Category: Physical Therapy
PT students give their time, learn valuable lessons
About three years ago, some of our UNMC physical therapy students began volunteer work with a young woman, Cassidy Collier, after she sustained a traumatic brain injury from a car crash in 2011. Students in subsequent classes have continued that journey with the Collier family. Cassidy’s father, UNMC’s Dean Collier, Pharm.D., recently shared his family’s […]
Apr 7, 2016

PA and PT are highly ranked, again, by US News & World Report
Once again, our PA and PT programs were high in the U.S. News & World Report rankings of the nation’s top graduate schools. For 2017, our physician assistant program was ranked #9 and our physical therapy program #28 (up from 34). Article from UNMC Today>> For information on the ranking methodology, click here.
Mar 18, 2016

Haley Hansen earns first place with poster
Haley Hansen (PT2) was awarded first place in the poster competition in the medical student category (which includes all health professions students) at the Midwest Student Biomedical Research Forum (MSBRF). The MSBRF is an annual conference co-hosted by UNMC and Creighton that specifically gives graduate students and health professions students a venue to present their […]
Mar 15, 2016

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