UNMC for the record

Sung-Ho Huh, Ph.D., mentioned in NIH Director’s Blog on May 23
UNMC researcher Sung-Ho Huh, Ph.D., assistant professor of neurological sciences, was mentioned in the May 23 NIH Director’s Blog, posted by Dr. Francis Collins, M.D., Ph.D. In a piece called “A Nose for Science,” Dr. Collins references work Dr. Huh did while at Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis. Dr. Huh has continued to distinguish himself at UNMC, being named a 2016 New Investigator.

See the blog here.

College of Nursing annual awards
Annual awards were presented to faculty and staff of the College of Nursing. Awards and recipients are:

Rosalee C. Yeaworth Teaching Excellence Award – Janet Nieveen, Ph.D.;
Pennie Z. Davis Faculty Research Award – Robin Lally, Ph.D.;
Ada M. Lindsey Professional Service Award – Nicholas Guenzel, Ph.D.;
Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Award – Kelly Gonzales, Ph.D.;
Kathryn Sandahl Philp Award for Creativity and Innovation – Kirsten Curtis;
Donna Westmoreland Excellence in Faculty Mentoring Award – Rita Schmitz;
Virginia Tilden Leadership Development Award – Louise LaFramboise, Ph.D.
Distinguished Team Award (tie) – Clinic with a Heart – Lincoln Division faculty and staff led by Kathy Duncan, Ph.D. and Paula Schulz, Ph.D., including Bert Kroeger, MJ Jobes, Rita Antonson, Myra Schmaderer, Ph.D., Sue Schuelke, Ph.D., Christie Campbell Grossman, Ph.D., Kris Claussen, Sheri Rowland, Ph.D., Rita Schmitz, Dawn Tassemeyer, Nancy Waltman, Ph.D. and Tom Mason;
Distinguished Team Award (tie) – Douglass Haas, Tricia Hotaling & Bunny Pozehl, Ph.D.
Staff Excellence Award – Tia Stevenson;
Staff Spirit Award – Buffi Union;
Staff Leadership Award – Sandra Sasse; and
Ada M. Lindsey Professional Staff Award – LaDonna Tworek.

Allied Health Professions student team wins statewide radiography contest
The UNMC team of Erin Shannon, McKenna Butler, and Radiel Cardentey-Uranga recently won the 2019 Student Bowl championship at the 88th Annual Nebraska Society of Radiologic Technology Annual Conference, held in Kearney. Sixteen teams competed, each with three radiography students from programs throughout the state. Three teams from UNMC’s College of Allied Health Professions competed, each making it to the semifinals. Faculty members, Tanya Custer, Mike Dutt, Kim Michael, Ellie Miller, Greg Mehrer, and Tammy Webster, Ph.D., attended the conference, along with diagnostic medical sonography, MRI, radiation therapy, and junior and senior radiography students from the Columbus, Kearney and Omaha campuses.

Drs. Cochran, Nickol lead interprofessional workshop in D.C.
Teresa Cochran, D.P.T., assistant dean for the College of Allied Health Professions at the Health Science Education Complex in Kearney, and Devin Nickol, M.D., associate professor of internal medicine, recently led a workshop, “Advancing the Interprofessional Collaborative Practice & Policy Research Agenda,” at the National Academies of Practice (NAP) conference in Washington, D.C. NAP consists of 14 health professions academies that advise Congress on health policies needed to support interprofessional education and collaborative practice. Dr. Cochran also participated in visits to the Nebraska congressional delegation to share policy modifications that would achieve the Quadruple Aim and facilitate team-based care.