Tag: healthcare
Special Olympics Nebraska presents Kearney UNMC students with highest honor
by Kalani Simpson, strategic communications | September 15, 2021 for UNMC Today Special Olympics Nebraska recently presented UNMC’s Health Science Education Complex (HSEC) students with its highest honor for health partners — the prestigious Golisano Health Leadership Award. The honor recognizes “health champions” that make significant contributions to equal access to health, fitness and wellness […]
Sep 15, 2021

Ralston High School Medical Academy visits MLS at UNMC
Ralston High School Medical Academy juniors and seniors recently explored the Medical Laboratory Science profession with current UNMC students and faculty. They spent the afternoon in the newly renovated student laboratory and completed a case study where they conducted routine laboratory tests for a pregnant individual. As part of this testing, students learned to interpret […]
Sep 14, 2021

New Orthopedic PT Residency Program Begins
by Megan Frazee, DPT The University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) College of Allied Health Professions recently launched an Orthopedic Physical Therapy Residency program this year. The initial cohort of residents, Renee Herbers, DPT, and Caleb Nabower, DPT, started on August 2, 2021. This residency is a 13-month, post-professional training program that includes clinical practice […]
Sep 10, 2021

Flores, Waltman, and Bilek to present findings of 5-year trial at national conference
Prevention of Osteoporosis is a hot topic! Laura Flores, BA, Nancy Waltman, PhD, and Laura Bilek, PhD, are studying bone loss across the lifespan and the best ways to prevent it, both with exercise and with medicine. Dr. Bilek’s lab is interested in how to keep bones healthy across all populations, including pediatric cancer patients, […]
Aug 27, 2021

DPT students present at Midwest Student Biomedical Research Forum
Meagan Reiners, DPT3 student, and Jie Hao, MS/DPT1 student, recently presented research at the Midwest Student Biomedical Research Forum on Feb 22. The forum, sponsored by UNMC and Creighton University, provides an opportunity for students in graduate or health professions programs to present their work in an oral or poster format while receiving feedback from […]
Mar 4, 2020

Perfusion alums help establish heart program in Rwanda
A team from Bryan Medical Center, Lincoln, NE have been part of a mission trip to establish a heart program in Rwanda. The two perfusionists involved are both UNMC alumni (Rachael Saniuk, a traditional graduate from 2010 and Dan Anderson, a Degree Advancement Option alum from 2012). Rachael described it as an awesome trip. “The […]
Feb 28, 2020

New SAHP video
This video was created as part of our ongoing efforts to educate the public on what allied health professions are: vital members of the health care team who comprise about 60% of the health care workforce! Please share it liberally. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YlR8oYZbxo]
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