT, DEXA, and EKG exams. Ellie and her husband spend all […]

May 8, 2015

Radiation Therapy students garner awards at conference

Submitted by Lisa Bartenhagen, MS, RT(R)(T) The UNMC radiation therapy students and faculty attended the Chicago Area Radiation Therapists Annual Conference last week. Of the ten schools attending, two UNMC students were recognized with awards for the essay competition. First place: Jessica Backhaus- Radiation Therapy During Pregnancy Second place: Megan Kuster- Radiation Therapy Safety Dustin […]

May 1, 2015

PA students awarded scholarships

Submitted by Michael Huckabee, PhD, PA-C At the recent Nebraska Physician Assistant Annual Conference in Kearney, five UNMC PA students were each awarded $1,000 scholarships. Students were selected based on academics, leadership, and service. We salute these deserving students shown in the photo with scholarship recipients from other PA programs: In back row center to […]

Apr 29, 2015

CLS family members grab the gold

World Champs in the family! That’s something one staff and one faculty member in Clinical Laboratory Science have in common. Tammy O’Donnell’s daughter, Rachel O’Donnell, and Ricki Otten’s niece, Amy Burger, were on a team that represented the United States at the World Federation of National Baton Twirling Associations held in Italy. Their team competed […]

Apr 20, 2015

SAHP making history: Five adjunct faculty appointments in China

On March 11, 2015, the School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China, appointed four of our physical therapy faculty (Betsy Becker, Joseph Norman, Joseph Siu, Kathleen Volkman) and Dean Kyle Meyer as their adjunct faculty members. This is the first time in history that SAHP faculty received adjunct faculty appointments in China.    

Apr 16, 2015