Sandy Willett, Ph.D., other MMI collaborators published in national journals
MMI Director of Physical Therapy Sandra Willett, Ph.D., had an article and a commentary piece appear in the national journal Pediatric Physical Therapy this month. Dr. Willett and physical therapist Heidi Reelfs teamed on a commentary piece on early intervention.
Dr. Willett also collaborated on an article, titled “Sitting Matters!” that focused on Tracking Infants Progress Statewide (TIPS) research. Other MMI collaborators on the “Sitting Matters!” article included Howard Needelman, M.D.; Barbara Jackson, Ph.D.; Holly Roberts, Ph.D.; Carol McMorris; and former PT resident/LEND trainee Malinda Pleasant.
Notes:
- Elizabeth Preas, a graduate student in the Applied Behavior Analysis Ph.D. Program under the advisement of Terri Mathews, Ph.D., was awarded $25,000 from the Buffett Early Childhood Institute Graduate Scholar Program. for her dissertation proposal, “Efficacy and Efficiency Evaluation of Real-time Feedback for Caregiver Training.”
- At the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) meeting held in Atlanta, associate laboratory director Bhavana Dave, Ph.D., gave a presentation titled “Differential expression of TP73 isoforms modulates cell survival and therapeutic response in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.”
- At the June joint annual meeting in Charlotte, N.C., of the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science/Association of Genetic Technologists annual meeting, held in Charlotte, N.C., two cytogenetic technologists — Sallie Zhang and Hui Zhang — presented scientific posters on their research: “When Less is More: Enhancing Efficiency and Reducing Cost in the Fluorescence in situ Hybridization (FISH) Laboratory,” and “Assessment of IGH/BCL2 Fusion in cases with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL),” respectively.
- On June 4, the lab passed the rigorous mandatory inspection to remain accredited by the College of American Pathologists (CAP). Of note, the certificate of passing did not include deficiencies or recommendations, an uncommon and highly-esteemed achievement.
- While the lab has always offered tours and job shadows, the Human Genetics Laboratory recently was accepted into the formal Nebraska Medicine job shadow program. Laboratory tours/shadows are available four times monthly with each session lasting two to three hours. Three job shadows were provided in June.