Category: Research
Hoffman presents on IPE research at CAB-V conference
Erin Hoffman, MPAS, PA-C, academic director in our physician assistant education program, was invited to present a research poster at the recent CAB-V Conference (Collaborating Across Borders) in Virginia. This represents research she’s engaged in with the College of Public Health, College of Nursing, and College of Medicine on interprofessional education (IPE). Other poster authors […]
Nov 17, 2015
CAHP represented at NIH NINR 30-yr Anniversary Scientific Symposium
Patricia Hageman, PhD, represented CAHP as first author and last author, respectively, on two poster presentations, accepted through a highly competitive process for dissemination at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) Symposium on Advancing Science, Improving Lives. The symposium was held October 13th, 2015 in Bethesda, MD. Since 1997, […]
Oct 28, 2015
Congratulations to Tiffany Colvin, I-Week Honoree
Tiffany R. Colvin, MHA, MLS(ASCP)CM was honored during Innovation Week for filing a New Invention Notification (NIN), “Creating a Synthetic Urine Specimen for Urinalysis Education.” Congratulations, Tiffany!
Oct 27, 2015
Radiation therapy faculty garner 2-yr ASRT grant
Jana Koth and Lisa Bartenhagen are co-PIs on a two-year, $10k ASRT Foundation Research Grant, “A Video Intervention for Head and Neck Cancer Patients: A Pilot Study.” They wrote the grant, with assistance from Matt Fitzgerald and Laura Bilek, PhD, to determine if viewing an educational video using VERT images reduces anxiety in persons undergoing […]
Oct 23, 2015
Jones and Patient Safety team present at AHRQ conference
Katherine Jones, PT, PhD; Anne Skinner, RHIA, MS; and Victoria Kennel, MA, presented results from their 3-year patient safety project at the 2015 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Research Conference in Crystal City, VA on October 6, 2015. The title of their poster presentation was, “Producing Evidence to Make Healthcare Safer: Implementation and […]
Oct 9, 2015
Sasek publishes in JAAPA on postconcussive syndrome
Cody Sasek, MPAS, PA-C, an academic director in our PA program, published, “Postconcussive syndrome in a high school athlete,” in the Oct 2015 edition of the Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants. Cody collaborated with a physician with whom he had previously worked in his clinical practice before coming to UNMC, resulting in […]
Oct 1, 2015
Michael and Custer take first place in SDMS competition
Kim Michael, director of the diagnostic medical sonography education program, and Tanya Custer, assistant professor in RSTE, were selected as the first place winners in the Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography (SDMS) Scientific Presentation Competition for there winning entry, “Using the Anatomage Virtual Dissection Table in the Education of Imaging Science Students.” The Scientific Presentation […]
Aug 19, 2015
Publication in Journal of Pathology Informatics
Journal of Pathology Informatics just published, “Investigation of scanning parameters for thyroid fine needle aspiration cytology specimens: A pilot study,” by Maheswari Mukherjee, PhD, and Amber Donnelly, PhD, in our cytotechnology program. You can download the full article in pdf format. Congratulations, Drs Mukherjee and Donnelly!
Jul 29, 2015
Faculty present “flipped classroom” in Texas
Tanya Custer and Tammy Jones recently attended the Association for Educator’s in Imaging & Radiologic Sciences Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas. While at the meeting, they were invited to give a presentation, “The Flipped Classroom Experience: Instructor & Student Perspectives.” The presentation focused on best practices for using the flipped classroom when teaching imaging science students, along […]
Jul 20, 2015
Large NIH Grant for Corri Hanson
Corrine Hanson, PhD, RD, LMNT, received funding as a co-investigator on a 5-year, $5 million NIH grant. This grant will create a Center of Excellence called the Comparing Urban and Rural Effects of poverty on COPD (CURE COPD) Center. The Center is a collaboration between Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the University of Nebraska Medical Center, […]
Jul 15, 2015
