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Category: Physical Therapy

PT2 receives NASA fellowship

Trent Werner, a second-year UNMC physical therapy student and the 2018 PT class president, has been named a NASA Fellowship recipient. He is conducting research under the supervision of Chun-Kai Huang, PhD, investigating the effects of visual-spatial discordance on fine motor control in order to hopefully develop a visuomotor training paradigm for NASA astronauts. Trent […]

Jul 18, 2016

Welcome new staff: Kevin Howard

Kevin Howard, MA, recently joined the College of Allied Health Professions Academic and Student Affairs’ team as a Recruitment and Marketing Specialist. Prior to the University of Nebraska Medical Center, he worked at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Kevin brings with him nearly six years of experience working directly with prospective and current college […]

Jul 5, 2016

Norman, Siu, and Sleddens recruit in China

Physical therapy program director and professor, Joseph Norman, PT, PhD, CCS, FAACVPR,  associate professor, Ka-Chun (Joseph) Siu, PhD, and director of clinical education and assistant professor, Nikki Sleddens, PT, MPT, CEEAA, just returned from another successful trip to China. They visited six universities and three rehabilitation institutes in 12 days. The universities visited were Peking […]

Jun 20, 2016