Upcoming Speakers
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Karin Campbell "Marie Curie: She Liked Flowers, Too" Karin Campbell is Joslyn Art Museum’s Phil Willson Curator of Contemporary Art. Before starting at Joslyn in June 2012, Campbell curated the 2011-2012 installment of Espai 13, an annual series at La Fundació Joan Miró (Barcelona, Spain). Titled The End is Where We Start From, her series featured commissions by five young, female artists. From 2006-2009, Campbell served as curatorial assistant in the Contemporary Art Department at Carnegie Museum of Art (Pittsburgh, PA) where she helped organize Life on Mars, the 55th Carnegie International. As a graduate student at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Campbell worked alongside artist Jon Rubin to conceive Thinking About Flying, a commissioned project featuring homing pigeons. At Joslyn, she curated the fall 2012 exhibition Under Pressure: Contemporary Prints from the Collection of Jordan Schnitzer and His Family Foundation and is the curator of the current exhibition Jennifer Steinkamp: Madame Curie. |
Previous Speakers
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David Kriegler "The Science of Space: Asteroids and Comets" David Kriegler is an instructor of Astronomy and Physics for the last 40 years. He also runs the local planetarium and observatory at UNO’s Durham Science Building. Presently he has developed an online Physics class, Astronomy class and Astronomy lab which is part of UNO’s online curriculum for several degrees. Also, in conjunction with Creighton a new robotic observatory is being planned so local colleges and schools can observe with a telescope from their own schools via computer. |
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Sean V. McGarry, M.D. "The Science and Art behind Neurofibromatosis" Sean V. McGarry, M.D., is an assistant professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation. Dr. McGarry received his medical degree from the Creighton University School of Medicine in 1998. He completed a surgery internship at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in 1999. Dr. McGarry continued on at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center to complete his orthopaedic residency in 2004. Following residency, he completed an orthopaedic oncology fellowship at the University of Florida – Shands Hospital in 2005, where he researched the role of stem cells in bone and soft tissue cancer. Dr. McGarry is board certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. He is a member of both the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the Musculoskeletal Tumor Society. He specializes in orthopaedic oncology with a focus on limb salvage. |
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Rachel Mindrup "The Science and Art behind Neurofibromatosis" Rachel Mindrup, is a professional artist and art instructor. Studying with Glenn Vilppu, Tony Ryder and David Leffel has given Ms. Mindrup the foundation to now expand her studies in a more conceptual direction. Her current painting practice is about the study of the figure and portraiture in contemporary art and its relation to medicine. Ms. Mindrup's client list includes: Kiewit Corporation, Boys Town, Creighton University, Boys Town National Research Hospital, and the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences. Her artwork is held in many private collections including those of Primatologist Jane Goodall and Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. To view more of Ms. Mindrup's Neurofibromatosis paintings, please visit her facebook page. |
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Devin Nickol, M.D. "Field Epidemiology at Cedar Point: Teaching Outside the Classroom" Dr. Nickol is a general internist at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, and serves as Assistant Dean for Interprofessional Education. He spends most of his time working with students, and spent many childhood summers at the Cedar Point Biological Station in Western Nebraska chasing lizards and snakes.
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Brian Hill, MS, DABR "The Physics of Radiation and its Role in Our Lives" Brian Hill has served eight years as a Medical Physicist working for Jaeger Corporation. He is Board Certified by the American Board of Radiology in Therapeutic Radiologic Physics. |
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Rusty McKune, ATC "Sports Medicine" Rusty McKune is the Sports Medicine Program Coordinator at The Nebraska Medical Center and a Certified Athletic Trainer. A native of Steamboat Springs, Colorado and 1994 graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, he joined The Nebraska Medical Center in May of 2012 after spending 15 years at the University of Nebraska Omaha. While at UNO, he served as an Assistant Athletic Trainer for 9 years and for the past 6 years, he was the Head Athletic Trainer. While at UNO, he was also an instructor in their athletic training education program teaching a variety of classes ranging from Evaluation of Upper Extremity Injuries to Therapeutic Modalities. Since joining The Nebraska Medical Center, Rusty has worked to develop a program comprised of physicians representing multiple disciplines, collaborating to provide the comprehensive care that is truly representative of Sports Medicine. In the short time that he has been at the Med Center, he has seen this team of providers grow to represent 20 specialties and over 30 physicians. Rusty is currenly serving his second term as the President of the Nebraska State Athletic Trainers Association and in his free time enjoys being outdoors and spending time with his wife and 3 children.
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Ally Dering-Anderson, Pharm.D., R.P. "The Great Debate: Immunizations" "High Expectations? Legalizing Marijuana, Some Things to Consider" Ally is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy. She teaches in the Pharmacy Law and Ethics Class and is coordinating the elective Over-the-Counter Products Class. Ally has worked in many parts of the pharmacy profession during her career including: Community Pharmacy, Long Term Care Pharmacy, Association Pharmacy, and Managed Care Pharmacy. Ally is a frequent speaker on pharmacy and health issues for local groups, state associations, and regional meetings. Ally has presented nationally and internationally for the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists, the American Pharmacists Association and the National Community Pharmacists Association. Ally received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Doane College in Crete, NE. |
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Ann Seacrest "Re-Thinking Infant Health" Ann Seacrest is the Executive Director of MilkWorks, a non-profit community breastfeeding center in Lincoln. A registered nurse and a board certified lactation consultant, Ann's interests in public health and women's health have led her to focus on infant nutrition and the lack of support for breastfeeding mothers in our culture. Ann is a graduate of the University of California at Santa Cruz and the University of Nebraska Medical Center, College of Nursing, Lincoln Division. She is the mother of four grown children who, when asked what their mother does, have learned to smile and facetiously say, "She has a boob job." |
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Chris Helzer Eastern Nebraska Program Director, Nebraska Field Office, The Nature Conservancy "The science of Nebraska's prairies" Chris Helzer is an ecologist and program director for The Nature Conservancy. Based in Aurora, he supervises the management and restoration of about 5,000 acres of land in central and eastern Nebraska. He is the author of the book, “The Ecology and Management of Prairies” and blogs at http://prairieecologist.com. Chris is also a well-known photographer, whose images regularly appear in NEBRASKAland magazine and other publications. Chris’s presentation will cover how prairies once covered nearly all of Nebraska, and the state is still about 50% grassland. The creatures that live in those prairies are fascinating, and each has its own story. There’s an inchworm that camouflages itself with bits of the flower it feeds on, a bird that flies around singing like R2D2, and a spiny plant that folds its leaves when touched – and many many more. So why is it that Nebraskans know so little about them? The fact that kids know more about rainforests in Brazil than prairies in their own state makes it difficult to get those kids (and their parents) to support conservation. To make things worse, many of today’s grasslands – especially those near population centers – tend to be relatively small, and don’t look very interesting from a distance. Chris Helzer uses a combination of photography, natural history, and personal stories to describe why prairies are interesting, important, and worth saving. |
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Carl Greiner, M.D. Professor of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) "The science of solving a crime" Dr. Greiner is Professor of Psychiatry and Vice Chair for Telehealth. He has an active practice with adult psychiatry patients with an emphasis on psychodynamic psychotherapy. He is dedicated to making psychiatric services more available in Nebraska through telehealth. For twenty years, he provided direct services to cancer patients at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. He is currently on the Distress Management Committee of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. Dr. Greiner provides teaching and assessments in forensic psychiatry. He is board certified in forensic psychiatry and has had a sabbatical in 2008 to the forensic psychiatry department at New York University and the National Health Service in Glasgow, Scotland. He has provided expert testimony in criminal, civil and administrative issues. His area of focus is on competency.
