Category: Physician Assistant
Donner and Mathews, co-PIs on antibiotic resistance grant
Wayne Mathews, MS, PA-C, DFAAPA, associate professor and associate director of physician assistant education, and Linsey Donner, MPH, CPH, MLS(ASCP)CM, assistant professor in medical laboratory science, received funding for a University of Nebraska Collaboration Initiative Seed Grant. The grant, “One Health: A systems approach linking human and livestock antibiotic resistance at the watershed scale,” looks […]
Jun 14, 2017
Kilstrom runs half-marathon – Dam to Dam
Last Saturday, Jon Kilstrom, MPAS, PA-C, assistant professor in physician assistant education, finished the 38th annual Dam to Dam half marathon. His sister, Erica White, ran it with him. The 13.1 mile race goes from the Saylorville Dam to downtown Des Moines, IA. If you’re counting, that’s roughly 27,700 steps, and this year’s race was […]
Jun 8, 2017
Welcome new faculty: Jannelle Reynolds
Jannelle Reynolds, MPAS, PA-C, is a new faculty member in the division of physician assistant (PA) education in Kearney. Here’s more about Jannelle in her own words: “I grew up in Loveland Colorado and obtained my bachelor’s degree in Health and Exercise Science in the neighboring town of Fort Collins at Colorado State University. It […]
May 25, 2017
Real heroes of medical education
The Omaha World Herald recently ran an editorial, Real heroes of medical education, written by Wayne Mathews, MS, PA-C, DFAAPA, associate program director in physician assistant (PA) education. In it, Mathews described the extraordinary value to students in health professions of simulation patients and anatomical donors. Those heroes generally go unrecognized, but not so last […]
May 8, 2017
2017 Annual CAHP Awards Ceremony and Forum
The annual College of Allied Health Professions Awards Ceremony will take place on Wednesday, May 3, 2017 from 1:05 p.m. to 2:00 p.m in MSC 3002. Dawn Venema, PT, PhD, assistant professor in physical therapy education, and Ben Greenfield, MPS, LP, CCP, adjunct assistant professor in clinical perfusion education, will be honored for Excellence in […]
Apr 27, 2017
Celebrating the Past, Embracing the Future – 2017 Alumni Reunion
Register now for the 2017 UNMC College of Allied Health Professions Alumni Reunion, Saturday, June 10, 2017 in Omaha. It’s our sapphire anniversary, as the College (formerly a School) is celebrating 45 years. The reunion theme, Celebrating the Past, Embracing the Future, pays homage to that. Please consider joining your fellow alumni for exciting reunion […]
Apr 26, 2017
Welcome new staff: Elizabeth Stout
Liz Stout, MBA, recently joined the CAHP staff in Kearney at the Health Science Education Complex as education program/admissions coordinator. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Midland Lutheran College (now Midland University) in 2006 and a Master of Business Administration degree from UNK in 2009. Heres’ more about Liz in her own […]
Apr 25, 2017
Welcome new staff: Loralee Amandus
Loralee Amandus recently joined the physician assistant education program as their clinical education data coordinator. She holds an associate’s degree in general studies and is nearly finished with her bachelor’s degree in Health Science from Brigham Young University-Idaho. Here’s more about Loralee, in her own words: “I’m from Boise Idaho, where I grew up with […]
Mar 16, 2017
CAHP team gets a first in Trek Up the Tower 2017
While much of Omaha lounged on Saturday, February 18, 2017, eight intrepid “allied healthers” climbed the First National Bank tower stairwell in the annual Trek Up the Tower. That’s 40 floors. 870 steps. 633 feet into the sky. Our trekkers were (pictured above from left to right): Greg Karst, PhD, Anne Skinner, Geri Finn, Laura […]
Feb 23, 2017
Welcome new faculty: Carey Wheelhouse
Carey Wheelhouse, MPAS, PA-C, recently joined our physician assistant faculty as clinical director. Here’s more about Carey in her own words: “In 2011, I graduated with a Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies from the University of South Dakota, which is located in my hometown of Vermillion, SD. After graduating, I spent four years […]
Feb 8, 2017
