Allied Health Blog
Sanderson elected president of NE Perfusion Society
Scott Sanderson, MPS, CCP, LP, adjunct assistant professor, clinical education coordinator, and staff perfusionist, was elected president of the Nebraska Perfusion Society. He will now serve as the representative for all perfusionists in the state of Nebraska and lead the efforts of the state professional society both from a local and national level. Congratulations, Scott!
Jun 18, 2019
Welcome new staff: Sara Karnowski
Sara Karnowski, MA, recently joined the College of Allied Health Professions Academic and Student Affairs’ team as a student services associate. Prior to the University of Nebraska Medical Center, she spent three years as a student service coordinator for the University of Central Missouri working with military connected and dual credit students. UCM is also […]
Jun 7, 2019
Welcome new PA faculty: Pamela Dickey
Pamela Dickey, MPAS, PA-C, recently joined the CAHP as assistant professor in Physician Assistant Education at our Kearney campus. Pam practiced as a PA in family medicine for almost 20 years, with seven years of emergency medicine experience. In her own words: I enjoyed teaching PA students as a clinical rotation preceptor for the last […]
Jun 6, 2019
UNMC Radiography Students are Student Bowl Champions at Annual Conference
MITS Faculty and students had a busy weekend in Kearney at the 88th Annual Nebraska Society of Radiologic Technology Annual Conference, which kicked off with the annual Student Bowl Competition. Sixteen teams competed, each with three radiography students from programs throughout the state. Three UNMC teams participated and all made it to semi-finals. Erin Shannon, […]
May 3, 2019
Welcome new staff: Anne Lawlor
Anne Lawlor, BA, recently joined the College as the dean’s administrative associate. Here’s more about Anne in her own words: “I joined UNMC in April, 1999. I have worked in the Chancellor’s Office, Business Services, and Facilities, and I’m excited to be part of CAHP! I graduated from UNL, majoring in Political Science, my emphasis […]
Apr 26, 2019
2019 Annual CAHP Awards Ceremony and Forum
The annual College of Allied Health Professions Awards Ceremony will take place on Wednesday, May 1, 2019 from 1:05 p.m. to 2:00 p.m in MSC 3002 and streamed to HSEC 100. Corrine Hanson, PhD, RD, LMNT, FAND, associate director and associate professor in Medical Nutrition, will receive the Significance in Research Award. This award is […]
Mar 28, 2019
Drs. Cochran and Nickol took interprofessionalism to Washington
Teresa Cochran, DPT, assistant dean for the CAHP at the Health Science Education Complex in Kearney, and Devin Nickol, MD, associate professor in UNMC Internal Medicine, recently led a workshop, Advancing the Interprofessional Collaborative Practice & Policy Research Agenda, at the National Academies of Practice (NAP) conference in Washington, DC. NAP consists of 14 health […]
Mar 21, 2019
College of Allied Health Professions maintains dominance at Trek Up the Tower
Our CAHP Trek Up the Tower Team won this year’s Small Business Corporate Division for the third year in a row. Top finishers for the team included Kevin Howard, Jeremy Boldt, Anne Wildermuth and Melissa Dorr, who carried the team with an average time of 7:50 minutes (the team time – and therefore place – […]
Mar 7, 2019
Webster to be inducted as AEIRS Fellow
Tammy Webster, PhD, MPA, RT(R)(M), director of radiography, CVIT, and the CT practicum, was selected for elevation to Fellow status for the Association of Educators in Imaging and Radiologic Sciences (AEIRS). She will be inducted as an AEIRS Fellow during the Honors Ceremony at the upcoming Annual Meeting in Waikoloa, Hawaii. Congratulations, Dr. Webster!
Mar 6, 2019
35 jars of peanut butter collected for the UNO food pantry
Great things happen when we bounce ideas around during wellness walks! For staff members Tammy O’Donnell, Cindy Skarda, and Kim Corum, inspiration came during a walk as they discussed an article in UNMC Today about how the UNO food pantry is available to UNMC students. They thought it would be nice to start a collection […]
Mar 5, 2019