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Bruce Gordon, MD, FAAP Professor and Division Chief of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology & Stem Cell Transplantation at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) "Human Research Subjects" Bruce Gordon, MD is Professor of Pediatrics in the section of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation at the UNMC. Dr. Gordon has been a member of the UNMC Institutional Review Board since 1992 and served as Chair since 1996, and Executive Chair since 2011. He organized and is first Chair of a Joint Pediatric IRB with the Children's Hospital and Medical Center in Omaha. He has served on a variety of national committees and task forces (including the DHHS Secretary's Advisory Committee on Human Research Protections Subpart A subcommittee) and served as the first chairman of the National Cancer Institute Pediatric Central IRB. He has been faculty at PRIM&R regional and national meetings, served as the co-chair for the 2009 PRIM&R national conference, and is the author of numerous original papers, review articles and abstracts regarding human subjects protection and research ethics. He lives in Omaha, Nebraska (a city he once made fun of) with wife and a variable number of kids, grandkids and cats. He loathes the oppressive summer heat and would love to retire to the Canadian Northwest territories or someplace colder.
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Howard Liu, M.D. Assistant Professor of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) "So That Others May Live: Perspectives on Suicide Prevention" Dr. Liu maintains an outpatient practice treating children and adolescents with mood disorders, anxiety disorders, and ADHD. He is a frequent commentator on media programs regarding issues in child and adolescent mental health. Dr. Liu is a career educator and the medical student clerkship director of the UNMC Department of Psychiatry. He is developing expertise in the application of simulation technology to psychiatric education and the development of interprofessional curricula in behavioral health. Academically, Dr. Liu is an emerging leader in medical education. At UNMC, he serves on several educational committees and was selected as a scholar in the Technology in Educational Scholarship (TiES) Program. At the national level, his educational scholarship has been recognized with awards for innovative curricula and leadership in medical student and resident education. In 2011, he was selected as co-chair of the Clinical Simulation Initiative (CSI) Task Force at the Association of Directors of Medical Student Education in Psychiatry (ADMSEP) and is the incoming co-chair of the Training and Education Committee for the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP). Joining Dr. Liu are Thomas Brown and Zachary Chipps of RISE. Brown is a suicide survivor who is a professional photographer and video artist. He hopes his artistic mediums can one day help inspire others to transcend to a higher state of conscious awareness. Chipps, a Recreation Leader for the City of Scottsdale, Arizona, is an avid cyclist, environmentalist, and advocate for suicide prevention through life progression. For more on Brown and Chipps, visit their bios on the RISE website. This café is brought to you in partnership with Community Alliance.
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Jason Glanzer, Ph.D. Research Associate in the College of Dentistry,University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) "Cancer research in the genomic age" A native of southwest Nebraska, Jason completed his graduate work in a cancer research laboratory at UNMC in 2002, just as the first draft of the human genome was being completed. His interest in genomics and the rapid technological developments that came from the Human Genome Project led him to study in a genomic ‘invention’ laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania for two years, before returning to cancer research at the UNMC College of Dentistry. Jason has authored fifteen research papers and has registered two inventions, including a promising compound intended to selectively target cancer cells. Aside from the technological achievements that have arisen in this ‘genomic’ age, Jason is also interested in the medical and ethical issues that have been raised regarding the vast amount of public, private, and personal DNA sequence data that will soon be available.
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Shawn Gibbs, Ph.D. "Environmental Hazards" Shawn Gibbs is an Associate Professor with the University of Nebraska Medical Center's Department of Environmental, Agricultural & Occupational Health in the College of Public Health. Shawn received a B.S. (1997) in Biology from The Ohio State University, and both a M.S. (2000) and Ph.D. (2002) from the University of Cincinnati in Environmental Science. Shawn was a US Fulbright Scholar to Egypt in 2006 where he collaborated with Egyptian colleagues to develop a bioaerosol monitoring and research program, and continues to collaborate with that project. He became a Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) in 2009. His previous work experience includes three years as a contract Biologist/Toxicologist for the USEPA, and two years as a research associate and postdoctoral fellow for Wright State University’s Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and five years as an Assistant Professor at the University of Texas Houston School of Public Health. His research area is environmental exposure assessment, focusing on environmental microbiology. Primary research interests are on environmental bioaerosols (bacterial, antibiotic resistant bacteria, fungal, viral) from both the indoor and ambient environments, and water exposures. This includes source evaluation, source tracking, and methods to reduce exposure. Shawn is the author of over 30 peer reviewed articles. He has served as a reviewer for over a dozen peer reviewed journals and has served as grant reviewer for multiple organizations including the USEPA and Fulbright Commission.
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Jennifer Larsen, M.D. Vice Chancellor for Research at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) "Biobanking" Dr. Larsen trained at University of Iowa, University of Utah, National Institutes of Health prior to joining the faculty at UNMC in1987. She has served in a number of administrative roles since that time, including the Director of the Diabetes Center, Division Chief for Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism, Associate Dean for Clinical Research in the College of Medicine, Director of the Center for Clinical and Translational Research, Associate Vice Chancellor for Clinical Research, and now she is the Vice Chancellor for Research. Her research spans evaluating mechanisms for immunosuppressant medication-induced diabetes andvascular disease in animal models, nontraditional risk factors of vascular disease in high risk populations, including organ transplant recipients, and community-based strategies to prevent diabetes and vascular risk.
