Allied Health Blog
Kearney PA students train in SimNE truck
Kearney PA students participated in a Chest Tube and Advanced Airways clinic on the Simulation in Motion (SimNE) truck Friday, July 14. The PAs were one of two Kearney groups participating in events on the truck. The CON Kearney Division’s Accelerated students participated in a simulation Thursday. Three of the SimNE trucks were in Kearney […]
Jul 19, 2017
Welcome new faculty: Greg Mehrer
Greg Mehrer, MBA, RT(R), recently joined the department of medical imaging and therapeutic sciences. Greg is the new clinical education coordinator for the radiography and cardiovascular interventional technology programs. Here’s more about Greg in his own words: “I am originally from a small town in South Dakota called Scotland. My college education began at the […]
Jul 18, 2017
PA students learn from community pediatric volunteers
Our ten, third-semester PA students in Kearney reached the conclusion of their pediatric skills workshop last week. Volunteer pediatric patients came from the community to serve as patient models so that the students could exercise their noninvasive, clinical diagnostic skills. The learning activity was engaging, fun, and positive, as PA students rehearsed their exam of […]
Jul 17, 2017
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
Dr. Siu funded for 3D printing research grant
Ka-Chun (Joseph) Siu, PhD, Associate Professor in physical therapy education and director of the Chinese MS-DPT Program, was awarded a collaboration seed grant (among UNMC, UNO, UNL and UNK). Dr. Siu is Co-PI with Dr. Zuniga (PI) at UNO. This project is to develop and test low-cost 3D printed prostheses to restore and improve function of […]
Jun 13, 2017
Two new grants for Dr. Corri Hanson
The Center for Patient, Family, and Community Engagement in Chronic Care Management (CENTRIC) at UNMC funded a proposal, “Fiber Intake and the Microbiome in Asthma: the BREATHE Easy Trial,” from Corri Hanson, PhD, associate professor in medical nutrition education. Her team will analyze the microbiome, short-chain fatty acid production, inflammatory biomarkers and pro-resolving mediators in […]
Jun 9, 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
Welcome new MLS faculty: Ashley Eichelberg
Ashley Eichelberg, MLS(ASCP), recently joined our medical laboratory science program as clinical education coordinator and UA instructor. She graduated in 2012 from UNMC’s clinical laboratory science program after earning a Bachelor of Science degree from NWU, with a major in Biology and minors in Chemistry and Psychology. Ashley started her career in Core Lab at […]
May 17, 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
