Category: Kudos

UNMC’s VanderMeulen New President of National Association

Alexandria, VA – This month, Stephane VanderMeulen, MPAS, PA-C, stepped into her year-long role as president of the Physician Assistant Education Association (PAEA), a national organization representing physician assistant (PA) educational programs. VanderMeulen is academic director and an assistant professor for the Master of Physician Assistant Studies program at the University of Nebraska Medical Center […]

Jan 21, 2015

Kudos in PT Education: Majerus, Goetsch, and Venema

Congratulations to the following students and faculty in physical therapy education: Taylor Majerus, PT2, was chosen as one of two physical therapy students nationwide to receive a Federal Section Scholarship to attend the American Physical Therapy Association’s (APTA) Combined Sections Meeting in Indianapolis in February. The APTA anticipates more than 10,000 physical therapy professionals to […]

Jan 20, 2015

Study findings show lifestyle change lowers blood pressure

Rural Nebraska women, ages 40-69, with prehypertension (high normal blood pressure) were able to achieve reductions in blood pressure and attain normotensive blood pressure (< 120/80 mm Hg) following a distance delivered (web-based or print-mailed)  healthy eating and activity intervention, according to the recently published paper by Patricia Hageman, Carol Pullen, and colleagues in the […]

Jan 19, 2015