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Christopher Kratochvil, M.D. "Biobanking" Dr. Chris Kratochvil is the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Clinical Research and Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at UNMC, as well as Chief Medical Officer of UNeHealth. UNeHealth is a not-for-profit partnership facilitating clinical research opportunities between UNMC, UNMC Physicians and The Nebraska Medical Center. Dr. Kratochvil received his bachelor’s and medical degrees from Creighton University, completing his psychiatry residency at the Creighton-Nebraska Residency Program and his child & adolescent psychiatry fellowship at Duke University Medical Center. His own research has primarily targeted the pharmacotherapy of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and depression. He has conducted NIH-funded clinical research, including a Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (K-23), as well as Phase II-IV industry-funded research. He served on an NIMH Initial Review Group from 2004-2009. In 2008 he was named a Distinguished Scientist, University of Nebraska Medical Center.
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Chandrakanth Are, M.D. "Cancer: Know your facts" Dr. Chandra Are MD is an Associate Professor in Surgical Oncology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Dr. Are completed his residency training at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland following which he undertook his Fellowship training in Surgical Oncology at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York. Dr. Are joined the University of Nebraska Medical Center in 2007. Dr. Are is also the Program Director for the General Surgery residency at the University of Nebraska Medical center. The General Surgery residency is involved in training the next generation of surgeons. Dr. Are is involved in many International/Global health activities. Through these multiple roles, Dr. Are is integrally involved in the clinical, educational and research missions of the University of Nebraska Medical Center and its associated Eppley Cancer Center.
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Lindsay Novak "In the Next Room: A History of Sex Medicine" Lindsay Novak has her Bachelors in Education from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with a double major in Exercise Science & Women's Studies; her Masters graduate degree in Counseling is from University of Nebraska-Omaha. She is a Licensed Independent Mental Health Practitioner and Certified Professional Counselor. She is one of 3 Certified Sex Therapists and the only Board Certified Sexologist in Nebraska. She is the NE chapter leader for American Association for Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT). This sex therapy certification demonstrates the highest level knowledge and training in sexual health, sexual function, orientation, infidelity, sexual abuse, and more. Novak is published in the American Journal of Sexuality Education (2011) as well as an author in collaborative works such as A Time To Heal and He Said, She Said. Lastly, she is the author of "Sex & Relationship blog" on Omaha's LiveWellNebraska.com. Over the past eight years, she has taught numerous undergraduate and graduate courses in psychology, sociology, gender, research, counseling and sex therapy. She has been an adjunct professor at University Nebraska-Omaha, College of Saint Mary, Wesleyan University and Buena Vista University. Proudly, she received "Teacher of the Year" at College of Saint Mary in 2005. In addition to teaching, she has lectured for both professional and community events such as the Gynecological Symposium, National OBGYN conferences, Mental Health organizations, rehabilitation centers, breast cancer survivorship support groups, ostomy support groups, and sexual abuse survivor groups. This cafe is partnership with the BlueBarn Theater in Omaha. Also presenting at the end of the cafe will be Amy Lane, who will talk about the bluebarns upcoming play In the Next Room.
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Kristen Lucas, Ph.D. "Workplace Dignity: Boosting Employee Performance and Well-Being with Better Communication" Kristen Lucas is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication Studies at University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Her research and teaching specialties center on workplace dignity, particularly as it relates to communicative interactions and professional identity. She has published her research in journals such as Management Communication Quarterly, Communication Monographs, Journal of Applied Communication Research, and Women's Studies in Communication. Most recently, she has initiated research examining workplace dignity from a cross-cultural perspective, including European and Asian contexts. She regularly teaches workshops on workplace dignity, as well as semester-long university courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Prior to graduate studies, she worked as a public relations consultant. She earned her Ph.D. from Purdue University in 2006. "Workplace dignity" is a term that seems to resonate with people from all walks of life. Everyone seems to want some, but only a select few seem to get enough of it. In this presentation, Kristen Lucas will explain what workplace dignity is, how it is enhanced or undermined through day-to-day communicative interactions at work sites, and how it ultimately impacts employee performance and well-being.
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David Crouse, Ph.D. Interim Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Interim Dean for Graduate Studies University of Nebraska Medical Center, UNMC "Radiation: Facts, Fantasies and Phobias" David A. Crouse, Ph.D. is a Professor in the Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy (courtesy appointments as Professor in Radiation Oncology and in Radiology). He now serves as the Interim Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Dean for Graduate Studies. Dr. Crouse was born in Canton, Illinois. He was raised as an “army brat” living all over the world (including 3 years in Germany and 3 years in Japan) and did not settle into a permanent US residence until his mid-teen years. He received his BS in Physics in 1966 and MS in Zoology in 1968 from Western Illinois University. This education was followed by an unsolicited 2-year interruption by the US Army including a one year tour in Vietnam. In 1970, he returned to graduate school, completing his PhD in Radiobiology at the University of Iowa in 1974. In 1977, after a three-year post-doc at the Argonne National Laboratory in Chicago, studying the late effects of radiation, Dr. Crouse moved to UNMC as a very green Assistant Professor in the Department of Anatomy (now Genetics, Cell Biology & Anatomy). His research interests, mostly funded by the NIH, have been related to the re-development of the immune and hematopoietic systems following radiation exposure and bone marrow or peripheral blood stem cell transplantation. Most of these studies have been with animal models but collaboration with his clinical colleagues was also common. Dr. Crouse has had teaching experience and recognition in many areas of cell biology and radiation biology. He has taken a lead role in promoting an understanding of the science and ethics that relate to stem cell biology as well as developing programs and teaching courses related to “Responsible Conduct in Research” and other important career issues for graduate students, post-docs and junior faculty. He spent the entire 1994-1995 academic year working as American Council on Education Fellow with Dr. Graham Spanier and Dr. Joan Leitzel in the Chancellor’s and Senior Vice Chancellor’s Offices at UNL. He returned to UNMC, and has served a total of nearly 5 years in three different appointments, as the Interim Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs under both Chancellor Berndt and Chancellor Maurer. He is now in his fifteenth year in the Office of Academic Affairs and Dean for Graduate Studies.
