Allied Health Blog
Our Physician Assistant program connects UMMC to Canada
For decades now, the U.S. military has had a collaborative relationship with the physician assistant education program at UNMC. Read full article in UMMC Today…
Aug 26, 2013
Dr. Joseph Siu awarded NASA grant
Ka-Chun “Joseph” Siu, PhD, assistant professor in the physical therapy education program, was awarded $15,013 from the NASA Nebraska Space Grant. In collaboration with Penn State University and University of Central Florida, he will conduct a new study to investigate the optimal training model for skills learning and retention in Telemedicine. The duration of the […]
Aug 22, 2013
Let’s do this!
In case you missed it in UNMC Today, today, we’ll be starting up a new wellness activity September 1. It’s super easy to sign up (I just did it and the instructions are below). Also, it sounds super easy to participate (just track ANY kind of physical activity that you do for 10 minutes), so […]
Aug 19, 2013
Saying farewell to two long-time employees…
Join us at a dual retirement tea honoring Gail Hackendahl and Connie Mitchell on Tuesday, September 3, 2013 from 2:00-4:00 PM in the Linder Reading Room, MSC. Connie retired as program director of the radiography program after 42 years at UNMC. Gail is retiring from PT Ed after 26 years at UNMC. Please come and […]
Aug 15, 2013
Say hello to Jamie Gill, new Clin Ed Coordinator in PT!
Jamie Gill, AS, is the new Clinical Education Coordinator in Physical Therapy Education. Here’s a little bit about Jamie in her own words: “My husband Morgan and I live in Council Bluffs, IA. I have a beautiful 14-year-old daughter named Reilly and a 10-year-old step-daughter named Elisha. I received my Associate’s degree in Business Administration […]
Aug 15, 2013
Reasons to participate in SHARING the Green…
Fun, fun, and fun! That was Kim Ager’s assessment of this year’s SHARING the Green, a fundraiser for the SHARING Clinic, a group of student-run clinics that provide care to underserved people in Omaha and Lincoln. Craig Boyer, Kim Ager, and Pat O’Neil represented the SAHP in fine form…well…they had fun! 🙂 Craig won a […]
Aug 12, 2013
Congratulations to Kim Michael
The SDMS Board of Directors and the Nominating Committee of the Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography announced that Kim Michael’s election bid for the Board of Directors as the/an At-Large Director was successful. She has been chosen by her peers to serve in this capacity. In addition, Kim has a new publication. “Premature Birth: Rule out Germinal Matrix Hemorrhage,” […]
Aug 9, 2013
Welcome new staff member, Andrew Henneberry
Andrew Henneberry joined the SAHP Academic and Student Affairs as the Inter-service Physician Assistant Program Specialist. Meet Andrew: “I was born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska and attended Omaha Creighton Prep (class of 1996), where I played football. The last six years, I worked at Bellevue University (BU) as a Graduate Academic Advisor and Adjunct […]
Aug 6, 2013
PT Faculty Research presented at “The State of Women’s Health Research” Conference
The scholarly work of Betsy Becker, PT, CLT-LANA, Katherine Jones, PT, PhD, and Pat Hageman, PT, PhD, was presented at, “What a Difference an X Makes: The State of Women’s Health Research,” the fourth annual conference of the Society for Women’s Health Research (SWHR) held at the Pew Trust Conference Center in Washington, DC, July […]
Jul 23, 2013
Ryan, Greenfield honored at all-school reunion
Here’s the last in the series featuring our allied health heroes being honored as distinguished alumni at the reunion this weekend. UNMC Today article… See you there!
Jul 19, 2013
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- by Jeffrey RobbStarting March 1, Emily Cantrell, MD, will be the new trauma medical director for Nebraska Medicine.
- by Jeffrey RobbThe visiting lecturer is Heather Hanegan, a women’s health nurse practitioner with Ohio State's James Comprehensive Cancer Center.
- by Jeffrey RobbIndividual sessions can be scheduled with a TIAA representative on three days in April, May and June.
- by John KeenanThe new scholarships will cover at least half the cost of medical school tuition for all four years for the first class of medical students at Kearney.