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College of Allied Health Professions

UNMC online programs provide career development

Three graduates talk about how one program, UNMC’s Master of Health Professions Teaching and Technology, impacted their growth.

Nov 1, 2024

Vanessa Crookshank, associate professor of dental hygiene, Colorado Mountain College, was working part-time at Central Community College in Hastings, Nebraska, before additional education helped her achieve a full-time faculty position. She is an alumnus of UNMC's Master of Health Professions Teaching and Technology program, which she said helped her to "dream big."

Drs. Hanson and Jackson will join wheat fiber roundtable

The Wheat Fiber for Rural Health and Wealth Roundtable, presented in part by the University of Nebraska, will be Nov. 7.

Oct 24, 2024

Mariah Jackson, PhD, and Corrine Hanson, PhD

Midtown street to be ceremonially named Benschoter Avenue

Reba Benschoter, PhD, was a groundbreaking UNMC faculty member in distance learning and telemedicine, and her husband, Benny, was a pioneer in broadcasting.

Sep 24, 2024

Reba Benschoter is in the video control room at Nebraska Psychiatric Institute in 1967.

Donning a white coat, UNMC students start journeys in patient care

Nursing, dentistry, medicine, graduate studies, allied health and pharmacy all held special ceremonies to mark the new school year.

Sep 17, 2024

The UNMC College of Medicine held its White Coat Ceremony on Aug. 23 at the Orpheum Theater.

NU leadership development program names new fellows

Four UNMC participants will take part in the intensive, two-year leadership curriculum.

Sep 16, 2024

Clockwise from top left: Jennifer Blackford, PhD, Karen Gould, PhD, Tammy Webster, PhD, and Joseph Khoury, MD

Dr. Hanson researches omega-3’s role in lung diseases

Allied health’s Corrine Hanson, PhD, is a co-principal investigator in the two-year project funded by the National Institutes of Health.

Sep 12, 2024

Corrine Hanson, PhD

Dr. Meyer to lead health care workforce efforts as interim assistant vice chancellor

Kyle Meyer, PhD, will continue serving as dean of the UNMC College of Allied Health Professions.

Aug 28, 2024

Kyle Meyer, PhD

Pat Hageman, PhD, retiring with full career and a legacy

Dr. Hageman’s retirement celebration will be held this Tuesday in the Sorrell Center’s Linder Reading Room.

Aug 26, 2024

Pat Hageman, PhD

UNMC study shows importance of diet for lung health

The research published in the Journal of the COPD Foundation shows a plant-based diet was inversely associated with emphysema.

Jul 10, 2024

Mariah Jackson, PhD, and Corri Hanson, PhD

New UNMC Faculty Senate leaders take office

Ka-Chun (Joseph) Siu, PhD, professor in the department of health and rehabilitation sciences, was installed as president.

Jun 18, 2024

Ka-Chun (Joseph) Siu, PhD, Jordan Warchol, MD, and Kimberly Scarsi, PharmD