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Welcome new staff: Laurie Bolte
Laurie L. Bolte, AS (HIMS), CPC-A, is our new CAHP Travel Activities Associate, working with Virgie Powers. From Omaha, NE, Laurie became interested in health information management and medical coding after an interviewer asked her if she would be willing to take a course in medical terminology. Her previous position was as a project administrator […]
Oct 24, 2016
Meet Michael Dutt, CT and MRI Clin Ed Coordinator
Michael Dutt, BS, RT(R)(MR) recently joined the CAHP as the clinical education coordinator for the CT and MRI programs, and he will help instruct some MR courses in the fall. Michael earned an Associates in Radiologic Technology and a Bachelors in Medical Imaging from Clarkson College. He worked at Nebraska Medicine as an MRI Technologist […]
May 18, 2016
PT2 Haley Hansen’s winning streak continues!
In March, Haley Hansen, (PT2) won first place in the regional Midwest Student Biomedical Research Forum. As part of that award, Haley had the opportunity to present the same poster at the annual National Student Research Forum on April 27-29 in Galveston, TX, where she kept her winning streak alive, winning first place there for […]
May 3, 2016
Collaborative Ittner grant funded for Dr. Corrine Hanson
Corrine Hanson, PhD, RD, Associate Professor in medical nutrition education, recently received funding for a collaborative grant by the Edna Ittner Foundation for $55,000. The Primary Investigator is Shirley Delair, MD, MPH, College of Medicine, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases. Dr. Hanson is a co-investigator, along with Ann Anderson-Berry, MD, PhD, College of Medicine, Division of Newborn […]
Dec 18, 2015
Welcome to another CAHP baby!
Congratulations to Geri Finn, BA, Education Academic Coordinator in Physician Assistant Education, who had her baby on Sunday, November 8, 2015. Patrick Anthony Michael was born at 7:25 PM, 7 lbs 8 oz. Welcome to the CAHP family, Patrick!
Nov 18, 2015
Graduate student receives travel scholarship
Chun-Kai (Kai) Huang, MS, recently received the competitive Force & Motion Travel Scholarship ($500) from the Force and Motion Foundation to attend an upcoming scientific conference in 2016 and present his PhD work. Congratulations, Kai!
Oct 7, 2015
Second-year PT student wins 1/2 marathon
Congratulations to Katie White, a student in her second year of PT school, who won the Lincoln Women’s 1/2 Marathon. She covered the 13.1-mile race in 1 hour, 18 minutes, 16 seconds. Read the article in the Lincoln Journal Star.
May 13, 2015
Preventing Patient Falls – a Team Effort
Nineteen hospitals across Nebraska are implementing an evidence-based approach to keeping patients upright and reducing injuries from preventable falls. Watch this video of Katherine Jones, PT, PhD, associate professor in physical therapy education, and Carol Kampschneider, RN, MSN, V.P. of Clinical and Regulatory Services at St. Francis Memorial Hospital in West Point, NE, being interviewed […]
Mar 25, 2015
Two future PT students in the news
Jennifer and Amanda Lauer are sisters coming to physical therapy school this year after graduation from UNL. They are both Husker gymnasts and along with fellow seniors, Jessie DeZiel and Desire’ Stephens, have played a big role in the Huskers’ success the past four seasons. Read their story in the Lincoln Journal Star>> Photo by […]
Mar 10, 2015
Winter Essentials Drive a Success
We cleaned out our closets and/or brought in necessities for the annual Winter Essentials drive sponsored by our Student Ambassadors. The Ambassadors took those items to a local non-profit charity organization, We Can Make a Difference, who delivered them to the Siena/Francis House. They estimated that over 150 people were fed and clothed, and provided […]
Dec 10, 2014