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Andrew Jameton, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Health Promotion, Social & Behavioral Health, College of Public Health, UNMC "What Climate Science Is Telling Us" Dr. Jameton's main area of interest is the philosophy and ethics of environmental health. He is currently teaching and conducting research on global ethical issues in health care and public health, such as equality, environment, ecological medicine, and global climate change. Dr. Jameton serves on the Medical Ethics Committee, the Institutional Review Board, the Ethics Consultation Service, and the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee. He serves on several committees in the College of Public Health, including planning committees for a Center in Ethics and Humanities, and a possible Public Health MSIA PhD. He is a co-founder and board member of City Sprouts, a community gardening and sustainability education project.
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Jack Becker, Ph.D. Executive Director & CEO Joslyn Art Museum "Painting Life in 19th Century Philadelphia: Thomas Eakins and Dr. Gross" Jack F. Becker, Ph.D. is the executive director & CEO of Joslyn Art Museum. Dr. Becker comes to Joslyn from Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art in Nashville, Tennessee, where he has served as president and chief executive officer since 2005. He joined Cheekwood in 2002 as vice president/director of its art museum. Prior to that, Dr. Becker worked as curator of the Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme, Connecticut, the center of America's best known Impressionist art colony; the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.; the Minneapolis Institute of Arts; and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. He also held fellowships from the National Gallery of Art, the Henry Luce Foundation, and the Smithsonian Institution. During his five years as head of Cheekwood, Dr. Becker championed the financial strengthening and enhanced branding of the institution, implementing new marketing strategies to increase attendance and growing contributed income. Under his leadership, Cheekwood increased major donor memberships, completed a $2.7 million restoration campaign, and added several works of art to the Museum’s collection. Dr. Becker earned his B.A. in art history at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota; his M.A. in art history and Ph.D. in American art at the University of Delaware in Newark; and his M.B.A. at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He has authored exhibition and collection catalogues and catalogue entries, essays, and introductions, including Henry Ward Ranger and the Humanized Landscape (Florence Griswold Museum, 1999); The California Impressionists at Laguna (Florence Griswold Museum, 2000); and “Championing Tonal Painting: The Lotos Club” for the Spanierman Gallery’s 2005 catalogue for the exhibition The Poetic Vision: American Tonalism
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Marvin Bittner, M.D. Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Medical Microbiology, and Immunology at Creighton University "Fizzle and Fret: 2009’s So-Called “Pandemic” Influenza and 2010’s Ambivalence About a “New” Influenza Vaccine." In 2009, concerns and communications about influenza and its treatment became front page news in every media outlet around the world. Why did we expect a pandemic? What surprised us about the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic? What lessons does this have for us? Why has a new vaccine for the elderly generated debate? Marvin Bittner, Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Medical Microbiology, and Immunology at Creighton University, and physician and hospital epidemiologist, imparts some knowledge and perspective from the field about the battle against the flu. This special cafe event is presented in conjunction with the University of Chicago Alumni Club of Omaha-Lincoln. Please note that the time and location for this cafe has changed. It will be from 6:30-7:30pm at The Sydney, 5918 Maple Street, parking is available on the street. Free pizza will still be provided by the Nebraska Coalition for Lifesaving Cures.
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Marion Ellis, Ph.D. Professor and Graduate Chair in the Department of Entomology at UNL "Colony Collapse Disorder: What's stressing our bees?" Marion Ellis is a Professor of entomology and apiculture specialist at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He received B.S. and M.S. degrees in biology from the University of Tennessee in 1972 and 1974, respectively. He then served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Peru and El Salvador teaching apiculture at the Escuela National de Agricultura and offering educational workshops for beekeepers. After completing his Peace Corps service, he spent 4 years at Iowa State University working on controlled pollination of plant germplasm collections and 15 years as the Nebraska State Apiculturist. After 21 years of applied apiculture work, he returned to school and completed a Ph.D. in entomology at the University of Nebraska in 1994 where he is currently a professor of entomology. His research interests include bee diseases, bee parasites and how bees are affected by toxins. He is currently a partner in a 16 institution USDA CAP funded project to investigate factors affecting honey bee health.
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Shelly Schwedhelm, MSN, RN Director of ED, Trauma, and Emergency Preparedness Services at The Nebraska Medical Center "Impact One" Shelly attended Methodist School of Nursing where she received her diploma degree in 1982 and her Bachelors of Science degree in Nursing from the University of Nebraska College of Nursing in 1992. Shelly has 27 years of nursing experience. She started her career as an ER nurse/flight nurse at The Nebraska Medical Center. She quickly moved into leadership role(s) and served as the Director of Perioperative Services for 15 years. She completed her Master in Nursing degree from Nebraska Wesleyan University in 2007. Currently, Shelly is the Director of ED, Trauma, and Emergency Preparedness Services at The Nebraska Medical Center. She is actively involved in the Omaha Metropolitan Medical Response System (OMMRS) where she is Chairperson of the Hospital Committee and serves on the Steering and Executive Committees. Impact One focuses on four major “Community Development Programs”:
Also presenting with Shelly will be Jannette Taylor from Impact One and Robert Muelleman, M.D. from UNMC.
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Daniel Anderson, M.D., Ph.D. "Diet, Exercise, Inflammation, Genetics and Heart Disease. What are the Connections? What Can I Do About It?" Dr. Anderson is an Assistant Professor in Section of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. He is currently an Electrophysiology staff member. He received his Doctorate of Medicine and his Doctorate of Philosophy in Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. His internal medicine and cardiovascular clinical training programs were performed at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Dr. Anderson is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease and Electrophysiology. Dr. Anderson is funded by the National American Heart Association to study and evaluate the inflammatory mechanisms of heart disease and the non-invasive detection of vascular injury. He has published multiple peer reviewed manuscripts and book chapters. He has presented his research findings at numerous research forums both locally and nationally.
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Robert Hutkins Khem Shahani Professor of Food Microbiology in the Department of Food Science and Technology at the University of Nebraska Lincoln (UNL) "Microbiology of cheese: The good, the bad, and the smelly." Robert Hutkins is the Khem Shahani Professor of Food Microbiology in the Department of Food Science and Technology at the University of Nebraska. His research is focused on metabolism of prebiotic carbohydrates by lactic acid and probiotic bacteria and their role in gastrointestinal health. Prior to joining the faculty at Nebraska in 1987, Dr. Hutkins was a research scientist at Sanofi Bio Ingredients in Waukesha, Wisconsin. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of Missouri and his Ph.D. in from the University of Minnesota, and was a Post-doctoral fellow at Boston University School of Medicine. He was an American Society for Microbiology Waksman Lecturer and currently serves on the Scientific Board of the International Probiotics Association.
