Category: Research
MLS faculty receive EchoInnovation Grant
Medical Laboratory Science faculty Marnie Imhoff and Linsey Donner, PhD, were recently awarded $5,000 by the 2022 Echo360 Innovation Grant Program. The EchoInnovation Grant focuses on providing software solutions that will help teachers and trainers develop engaging practices that improve learner outcomes. The grant provides financial support to implement one of the following products: Dojo360, […]
Jun 23, 2022
American Lung Association funds grant to study nutrition and asthma in pregnant women
Jana Ponce, PhD, and Corri Hanson, PhD, are co-investigators on the recently funded grant, “Influence of Omega-3 Status on Asthma Health During Pregnancy,” from the American Lung Association. This 2-year, $95,000 grant is a collaboration with Mount Sinai and Duke University. Dr. Hanson explains the study in layman’s terms: Pregnant women with asthma are at […]
Jun 22, 2022
CAPTURE Falls Team presents at virtual summit
Vicki Kennel, PhD, Dawn Venema, PhD, and Anne Skinner recently gave an invited presentation at a national conference due to their work on the CAPTURE Falls project. They presented, “Team Learning from Falls: A Safe Table,” at the Patient Safety Evaluation System 2022 Virtual Summit on May 25, 2022. The conference was jointly sponsored by […]
Jun 1, 2022
Welcome new faculty: Abbey Lowe
Abbey Lowe, MA, recently joined our College of Allied Health Professions research team. She is Co-Director of the National Disaster Medical System Infectious Disease training program for the Global Center for Health Security at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Ms. Lowe works at the intersection of ethics, health policy, and health security, and her […]
Jul 23, 2021
MLS graduates publish case study in national newsletter
The June American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science (ASCLS) Today newsletter published a case study by two of our 2021 medical laboratory science graduates, Kora Freeman and Izabel Hanson. They worked on the project for scholarly activity in a course. UNMC faculty Linsey Donner and Sandra Latshaw, as well as their University of Missouri – […]
Jun 2, 2021
Another great UNMC showing at this year’s virtual NSRT conference
article by Michael Dutt In the spring of 2021 the Nebraska Society of Radiologic Technologists hosted their annual Business Session. Normally the business session is part of the larger Annual Conference, but due to COVID-19 the conference was re-imagined for the 2021 year. Instead of the usual 3-day event held in person, the NSRT offered […]
Apr 21, 2021
Medical Nutrition Attends FNCE — Virtually
submitted by Mariah Jackson The Medical Nutrition Education Division has six nutrition research abstracts accepted to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics’ Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo (FNCE), to be presented this October. FNCE is one of the world’s largest meetings of food and nutrition experts. More than 10,000 registered dietitian nutritionists, nutrition researchers, […]
Oct 5, 2020
National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week
by Marlon Morales, MBA, MLS(ASCP)CM Our Medical Laboratory Science program is happy to celebrate Medical Laboratory Professionals Week, April 19-25th! Lab Week is an annual nationwide celebration of the medical laboratory professionals and pathologists who play a vital role in health care. Lab professionals work behind the scenes, out of sight and out of mind. […]
Apr 20, 2020
2020 Annual CAHP Awards Winners
This year, since our regular awards ceremony in May has been canceled, winners of the CAHP annual awards will be honored at the annual CAHP Employee Recognition event held in August. The Awards and Recognition Committee and Research Development and Management Committee is pleased to announce the 2020 CAHP Awardees. Elizabeth Wellsandt, PT, DPT, PhD, […]
Apr 1, 2020
DPT students present at Midwest Student Biomedical Research Forum
Meagan Reiners, DPT3 student, and Jie Hao, MS/DPT1 student, recently presented research at the Midwest Student Biomedical Research Forum on Feb 22. The forum, sponsored by UNMC and Creighton University, provides an opportunity for students in graduate or health professions programs to present their work in an oral or poster format while receiving feedback from […]
Mar 4, 2020
