Allied Health Blog
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
Nicki’s a grandma!
Nicki Simmons, SAHP staff, is a proud grandmother, proclaiming, “She is absolutely the most perfect little baby!” 🙂 Harper Rose Jourdan was born at 3:09 p.m. on September 4, 2014. She weighed 6 pounds 13 ounces and was 20 inches long. Congratulations, Nicki! She’s a cutie.
Sep 8, 2014
New faculty in PA will be lead faculty in Kearney PA expansion
Sheila Fleer, MPAS, PA-C, is a new assistant professor in our physician assistant program. She’ll be on-campus in Omaha for about a year as full faculty, and then will return to Kearney to be the lead faculty member for the new PA Program expansion there. Here, in her own words, is a little more about […]
Aug 29, 2014
Hoffman appointed as AAPA liaison
Erin J. Hoffman MPAS, PA-C, was appointed to serve for two years as the American Academy of Physician Assistant’s medical liaison to the American Academy of Pediatrics. The ultimate goal of the medical liaisons is to elevate the PA profession and the strategic relationships of AAPA with national physician and medical organizations and to improve […]
Aug 25, 2014
Congratulations to the Division of Physical Therapy – REACH100
The American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) has issued a web button to our PT program, again! We achieved 100% student membership through the APTA’s REACH100 Student Membership Challenge. Congratulations to the division and the students for consistently high membership, demonstrating a commitment to professionalism.
Aug 19, 2014
Pat’s Public Pat on the Back: Cindy, Tammy, Sue, and Sarah
Kudos to Cindy Skarda, Tammy O’Donnell, Sue Stewart, and Sarah Frederick! “These four ladies went above and beyond,” said Pat O’Neil, “embracing the opportunity to properly dispose of files, equipment and brick-a-brack that was outdated, irrelevant, or broken, during the SAHP’s recent Spring Cleaning initiative. To many, sorting through the boxes, file cabinets and piles […]
Aug 18, 2014
PT division honors Dr. Willett at farewell
Gilbert (Gib) Willett, PT, PhD, OCS, CSCS, likes to golf. So when he recently left the division of physical therapy to pursue other opportunities on campus, they gathered to wish him well and send him off with some new clubs. They also honored him with a plaque, which read, “Division of Physical Therapy Education Appreciation […]
Aug 14, 2014
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