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Alan S. Kolok Interim Director of the Center for Environmental Health and Toxicology in the College of Public Health at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) "Biologically active compounds as pollutants: Strange goings-on in US waterways." Dr. Alan Kolok is the Director of the Aquatic Toxiclology Laboratory at the University of Nebraska Omaha, and Interim Director of the Center for Environmental Health and Toxicology in the College of Public Health at UNMC. He is interested in biologically active compounds in water and their unusual methods of being toxic to wildlife and humans. Rather than being directly toxic, these compounds hijack cell signaling pathways leading to irreversible changes that occur at astonishingly low exposure doses.
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Karen McGivney-Liechti, CNM, MSN "'Delivering' CenteringPregnancy® to Nebraska" CenteringPregnancy® is associated with lower incidence of low birth weight babies, lower incidence of preterm births, and higher breastfeeding rates. This model of healthcare was developed and piloted in 1993 – 1994 by Sharon Schindler Rising MSN, CNM, FACNM. Hearts & Hands Womancare in Lincoln, Nebraska started the first CenteringPregnancy® program in Nebraska through a grant from the March of Dimes in 2009. The Principal Project Manager for this grant was Barbara Sittner RN, PhD from UNMC CON Lincoln Division. Karen McGivney-Liechti CNM, MSN was the Principal Healthcare Provider for developing and implementing this model of healthcare at Heart and Hands Womancare and People’s Health Center in Lincoln. This presentation will discuss nurse midwifery care and patient outcomes of those who have participated in the CenteringPregnancy® model at Hearts & Hands Womancare. Also presenting with Karen will be Barbara Sittner RN, PhD.
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Athena Ramos, MS Program Coordinator of the Center for Reducing Health Disparities at the College of Public Health at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) "Health Disparities" Athena Ramos received a Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA) in 2009, a Master’s degree (MS) in 2004 in Urban Studies, and her Bachelor’s degree (BS) in 2002 in Public Administration from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. She also received her national certification as a Public Manager (CPM) in 2008. Athena Ramos is currently the Program Coordinator for the Center for Reducing Health Disparities at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) in Omaha, Nebraska. Athena serves as the President of the Heartland Latino Leadership Conference. She is also the Vice-Chair of the City of Omaha Parks & Recreation Advisory Board and co-chair of the UNMC Employee Diversity Network. She serves on the Nebraska Minority Public Health Association Board of Directors, Nebraska Kidney Association Board of Directors, Justice for Our Neighbors Board of Directors, and United Way of the Midlands’ Heartland Blueprint Committee. Previously, she has served as the President of the South Omaha Neighborhood Alliance, Inc., President of the Metro Omaha Tobacco Action Coalition (MOTAC) as well as the Secretary/Treasurer for the Greater Omaha Young Professionals Board of Directors. Ms. Ramos is member of the National Association of Professional Women and National Latino Council on Alcohol and Tobacco Prevention (LCAT) network. Athena has been recognized numerous times for her commitment and dedication to making Omaha and Nebraska a better place to live, work, and play. Athena was recognized as one of the “40 Under 40” by the Midlands Business Journal, one of the Ten Outstanding Young Omahans, the American Heart Association’s Advocacy Volunteer of the Year Award, Latina of the Year, and was recognized as one of Sarpy County’s 40 Women Under 40. She was also named an Honorary Admiral in the Great Navy of the State of Nebraska. She has received the University of Nebraska at Omaha’s Women of Color Award for community service, the Community Leader of the Year award from the Lincoln County Boys & Girls Club, and the Outstanding Community Service Award from the South Omaha Neighborhood Alliance.
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James A. Wilson, Ph.D. Physiological Ecologist and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Nebraska Omaha (UNO) "From Tomorrowland to Today: Reflections on Energy and Transportation from Walt Disney" Physiological ecology is a new discipline that provides a unique method for investigating processes at the individual level that are responsible for regulating populations. This interface represents a new direction in biology where we can begin to link specific cellular processes into a generalized ecological theoretical framework. My research interests are centered on understanding the link between physiology and population/behavioral ecology. Several broad questions represent my interests and illustrate the focus of my research program. How does maternal body condition influence offspring survival, fitness, and dispersal ability? What is the link between habitat quality, nutrition, and immune function and how does this affect survival, reproduction, and dispersal. Finally, what roles do energetics and thermoregulation play in species susceptible to global warming (e.g., alpine/arctic species). Model species that I use are focused on mammals, but also include reptiles and amphibians as ectothermic model species. For a complete list of current and past projects and publications visit my homepage.
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E. Charles Healey, Ph.D., CCC-SLP "Why Do Some People Stutter?" E. Charles Healey is a professor of speech-language pathology at the University of Nebraska for the past 33 years. During his career, he has received a University Distinguished Teaching Award, the honors of the Nebraska Speech-Language-Hearing Association, a distinguished alumni award from the University of Kentucky, and is an ASHA Fellow. Dr. Healey is currently an ASHA Board Recognized Specialist in Fluency Disorders and an Associate Editor for the Journal of Fluency Disorders. He has published many journal articles and book chapters concerning adults and children with fluency disorders. Dr. Healey has presented numerous workshops and seminars on the assessment and treatment of school-age children who stutter.
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William Lydiatt, M.D. "Do Sex, Drugs, and Rock and Roll contribute to Head and Neck Cancer?" William M. Lydiatt, M.D. received his training in otolaryngology - head and neck surgery at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha. He then completed a 2 1/2 year fellowship in head and neck oncologic surgery, sponsored by the National Cancer Institute, at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York. Currently a Professor at UNMC, Nebraska Methodist Hospital and Omaha Veterans Medical Center, Dr. Lydiatt’s practice is primarily limited to diagnosis and treatment of pre-malignant and malignant lesions of the head and neck. His primary research interest is an investigation into methods of the prevention and treatment of depression in Head & Neck cancer. He also has an interest in thyroid cancer and its causes as well as molecular abnormalities in pre-malignant lesions and the study of field cancerization. He works closely with colleagues in the Nebraska Dental School in oral biology and oral pathology and with molecular biologists in the Department of Anatomy. He is also actively involved in clinical trials with various experimental therapies for advanced cancers of the head and neck. In addition, Dr. Lydiatt has authored and co-authored more than 30 book chapters and original manuscripts.
