College of Allied Health Professions
Week full of events will celebrate graduate students
Graduate-Professional Students Appreciation Week runs April 4-8, and here are more than a dozen ways to take part.
Apr 4, 2022
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UNMC for the record, March 25, 2022
Vice chancellor for research search committee adds a member, food trucks on campus and a UNMC discount to Film Streams.
Mar 25, 2022
![Laura Bilek, PhD, associate dean for research in the UNMC College of Allied Health Professions and a new member of the vice chancellor for research search committee.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Bilek021722.jpg)
Allied health marks 50 years – together
The UNMC College of Allied Health Professions celebrates 50 years since its founding, and Jan Tompkins has witnessed much of it.
Mar 21, 2022
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Allied health announces three program directors
College welcomes new leaders for radiography and computed tomography, clinical perfusion and cytology.
Mar 16, 2022
![Scott Sanderson, Maheswari Mukherjee, PhD, and Ashley Balliet](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/AlliedHealthDirectors2031622.jpg)
Impact in Education: Tanya Custer
Professor Custer is the recipient of the Visionary Leadership in Education Award.
Mar 2, 2022
![Tanya Custer, associate professor and director of distance education, UNMC Department of Allied Health Professions Education, Research & Practice](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Custer030222_copy.jpg)
Distinguished scientist: Laura Bilek, PhD
Dr. Bilek’s research focus is on exercise and osteoporosis.
Feb 18, 2022
![Laura Bilek, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Bilek021722.jpg)
Justin Mott, MD, PhD, named Varner Educator Laureate
Dr. Mott and other recipients of the Impact in Education Awards will be honored at a virtual ceremony March 3.
Feb 1, 2022
![Justin Mott, MD, PhD, associate professor of biochemistry and molecular biology](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/JustinMott020122-e1712584983261.jpg)
Guidance on ordering, extending the use of KN95s
Mask’s effective duration varies depending on employee’s role, as well as care and use of mask.
Jan 24, 2022
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New investigator: Christopher Shaffer, PharmD, PhD
Dr. Shaffer’s research focus is pediatric clinical pharmacology.
Jan 21, 2022
![Christopher Shaffer, PharmD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Shaffer0825.jpg)
Richard Kelly remembered for his impact at UNMC
Kelly was a trustee of the O’Malley Charitable Trust, known for its support of UNMC’s College of Allied Health Professions.
Jan 21, 2022
![Richard Kelly, second from right, is pictured with, from left, Nebraska Medicine CEO James Linder, MD, fellow trustees Brian O'Malley and Neal Brown, and UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/omalleys012122.jpg)