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Joe Norman receives NPTA’s highest award
On Saturday, October 11th, at the state business meeting luncheon in Lincoln, the Nebraska Physical Therapy Association (NPTA) honored members who continue to make outstanding and substantial contributions to the profession and association. Joe Norman, PT, PhD, CCS, FAACVPR, program director in the UNMC Division of Physical Therapy Education, was the recipient of the Mary […]
Oct 24, 2014
PA Week and PAs in the news
Happy Physician Assistant Week, Oct 6-10, 2014! IN case you missed it, Tami Ritsema and Patty Scholting, assistant professors of physician assistant education, were recently featured in this UNMC Today article: Study explores efforts at patient education. Read about their study published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention journal, Preventing Chronic Disease.
Oct 6, 2014
Newest face in the SAHP
Melissa Meisinger, MA, recently joined the SAHP as a Research Training Exercise Coordinator working with Dr. Laura Bilek on her NIH funded grant. Melissa received both her undergraduate and graduate degrees from UNO in exercise science. In her spare time, she likes spending time with her nieces and nephew, as well as Braxton, her 5-year-old […]
Sep 29, 2014
We’re almost there…
Thank you to those SAHP faculty and staff who have already participated in this year’s United Way campaign. As of yesterday morning, the SAHP was leading the way on campus with 89% participation, and that’s awesome! We want to be even awesomer, however, by hitting 100% participation again for the third year in a row. […]
Sep 26, 2014
Publication for RSTE: Jones and Stevens
Congratulations to Tammy Jones, MPA, RT(R)(M), and Kristy Stevens, R.T.(R)(T), on the publication of their article in Radiologic Technology, “Dense Breast Notification: Anatomy, Imaging, and Patient Awareness,” vol 86:1, p17-22. Tammy is our program director in Radiography, CVIT, and CT, and Kristy is a student in our Radiation Therapy program. Well done!
Sep 23, 2014
Nuclear Medicine Student and Graduate Participate in Mock Drill
Healthcare professionals put aside their scrubs and wore radiation protective gear for a mock nuclear explosion drill in Scottsbluff on Wednesday. One of our graduates along with one of our current students, both from the nuclear medicine program, participated. Lauren Hess, a 2011 graduate and now a staff technologist at Regional West Medical Center (RWMC) […]
Sep 19, 2014
Pat O’Neil shoots a Hole-in-One!
An amateur golfer’s chance of an ace is 12,500 to 1. An ace is when a player hits the ball directly from the tee into the hole with one stroke. Also called a hole-in-one. You can read more stats like that and be discouraged, or you can ask Pat O’Neil, our SAHP director of finance […]
Sep 16, 2014
Jones, Venema, and Skinner publish in Journal of Rural Health
Congratulations to Katherine Jones, PT, PhD, Dawn Venema, PT, PhD, and Anne Skinner, BS, RHIA, who recently published in the Journal of Rural Health. This paper reflects work that led to their grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality for the CAPTURE Falls project. Jones KJ, Venema DM, Nailon R, Skinner AM, High […]
Sep 15, 2014
Physical Therapy student presents research at annual meeting
Physical Therapy Education student, Yanlong Li (PT-2), presented some of his work at the 29th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation held in Denver, CO. Yanlong is part of the Shanghai Sino-US Health Science Initiative.
Sep 10, 2014
Free Oct. 11 health, wellness event to feature new views on exercise, physiology
Features best-selling author and former investigative journalist David Epstein The Nebraska Physiological Society invites the public to attend a free health event on Oct. 11 including a talk by best-selling author and former Sports Illustrated investigative journalist, David Epstein. The event will be held in the Durham Research Center at the University of Nebraska Medical […]
Sep 9, 2014
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