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Mary Snyder, M.D. "Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery: What's New, What's Hot and What Has Stood the Test of Time" Mary C. Snyder, MD has practiced in Scottsbluff, NE for the last 3 ½ years. A native of Lincoln, NE, she attended medical school at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and completed a residency in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the same institution. She then moved to Madison, WI to complete a second residency in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics. Board certified in both specialties, Dr. Snyder’s primary practice is in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Although she sees patients with the entire range of plastic surgical problems, she is particularly interested in breast surgery, both reconstructive and cosmetic. Dr. Snyder also has strong interest in reconstructive surgery in third world countries, and she participates in surgical mission trips on a regular basis.
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Robert Lindau, M.D. "Head and Neck Cancer Is Not Just For Smokers Anymore" Dr. Lindau is completing a head and neck surgical oncology fellowship at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Next year he will go to Portland, Ore., to train in microvascular surgery. Dr. Lindau served in the U.S. Navy for six years. He graduated from Marquette University in Milwaukee, with a bachelor of science degree and earned his doctor in medicine from the Medical College of Wisconsin. He completed five years of general surgery residency at Creighton University Medical Center.
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Lea Pounds "Social Marketing in Health Care" Lea Pounds is an Instructor in the Department of Health Promotion, Social and Behavioral Health in the UNMC College of Public Health. She is also the Marketing Director for the Center for Preparedness Education for UNMC and Creighton University School of Medicine. Her research area is Social Marketing, using marketing principles to influence health behavior at the individual and population levels as well as impacting public health policy. She is also interested in research on crisis and emergency risk communication.
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Pierre Fayad, M.D., FAHA, FAAN Reynolds Centennial Professor and Chairman of the Department of Neurological Sciences at the College of Medicine at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) "Everything you wanted to know about strokes but were afraid to ask" Dr. Pierre Fayad is the Reynolds Centennial Professor and Chairman of the Department of Neurological Sciences at the University of Nebraska College of Medicine, and Director of the Stroke Center at the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Dr. Fayad was born, completed his high school and obtained a Lebanese Baccalaureate in Experimental Sciences in Lebanon. He received a Medical Doctor degree from the University of Rome (Università Degli Studi Di Roma-La Sapienza) in Rome, Italy. He completed a neurology residency training at the State University of New York at Buffalo in Buffalo, New York. He pursued a fellowship in Vascular Neurology and Stroke at Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut. Dr Fayad then joined the faculty at Yale University as a Clinical Instructor and moved through the academic ranks to become Associate Professor in the department of neurology. Through his ten-year tenure on the neurology faculty at Yale University, he became Director of the Yale Vascular Neurology, Director for the Vascular Neurology fellowship training program, and Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Yale Cerebrovascular Center. In April 2001, he assumed the Chairmanship and Founded of a newly established Department of Neurological Sciences at the University of Nebraska College of Medicine and the directorship of the neurology residency training program. He founded and serves as director of the Nebraska Stroke Center at the Nebraska Medical Center. Dr. Fayad is board-certified, in both “Neurology” and “Vascular Neurology” by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He is a fellow of the American Heart Association, the Stroke Council of the American Heart Association, and the American Academy of Neurology. His research interests include the acute treatment and prevention of stroke and cerebrovascular disease. He served as a principal investigator, chairperson or committee member in several executive and safety monitoring committees for major multicenter and international clinical trials in stroke and cerebrovascular disease. Dr Fayad received many honors and recognition including the “Physician of the Year” in 2009 from the American Heart Association, and for several years recognized amongst the “Best Doctors” in America.
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Jack Turman, Jr., Ph.D., P.T. "Arriving Early: The Problem of Preterm Birth in the USA" Dr. Turman is the newly appointed Professor and Program Director in the Division of Physical Therapy Education in the School of Allied Health Professions at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Dr. Turman received his Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy from Washington University in St. Louis, his PhD in Kinesiology (neuroscience emphasis) from UCLA, and did his postdoctoral fellowship in the Dept. of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the UCLA School of Medicine. For the past 15 years, Dr. Turman was on faculty in the Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, and the Departments of Cell and Neurobiology, and Pediatrics in the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California. During his tenure at USC, Dr. Turman founded and directed the Center for Premature Infant Health and Development. Dr. Turman is an internationally recognized developmental neurobiologist investigating the development of feeding behaviors. In addition, Dr. Turman has received multiple recognitions from the California State government for the development of university-community partnerships that address health disparities in birth outcomes.
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Susan Swindells, M.B.B.S. "HIV/AIDS" Susan Swindells is Medical Director of the HIV Clinic at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and is the Terry K. Watanabe Professor of Internal Medicine in the Section of Infectious Diseases. She is also Director of the UNMC Ryan White Title III Program, the Nebraska AIDS Drug Assistance Program, and the Nebraska AIDS Education and Training Center. A native of England, Dr. Swindells earned her medical degree from University College in London in 1977, with postgraduate training in England and at the University of Washington in Seattle. She has been involved in HIV care since 1988. A clinician and active researcher, Swindells has been principal investigator on many clinical trials. She is on the leadership of the AIDS Clinical Trials Group of the National Institutes of Health. An active teacher on the UNMC campus and outside, Swindells has published multiple articles in scholarly journals, and both contributed to and edited textbooks.
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John Hibbing, Ph.D. "Are Liberals and Conservatives Physiologically Different?" Human behavior is the product of a fascinating interaction of environmental and genetic forces. In spite of this fact, political scientists have limited their attention almost exclusively to environmental variables. Dr. Hibbing’s current work, mostly with John Alford of Rice University, employs economic games, fMRIs, evolutionary theory, and behavioral genetics in order to identify the deeper biological causes of social and especially political behavior. Previously, he has edited the Legislative Studies Quarterly, served as President of the American Political Science Association’s Legislative Studies Section, received six National Science Foundation grants, co-authored Congress as Public Enemy and Stealth Democracy (with Elizabeth Theiss-Morse), won the Fenno Prize, and been a NATO Fellow in Science as well as a Senior Fulbright Fellow. Last fall Dr. Hibbing was featured on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart."
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Darwin Brown, PA-C, MPH "Let Food be Your Medicine: Chocolate, Wine and Salt" Mr. Brown is currently an assistant professor within the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Physician Assistant Program. His role in the PA Program is that of Clinical Coordinator. He has been in clinical practice (General Internal Medicine) for twenty-three years, spending the last 12 years as a full-time faculty member in the PA Program. Mr. Brown is active with several organizations both locally and nationally. He completed the Department of Health and Human Services, Secretary’s Primary Health Care Policy Fellowship in 2002. Mr. Brown also. In January, Mr. Brown was an invited participant of the Macy Foundation Conference, titled, “Who will provide primary care and how will they be trained.”
