Allied Health Blog
PT2 receives NASA fellowship
Trent Werner, a second-year UNMC physical therapy student and the 2018 PT class president, has been named a NASA Fellowship recipient. He is conducting research under the supervision of Chun-Kai Huang, PhD, investigating the effects of visual-spatial discordance on fine motor control in order to hopefully develop a visuomotor training paradigm for NASA astronauts. Trent […]
Jul 18, 2016
Kim Michael elected to SDMS board
Kim Michael, MA, RT, (R), RDMS, RVT was elected as a Director At-Large for the Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography Board. She will be sworn in at an awards dinner at the 2016 SDMS Annual Conference and will begin serving in October.
Jul 15, 2016
Welcome new staff: Kevin Howard
Kevin Howard, MA, recently joined the College of Allied Health Professions Academic and Student Affairs’ team as a Recruitment and Marketing Specialist. Prior to the University of Nebraska Medical Center, he worked at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Kevin brings with him nearly six years of experience working directly with prospective and current college […]
Jul 5, 2016
Scholarship celebrates Stork, Robertson legacies
Before UNMC had the Interprofessional Academy of Educators, there was Sandra Stork, longtime director of clinical dietetics, in the then-School of Allied Health Professions, and the Teaching Improvement Project System (TIPS) program. As does today’s teaching academy, Stork and TIPS took educators from all over campus and gave them tools to better reach the students […]
Jun 28, 2016
Welcome new faculty: Wayne Mathews
Wayne Mathews, MS, PA-C, DFAAPA, is one of our new faculty joining the Physician Assistant Program as Associate Professor and Associate Program Director. He previously served as a faculty member with Southern Illinois School of Medicine and Physician Assistant Program for 17 years. He has 20 years of experience in Emergency Medicine, and has earned […]
Jun 27, 2016
We welcome Mia Hyde to the CAHP!
Mia Hyde, MPAS, PA-C, recently joined our faculty in the physician assistant program. Here’s more about Mia in her own words: “Although born in California, I was raised primarily in Blue Hill, Nebraska. I graduated from undergraduate school in Kearney, NE and attended the Wichita State University PA Program where I earned my BS degree. […]
Jun 23, 2016
Norman, Siu, and Sleddens recruit in China
Physical therapy program director and professor, Joseph Norman, PT, PhD, CCS, FAACVPR, associate professor, Ka-Chun (Joseph) Siu, PhD, and director of clinical education and assistant professor, Nikki Sleddens, PT, MPT, CEEAA, just returned from another successful trip to China. They visited six universities and three rehabilitation institutes in 12 days. The universities visited were Peking […]
Jun 20, 2016
Bileks help Titans bring home the gold
Saturday, June 11, 2016 was a proud day for Laura Bilek, PT, PhD, associate dean for research, and her daughters, Anna and Lauren. The girls helped the Council Bluffs Lewis Central Titans win the Class 2-A state soccer tournament championship, beating Pella 5-0. This was the 10th straight shutout for the team and the first […]
Jun 15, 2016
Welcome new faculty: Jon Kilstrom
Jonathan Kilstrom, MPAS, PA-C, recently joined our physician assistant education faculty. Here’s a little about Jon in his own words: “I was born and raised in Northwest Iowa. I graduated from Creighton University in 2009 with a Bachelor in Emergency Medical Services. I have been active in EMS for 13 years and continue to be […]
Jun 10, 2016
Welcome new faculty: Liz Wellsandt
Elizabeth “Liz” Wellsandt, PT, DPT, PhD, OCS, recently joined our faculty ranks in the division of physical therapy education. She is a native of Hartington, NE, and a 2009 graduate of UNMC’s Doctor of Physical Therapy program. After three years of clinical practice she pursued formal research training and graduated from the University of Delaware […]
Jun 9, 2016
