{"id":119004,"date":"2025-01-29T01:56:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T07:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=119004"},"modified":"2025-01-28T15:17:24","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T21:17:24","slug":"new-faculty-spotlight-luther-mardock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2025\/01\/29\/new-faculty-spotlight-luther-mardock\/","title":{"rendered":"New faculty spotlight: Luther Mardock"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p>Luther Mardock is a new faculty member at UNMC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Name: <\/strong>Luther Mardock<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Title and department at UNMC: <\/strong>Chief scientific administrator for the Great Plains IDeA-CTR; instructor, Department of Neurological Sciences, UNMC College of Medicine.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Hometown: <\/strong>Schuyler, Nebraska<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Previous position: <\/strong>Accreditation and assessment coordinator, UNMC Academic Affairs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Research or professional interests<\/strong>: Human-centered design in health care and health sciences education<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How I fell in love with UNMC:<\/strong> Working at UNMC has given me incredible opportunities to develop my professional skills, especially related to writing and communicating complex regulatory and accreditation requirements. 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