Category: Kudos
RSTE Students and Faculty Receive Awards
The 2013 Nebraska Society of Radiologic Technologists (NSRT) Annual Conference, held in Kearney, proved to be well represented by UNMC students and faculty. The biggest news was that Tammy Jones received the 2013 NSRT Radiologic Technologist of the Year award. It came as a surprise to Tammy, but not to anyone else. 🙂 UNMC students […]
Apr 16, 2013
PT faculty receive grant funding for stroke rehab
Kathleen G. Volkman, PT, MS, NCS, the primary investigator, along with Katherine Jones, PT, PhD, and two collaborators from Creighton, received the George Blanton Research Grant from the Nebraska Physical Therapy Association. The purpose of their study, Improving Stroke Rehabilitation Across the Continuum of Care: Triangulating Perspectives of Interprofessional Groups of Healthcare Providers, is to (1) […]
Mar 26, 2013
PA Faculty Picked for Editorial Team of Professional Journal
The Journal of the Physician Assistant Education, the official journal of the Physician Assistant Education Association, recently appointed Tami Ritsema, MPH, MMSc, PA-C, to their editorial board. Michael Huckabee, MPAS, PhD, PA-C, has been selected as editor for the Abstracts and Brief Reports feature of the journal. The journal is dedicated to advancing PA education […]
Mar 15, 2013
Clinical Perfusion students bring home awards
A first-year Clinical Perfusion student has won the annual Nebraska Perfusion Society Scholarship awarded annually to the best essay submitted by perfusion students from around the country. Mr. Robert Ledbetter bested the competition for the $1500 prize on Saturday, February 23, 2013, in Lincoln. Many kudos to Robert and Clinical Perfusion! This weekend in Las Vegas, […]
Mar 11, 2013
New publication for Katherine Jones and Anne Skinner
“A theory-driven longitudinal evaluation of the impact of team training on safety culture in 24 hospitals,” was published online in February and will be published in a special issue on team training and simulation.* The paper evaluates the work that Katherine Jones and her co-authors have done to implement team training in Nebraska’s Critical Access […]
Mar 5, 2013
Landon selected for national committee
Diane Landon, MA, Student Affairs Specialist, has been selected to serve as a member of the Central Application Service for Physician Assistants (CASPA) Admissions Committee WebAdMIT Subcommittee. The subcommittee is charged with proposing, prioritizing, and testing additional WebAdMIT enhancements, and Diane will be bring her expertise in those areas to the committee. The appointment is for […]
Mar 1, 2013
Kudos to PT2, Emily Hemingway
Emily Hemingway, a second year physical therapy student, received a third place award at the Midwest Student Biomedical Research Forum for her poster describing work she conducted with Laura Bilek, PhD, PT, while on a College of Medicine Summer Research Scholarship. Her Co-Investigators were Stephanie Borst, PT, Molly Lang, MS, Graham Sharp, PhD – GCBA, […]
Feb 26, 2013
Extended family kudos: Holt’s grandson signs with U of Kentucky
Wednesday, February 6th, National Signing Day, Alex Grant Bumpus (grandson of Kathi and David Holt [Program Director for Clinical Perfusion Education]) signed with the University of Kentucky to play scholarship supported collegiate soccer. The special signing event was held in Columbus, Ohio at the Crew Stadium. “Alex is blessed to have a wonderful mother, Haidee, […]
Feb 8, 2013
PT Faculty honored
Pat Hageman, PT, PhD, was recognized as a 2012 UNMC Distinguished Scientist. The Distinguished Scientist award — which is sponsored by the chancellor — recognizes researchers who have been among the most productive scientists in the country during the past five years. UNMC Today article… Reggie Harbourne PT, PhD, PCS, from the Munroe Meyer Institute, […]
Jan 31, 2013
Awards and presentations at APTA Combined Sections Meeting
Emily (Bartels) Young, graduate of our physical therapy (PT) education program, received the Student Award for Geriatrics Research at the Combined Sections Meeting (CSM) of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) in San Diego on January 23, 2013. The award is from the Section on Geriatrics to facilitate interest in geriatric research among entry-level physical […]
Jan 31, 2013
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