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James Jenkins D.D.S. "Forensic Dentistry" Dr. James Jenkins is an Assistant Professor in the Adult Restorative Dentistry Department at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. He received his B.S. Dentistry in 1981 from the University of Nebraska and his D.D.S. in 1984 from the University of Nebraska College of Dentistry. Dr. Jenkins research interests include Practice Management and Patient Management.
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Eric Fung, Ph.D. "Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence" Eric Fung, Ph.D., Professor of Pharmacology, Department of Oral Biology, College of Dentistry, University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC). Dr. Fung received his B.Sc. in chemistry (Summa cum Laude) from University of Wisconsin and his Ph.D. in pharmacology from Ohio State University. He has been a faculty at UNMC, College of Dentistry for 26 years and has received several teaching recognition, including the prestigious UNMC campus-wide Outstanding Teaching Award. His research activities include determining the role of mercury in neurodegenerative disorders, the effects of nicotine on central dopaminergic and GABAergic neuronal systems, the effects of nicotine on bone remodeling and the pharmacokinetics of bisphenol A released from a dental sealant in human. His research has been highlighted in American Dental Association News and New York Times. Dr. Fung has published 68 manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals and 30 abstracts. He is the principal investigator and co-investigator in research funding exceeding two million dollars.
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Sandra Wells Ph.D. "After the Smoke Clears: Facts and Fiction about Secondhand Meth" Dr. Sandra Wells earned her Ph.D. in Microbiology at Columbia University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in immunology at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Subsequently, Dr. Wells worked for 9 years in the biotech industry as a regulatory and clinical scientist prior to returning to academic research in 2005. In 2009, Dr. Wells, joined the faculty of the Department of Environmental, Agricultural and Occupational Health in the College of Public Health at UNMC. Dr. Wells' research focuses on the health impacts on the respiratory tract in response to environmental exposures. She has been awarded NIH funding to study mechanisms involved in the development and pathophysiology of asthma. Dr. Wells is also exploring the pulmonary effects of secondhand exposure to methamphetamine. She has helped facilitate the development of a multidisciplinary collaboration to assess health effects of environmental exposure to methamphetamine use and production in children, and serves on the National Advisory Board for the nonprofit organization, National Alliance for Drug Endangered Children (NADEC).
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Thomas G. Tape, M.D., F.A.C.P. "What does health care reform mean to us?" Dr. Tape is Professor and Chief of General Internal Medicine as well as Vice-chair for Clinical Affairs of the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC). He is also “Governor “of the Nebraska Chapter of the American College of Physicians (ACP). Dr. Tape received his BA from Dartmouth College in 1977 and an MD from Washington University in St. Louis in 1981. His residency in Internal Medicine and research Fellowship in General Internal Medicine were both completed at the University of Rochester (New York). Immediately after finishing his training in 1986, he joined the Internal Medicine faculty at UNMC. His work at the medical center blends teaching, research, patient care and administration. His research has focused on better understanding how physicians make diagnostic and therapeutic medical decisions. He has also worked on the design and implementation of electronic medical records with particular focus on the physician-computer interaction. Recently, he has been overseeing the transformation of the Turner Park clinic to a Patient-Centered Medical Home as a model for the future education of internal medicine residents in primary care medicine. Since May of 2009, he has served on a joint UNMC/TNMC/UNMCP review committee studying the health care reform process.
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Donald G. Klepser, Ph.D., M.B.A. "How much would you pay for a better future? The costs and benefits of scientific innovation" Dr. Donald Klepser is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice at the University of Nebraska, College of Pharmacy. Dr. Klepser received his Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Socioeconomics from the University of Iowa and his Masters in Business Administration from the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management. His areas of interest include organizational theory, policy, pharmacoeconomics, and outcomes research. His current research is in the areas of rural pharmacy access, cost containment, and managed care benefit design. Dr. Klepser has presented his research in these areas at national and international meetings and has numerous peer reviewed publications. His teaching emphasis is in the areas of healthcare management, managed care, and pharmacoeconomics.
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Zac Triemert "The Science of Beer" Zac Triemert is Co-President of Lucky Bucket Brewing Company and the Sòlas Distillery. Before founding Lucky Bucket and Sòlas, he earned bachelor degree's in microbiology and chemistry, and masters degree's in brewing and distilling from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland. After studying, Zac worked as a fermentation microbiologist for 6 years and was head brewer at Upstream Brewing Company for another 6 years. Lucky Bucket first launched in 2008 and Sòlas Distillery in 2009.
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Christopher Fisher, Ph.D. "Sex, Sexuality and Sexual Health" Dr. Christopher Fisher is a sexual health behaviorist who has trained with nationally recognized leaders in community-based participatory research (CBPR), sexuality education, sexual health, gender, and human sexuality. His research interests and publications primarily focus on the utilization of CBPR to address sexual health, wellness, and education issues at the individual and community levels. He also has interests in policy implications particularly as they relate to sexuality education for adolescents and the socio-cultural dynamics of human sexuality. His work has and will continue to address ethnically and racially diverse populations of all gender identities and sexual orientations. Dr. Fisher received recognition as an Exemplary Diversity Scholar from the National Center for Institutional Diversity at the University of Michigan in 2009. He currently serves as Treasurer for the HIV/AIDS section of American Public Health Association (APHA) and is on the Board of Directors for the Public Health Association of Nebraska (PHAN).
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Courtney Fletcher, Pharm. D. "The Science of Personalized Medicine" Courtney V. Fletcher is presently Dean, College of Pharmacy and Professor, Departments of Pharmacy Practice and Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. He is the Director of the Antiviral Pharmacology Laboratory at University of Nebraska Medical Center. Dr. Fletcher received his Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy (with honors) from the University of Wyoming, and his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Minnesota. Dr. Fletcher has previously held faculty positions at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, University of Minnesota and Drake University. Dr. Fletcher has devoted his research and practice interests towards the clinical pharmacology of antiviral agents. Dr. Fletcher has 14.5 years of academic administrative experience including five years as Chair, Department of Clinical Pharmacy at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center; three years as Director of Graduate Studies in Social, Administrative and Clinical Pharmacy at the University of Minnesota; three years as Assistant Head, Department of Pharmacy Practice at the University of Minnesota; and four years as Assistant Director of Pharmaceutical Services at the University of Minnesota Hospital and Clinic. Dr. Fletcher is a past member of the FDA Antiviral Drug Advisory Committee. He recently completed a four-year term as a member of the NIH AIDS Discovery and Development of Therapeutics Study Section. He is a member of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Panel on Clinical Practices for the Treatment of HIV Infection.
