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Associate Dean for Research
College of Allied Health Professions
University of Nebraska Medical Center
984000 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE 68198-4000
402-559-6923
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Academic Appointments:
Associate Dean for Research, UNMC, College of Allied Health Professions: 2016-present
Assistant Dean for Research Development, UNMC, College of Allied Health Professions: 2013-2015
Associate Professor, Division of Physical Therapy Education, UNMC: 2013-present
Assistant Professor, Division of Physical Therapy Education, UNMC: 1996-2013
Instructor, Division of Physical Therapy Education, UNMC: 1992-1996
Degrees/Certifications:
PhD: Medical Sciences Interdepartmental Area, UNMC, 1994
BSPT: Division of Physical Therapy Education, UNMC, 1988
Primary Teaching Responsibilities:
Integumentary Physical Therapy
Differential Diagnosis
Scholarly Activity:
Research interests: effect of exercise on the immune system and on diseases of aging
Manuscript reviewer for Arthritis Care & Research and Journal of Physical Activity and Health
Publications (last 5 years):
Bilek LD, Waltman NL, Lappe JM, Kupzyk KA, Mack LR, Cullen DM, Berg K, Langel M, Meisinger M, Portelli-Trinidad A, Lang M. Protocol for a randomized controlled trial to compare bone-loading exercises with risedronate for preventing bone loss in osteopenic postmenopausal women. BMC Women's Health 16:59 (30 Aug 2016). Full text
Hanson, C., Anderson-Berry, A., Hoskins, S., Lyden, E., Bilek, L., Dolphen, T., Hartman, K., Hawkins, M., Fernadnez, C. Vitamin D Status and Associations with Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes in Children Enrolled in a Medical Weight Management Program. Infant, Child and Adolescent Nutrition.6:233-239. 2014
Farrell TL, McGuire TR, Bilek LD, Brusnahan SK, Jackson JD, Lane JT, Garvin KL, O'Kane BJ, Berger AM, Tuljapurkar SR, Kessinger MA, Sharp JG. Changes in the frequencies of human hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells with age and site. Exp Hematol. 2014 Feb;42(2):146-54.
McGuire, TR, Brusnahan, SK, Bilek, LD, Jackson, JJ, Kessinger, MA, Berger, AM Garvin, KL, O’Kane, BJ Tuljapurkar, SR, Sharp, JG, Inflammation Associated with Obesity: Relationship with Blood and Bone Marrow Endothelial Cells. Obesity. Nov;19(11):2130-6, 2011.
Buresh, RJ, Berg, K, Hamel, F., Bilek, LD. Moderate exercise of 120 minutes per week improves aerobic fitness and waist circumference but not insulin sensitivity in persons with elevated fasting glucose. Gazetta Medica Italiana. 170(2): 121 – 128, 2011.
Active Grant Support:
Co-Primary Investigator Bone Loading exercises Versus Risedronate on Bone Health in Post-Menopausal Women (Grant# 1R01NR015029), funded by the NIH-NINR, September 2014 to June 2019
Service:
National Osteoporosis Foundation: Research Committee member
American Physical Therapy Association: Geriatric Section member; Oncology Section member
Nebraska Physical Therapy Association
- All CAHP Staff
- Contact the College of Allied Health Professions
- Clinical Perfusion Faculty
- Cytology Faculty
- Genetic Counseling Faculty
- Medical Imaging & Therapeutic Sciences Faculty
- Medical Laboratory Science Faculty
- Medical Nutrition Faculty
- Occupational Therapy Faculty
- Physical Therapy Faculty
- Physician Assistant Faculty
- Office of Academic Affairs
- Office of Business Affairs
- Office of Enrollment Management & Student Affairs
- Office of Research Affairs
- CAHP Organizational Chart
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