Category: Kudos
Congratulations, Dr. Hageman!
In case you missed it, our own Pat Hageman was honored as a Distinguished Scientist! Read about her in UNMC Today, today.
Apr 26, 2013
News out of SAHP Academic and Student Affairs
Maggie Winnicki made a presentation at the AACRAO (American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers) meeting in San Francisco April 11-13, 2013. She received glowing compliments from her colleagues for her presentation, “Breaking Down the Silos in Health Professions Schools.” Well done, Maggie! We love to celebrate the new arrivals in our allied […]
Apr 25, 2013
New publication for Corri Hanson
Corri Hanson’s manuscript, “Diet and Vitamin D as Risk Factors for Lung Impairment and COPD,” was excepted for publication in Translational Research. Her paper relates to the work she did last summer and the collaboration she developed while training at Maastricht University Medical Center in Maastricht, the Netherlands. It will be part of a COPD review journal that will be published later […]
Apr 25, 2013
Araujo selected to Leadership Academy
The SAHP and RSTE would like to recognize Christina Araujo for being selected to the 2013 Leadership Academy, which was held in New Orleans, LA. The academy was a two-day course with an assemblage of current Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) leadership, focusing on key members of the SNMMI, and SNMMI staff […]
Apr 24, 2013
Kudos in PT Education to Drs Siu and Jones
The Nebraska Bankers Association awarded Dr. Ka-Chun “Joseph” Siu $14,330 to purchase a portable balance stability sensor system. The device will be used to measure dynamic stability in patients with movement disorders and in adults who have concerns with balance. This device will be mainly housed in our own clinical movement analysis laboratory, however, it is a portable device […]
Apr 22, 2013
It's a boy!
William Nicholas Dolphens was born to PA faculty member, Tami Dolphens on April 6, 2013. William was 7 pounds, 14oz and 20.5″ long. Mother and baby are doing well. Congratulations to the Dolphens family!
Apr 17, 2013
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
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