{"id":46660,"date":"2014-04-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-11T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2014\/04\/11\/unmc-for-the-record-121\/"},"modified":"2014-04-11T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-04-11T05:00:00","slug":"unmc-for-the-record-121","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2014\/04\/11\/unmc-for-the-record-121\/","title":{"rendered":"UNMC for the record"},"content":{"rendered":"

Staffers from The Olson Center for Women’s Health<\/b> won the UNMC Selfie Contest this week with the most-liked Facebook photo (above). Clockwise from top left are Nikki Traynham, Alma Haynes, Jody Berg, Lilia White, Allie Baker, Marcia Wattjes, LaShon Williams and Jessica Hernandez. (The edge of Chris Mangiamelli’s glasses can also be seen next to Hernandez.) The group wins a $25 gift card to Bruegger’s.<\/p>\n


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\nAt right, Hazel Frizzel, 2, sits with her mother, Darcy, as Jill Eich<\/b> (far right), a student at the UNMC College of Nursing West Nebraska Division in Scottsbluff,gives Frizzel’s stuffed mouse, Pitter, a check-up during the Teddy Bear Clinic Saturday at the Riverside Discovery Center. The purpose of the clinic was to help youngsters learn what to expect at a check-up as well as understand the importance of being healthy. In addition to the nursing clinic, the Scottsbluff Fire Department stopped by to talk about fire safety and local dental hygienists offered tips on oral health.<\/p>\n


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\nCarolyn Corn<\/b>, P3, was the national winner for best student poster at the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) Foundation’s 14th Annual National Student Pharmacist Pharmacy & Therapeutics (P&T) Competition and 2014 Best Poster Contest at Tampa, Fla. Corn’s poster, “Healthcare Resources Analysis of Influenza-Like Illness,”<\/a> is related to the College of Pharmacy’s ongoing rapid diagnostic testing projects. Judges evaluated posters and their authors on the paper’s scientific merit; evidence that the research conducted was innovative and practical; evidence that the results of the study match the paper’s conclusions; the relevance of the study to managed care pharmacy practice; the clarity of the material; and the knowledge of the author regarding the subject matter during his or her presentation.<\/p>\n


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\n<\/TABLE>David Sinclair, Ph.D.<\/b> (second from left), a professor at Harvard Medical School, was the guest speaker for the Denham Harman, M.D., Ph.D., Lectureship in Biomedical Gerontology at UNMC on April 4. He was joined by (from left-right): Helen Harman<\/b>, wife of Dr. Harman; Mark Harman, M.D.<\/b>, physician in Tulsa, Okla., and son of Dr. Harman; and Jane Potter, M.D.<\/b>, chief of geriatrics and gerontology at UNMC. To listen to highlights from the lecture, click the links below:<\/p>\n