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Allied Health Blog

Collaboration helps prepare for open-heart surgeries

by Kalani Simpson, UNMC public relations | July 14, 2020 A new collaboration between iEXCEL and the College of Allied Health Professions’ clinical perfusion education program, including unique training at the Dr. Edwin G. & Dorothy Balbach Davis Global Center, will better prepare future health professionals to perform open-heart surgery. Such surgery requires delicate balance, […]

Jul 14, 2020

Welcome new faculty: Sarah Sprinkle

Sarah Sprinkle, BS, CT(ASCP)CM, recently joined our faculty in the Cytotechnology program. Here’s more about Sarah in her own words: I am a Nebraska native graduating from Millard South High school in Omaha and Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln. For two summers, I participated in the Summer Undergraduate Research Program offered through the University of […]

Jul 7, 2020

Bills appointed to associate director

On May 1, 2020, faculty member Sara Bills, PT, DPT, GCS, began an appointment as an associate director in the Division of Physical Therapy Education. “I’m pleased that Dr. Bills accepted this leadership appointment. She is a highly-regarded educator and forward-thinker,” notes Program Director Betsy J. Becker, PT, DPT, PhD, CLT-LANA. Dr. Bills joined the […]

Jun 2, 2020

Sara Bills