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Allied Health Blog

Katherine Jones publishes article

Congratulations to Katherine Jones, PT, PhD, in the Physical Therapy Education program for an upcoming publication in Gerontology & Geriatrics Education! She is first author on “Prevalence, Formation, Maintenance, and Evaluation of Interdisciplinary Student Aging Interest Groups,” which will be included in a set of five papers related to innovative medical school curricula in issue […]

Oct 20, 2011

Custer, a hard-core runner!

  Tanya Custer, MS, RT(R)(T), instructor in Radiation Sciences Technology Education just returned from running the Nike Women’s Marathon in San Francisco on October 16th. “I’d rank it up there with having kids,” said Tanya. “It was amazing!” It didn’t hurt that at the end of the race, the runners were presented with Tiffany necklaces […]

Oct 18, 2011

Goodbye, and Good Luck, Melinda!

Today is Melinda Finken’s last day in the Physician Assistant Program. Melinda has been an office associate at UNMC for eight years, and we’ll miss her. Best wishes, Melinda!

Oct 14, 2011

Date set for the 2012 Forum on Evidence-Based Medicine

Mark your calendars for the annual Forum on Evidence-Based Medicine and SAHP Awards Ceremony: Wednesday, May 2, 2012 12:30-4:00pm MSC Events Center This is our poster forum where SAHP students and faculty display their work in research, critical review, and education. The awards ceremony honors the Teacher of the Year, Researcher of the Year, and Outstanding Service […]

Oct 13, 2011

The gauntlet has been thrown…

A good friend in Public Relations, who I won’t name (rhymes with Truck Town), says that Allied Healthers are sissies because we haven’t registered any teams for the Fall Fest flag football tournament next Friday. I said that we are indeed NOT sissies and that we were just busy training and thinking of cool names […]

Oct 6, 2011

C'mon SAHP! Let's get 100% participation on this…

If you’ve already clicked the United Way link in your email and said yes or no, then thank you! If not, please do so. It takes about 30 seconds. REMEMBER: Participation doesn’t equate to donation (although the United Way would gladly accept your money); and Participation makes you eligible to win some pretty awesome prizes.

Oct 4, 2011

Fun Run & silent auction tons of fun

If you missed the 2011 SAHP Fun Run, you missed a good time in spite of the chilly drizzle. You can check out more pictures on Flickr. (Video is still to come.) The winners of the Silent Auction were: Items Donated by Winner Mary Kay – Frosted Vanilla Gift Set, body wash, butter & mist […]

Oct 3, 2011

Donnelly to present

The Scientific Program Committee of the American Society of Cytopathology (ASC) informed Amber Donnelly, PhD, MPH, SCT (ASCP), program director in the Cytotechnology Program that her abstract titled, “Virtual Microscopy in Cytotechnology Education: Application of Knowledge from Virtual to Glass,” was selected for a Platform Presentation at the 59th Annual Scientific Meeting of the ASC […]

Sep 29, 2011

Hanson publishes, times three!

Corrine Hanson, PhD, RD, LMNT, assistant professor in the Medical Nutrition Education program, has two newly published articles, “Colonization of the Gastrointestinal Tract in Neonates : A Review,” and “Implementation, Process, and Outcomes of Nutrition Best Practices for Infants <1500 g.” A third article, “Vitamin D Status and Associations in Newborn,Formula Fed Infants During Initial […]

Sep 28, 2011

Anne Constantino moving to Foundation

Anne Constantino, Director of Student Affairs in the School of Allied Health Professions, is leaving the SAHP to work for the NU Foundation as of September 30, 2011. She joined the School in December 2008 and developed the Office of Student Affairs. Under her direction, the SAHP centralized the admission processes for all of our […]

Sep 20, 2011