Allied Health Blog
SAHP Team Trekked Up the Tower
The First National Tower in downtown Omaha juts 633 feet into the sky. That’s 40 floors or 870 steps. The UNMC – School of Allied Health Professions team of Geri Finn, Erin Hoffman, Andrew Henneberry, Jill Jensen, and our dean, Kyle Meyer, PhD, accepted the vertical challenge and made the Trek Up the Tower on […]
Mar 3, 2015
Perfusion students shine at state meeting
Article submitted by David Holt The annual Nebraska Perfusion Society meeting was held this weekend (February 28th) in Lincoln and, as usual, our students shined! All eleven Clinical Perfusion first-year students made presentations to the audience on subject matter developing into their Masters theses. Additionally, second-year student Devin Eilers presented our research entitled “Emboli Production […]
Mar 2, 2015
Homerun for Honeycutt
Karen Honeycutt, program director in clinical laboratory science, has a lot to be proud of these days! Her son, Kyle Honeycutt, plays baseball for the University of Nebraska Kearney. A couple of weeks ago, he made ESPN’s SportsCenter for hitting for the cycle that included a walk-off grand slam when playing in a tournament in […]
Feb 26, 2015
Congrats, first-time first author, Kate Wampler!
The Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography published, “Sonographic Evaluation of Fournier’s Gangrene,” by Kathryn (Kate) Wampler, Emily Bluedorn (a 2014 sonography graduate), and Kim Michael (sonography program director). This is Kate’s first publication as first author. Congratulations to all three!
Feb 25, 2015
CLS students attended national conference in Atlanta
This past weekend, February 7-8, 2015, an Interprofessional group of 13 UNMC students representing medicine, pharmacy, and clinical laboratory science attended the Society of Student Run Free Clinics (SSRFC) national conference in Atlanta GA. The poster presented by our CLS students Natalie Harmon and Megan Gunderson, “An Interprofessional Guide to Laboratory Testing: Sexually Transmitted Infection […]
Feb 13, 2015
Regents OK shift for SAHP to become college
Big news for the School of Allied Health Professions! In case you missed this morning’s UNMC Today story: by Kalani Simpson, UNMC public relations | February 02, 2015 The University of Nebraska Board of Regents on Friday approved an initiative that the School of Allied Health Professions, currently an academic unit within the College of […]
Feb 2, 2015
SAHP students awarded development funds for E-Learning modules
Five students from three allied health programs were honored today as E-learning Student Awardees at a luncheon ceremony. Students submitted proposals to the E-Learning Program for Students for the development of E-Learning modules to be used primarily to supplement learning in UNMC classes. Funding for the modules was awarded from the Office of the Vice […]
Jan 30, 2015
2015 US News & World Report 100 Best Jobs – FIVE of our professions!
Five of our SAHP professions made the best jobs list! According to the 2015 US News & World Report 100 Best Jobs list: Physical therapy is #5 in health care jobs and #6 overall. Physician assistant is #7 in health care jobs and #10 overall. Diagnostic medical sonography is #8 in health care jobs and […]
Jan 23, 2015
UNMC’s VanderMeulen New President of National Association
Alexandria, VA – This month, Stephane VanderMeulen, MPAS, PA-C, stepped into her year-long role as president of the Physician Assistant Education Association (PAEA), a national organization representing physician assistant (PA) educational programs. VanderMeulen is academic director and an assistant professor for the Master of Physician Assistant Studies program at the University of Nebraska Medical Center […]
Jan 21, 2015
UNK Health Science Education Complex update in the news
Posted: Thursday, January 15, 2015 11:28 pm By Jeff Bahr, in The Grand Island Independent The people behind the Health Science Education Complex in Kearney believe that, if health professionals receive their entire education outside of Omaha, they’ll be more likely to work in other parts of the state. “That’s what we’re banking on, is […]
Jan 20, 2015