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Michael Feloney, M.D. "The Science of Sex" Dr. Feloney completed his bachelor’s degree in biology and psychology from Santa Clara University in 1994 and earned his medical degree from St. Louis University School of Medicine where he graduated cum laude in 1998. He went on to do his general surgery internship and residency in urologic surgery at the University of Oklahoma. He finished his fellowship in female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery at University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey Robert Wood Johnson Graduate Hospital in 2006. Dr. Feloney is currently one of a few physicians in Omaha actively treating female sexual dysfunction, which is defined as any medical problem or phenomenon that prevents females from engaging in normal sexual activity.
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Dmitry Oleynikov, M.D. "Your Doctor is a Robot" Dmitry Oleynikov is an Associate Professor of Surgery, Joseph and Richard Still Faculty Fellow in Medicine, and Director of the Center for Advanced Surgical Technology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Dr. Oleynikov received his medical education at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University in 1994. He completed his residency at the University of Utah Medical Center and served as an instructor and senior fellow at the Center for Videoendoscopic Surgery at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle. Dr. Oleynikov holds additional faculty appointments in the College of Education and School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. His current collaborative, multidisciplinary research interests include: robotic surgical technology, educational simulation, and clinical outcomes research.
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Mellissa Helligso, M.T. (A.S.C.P.), M.F.S. "CSI Omaha: the Fact behind the Fiction" Ms. Helligso is an Forensic DNA Analyst in the Molecular Diagnostics section of the Pathology/ Microbiology department at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. She received her bachelor's degree in Medical Technology from the University of Nebraska Medical Center, and will receive her Master's of Forensic Science from Nebraska Wesleyan University in December 2009. She has over 10 years of experience in performing forensic DNA testing for hundreds of criminal cases in Omaha, and the surrounding areas. One of the most memorable is the Christopher Edwards case in which she testified to her DNA analysis regarding the disappearance and murder of Jessica O'Grady.
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James Sorrell, M.D. "Why the human brain is primed for addiction, the effects of marijuana and why it has both the potential for medical benefits and misuse.” Dr. Sorrell provides consultation services for medical/surgical patients with a focus on clinical services and research in psychiatric aspects of liver disease, HIV/AIDS, oncology and transplantation. At one time he hosted, "Sunday Night Shrink Rap," a weekly call-in show on an Omaha radio station. He now develops telepsychiatry services that will help soldiers on a range of issues from post-traumatic stress disorder to depression and substance abuse.
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Bruce A. Buehler, M.D. "Modifying our Genetic Blueprint, Nature versus Nutrition" Bruce Buehler is a professor of Pediatrics and director of the Research Subject Advocacy Office. Dr. Buehler began his career working with individuals with disabilities at the University of Florida in 1970. He completed training in genetics, endocrinology, and metabolism in 1977 after a year as Chief Resident of Pediatrics. He spent four years in Utah as the Director of the Utah State Training School as well as the Director of Genetics at the University of Utah. He left Utah to take the Directorship of Genetics and eventually the Rehabilitation Institute at the University of Nebraska in 1981, and he was appointed Chairperson of Pediatrics in September of 1994. He stepped down as Chairman and Director in 2008. He continues to practice Clinical Genetics and to do clinics throughout the region. In addition, Dr. Buehler has a local medical segment during the midday news on the local CBS channel and has spoken around the country and throughout the world on the subject of medically handicapped and fragile individuals, and drug susceptibility of the fetus in utero. He is presently working on a degree in Complimentary and Alternative Medicine.
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Sanjay P. Singh, M.D. "How the brain works" Dr. Sanjay P. Singh is an Associate Professor in the Department of Neurological Sciences and the Director of The Nebraska Epilepsy Center, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. He also currently serves as the Program Director for the UNMC-CU Joint Neurology Residency Program. He received a Medical Degree from M.L.N. Medical College in India. Dr. Singh was the valedictorian for the class of 1992 at his medical school. He completed his Neurology residency at George Washington University Medical Center in Washington D.C. In addition, he completed a two year fellowship in Epilepsy at Yale University School of Medicine Dr. Singh is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He is a member of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Epilepsy Society. He is the recipient of numerous awards and honors for his professional excellence. Dr. Singh has authored several articles in peer reviewed journals and lectures on a frequent basis. He is the author of a book, “Locatelli and Singh’s Handbook of Neurology”. He is a reviewer for major peer reviewed journals.
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Kendra Schmid, Ph.D. "The Science of Attractiveness" Dr. Schmid completed her bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from Chadron State College in 2001 and earned her MS and Ph.D in Statistics from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2004 and 2007, respectively. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Biostatistics in the College of Public Health at UNMC. Her research interests include statistical shape analysis, with an emphasis on statistical methods for face recognition and statistical modeling. Dr. Schmid's research uses the golden ratio to measure the geometry of the face and rate attractiveness on a scale of one to 10. Recently, her software program was featured in a documentary on the Discovery Channel and on The Oprah Winfrey Show.
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William E. Thorell, M.D. "High-tech brain surgery" William Thorell is an Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. He is board certified in neurological surgery by The American Board of Neurological Surgery. He specializes in endovascular neurosurgery offering patients a minimally invasive approach for the treatment of neurovascular diseases. He provides individualized neurosurgical care to patients with cerebral aneurysms, vascular malformations, strokes and brain hemorrhages, carotid and vertebral stenoses, tumors, and spine and peripheral nerve diseases. Other clinical areas of special interest to Dr. Thorell are normal pressure hydrocephalus and Chiari malformation. Dr. Thorell has been instrumental in forming an inter-disciplinary stroke team, the Nebraska Stroke Center, right here at the University of Nebraska Medical Center/Nebraska Medical Center. Dr. Thorell graduated from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln with distinction. He earned his medical degree from the University of Nebraska Medical Center with highest distinction, where he also completed his internship, residency, and served as Chief Resident. He accomplished a two-year fellowship in endovascular neurosurgery at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Dr. Thorell is a native of Denver, Colorado, but is now an avid Husker. When not in scrubs, he enjoys playing baseball and spending time with his wife and two boys. |
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