MICHELLE MOLLICK joined NEMO AHEC as Director in March 2002. She is a 1995 graduate of Truman State University and had six years experience coordinating clinical experiences and graduate medical education programs prior to taking the management position. Center administration involves the oversight of employees, management of six funding streams; collaboration with area partner agencies and volunteers; and significant contributions to programming.
BECKY DAWSON, BSE, Health Education Coordinator, is responsible for two major programs: the AHEC Professional Corps (APC) and Health Literacy Missouri.
AHEC Professional Corps is an AmeriCorps funded program comprised of licensed/certified health care personnel providing their professional services to selected health care delivery sites in medically underserved communities.
As part of their APC commitment, members participate in community service projects which, in general, help with disaster recovery, community health education, or AHEC health career preparation activities.
Upon completion of the program requirements, APC members earn an education award from the Corporation for National & Community Service for school loan repayment or for future tuition/education expenses.
NEMO AHEC is also part of Health Literacy Missouri (HLM), a program to improve health literacy through education and community efforts.
The project is in cooperation with the Missouri Foundation for Health, the University of Missouri – Columbia, Saint Louis University, the St. Louis Regional Health Commission and Missouri State University. Together, these partners envision Health Literacy Missouri becoming a national leader. Organizers aim to improve the health of all Missourians by providing access to health information in plain language and providing educational resources to help health care providers and consumers communicate more effectively with each other.
MANDY HERLETH, BA, Continuing Education Coordinator, arranges local, low-cost health care continuing education (CE) offerings in the northern tier communities. These programs are designed to meet the educational and training needs of area physicians, nurses, social workers, licensed counselors, emergency medical professionals, long-term care administrators and other allied health personnel. Most often, programs are pre-approved for CE units through professional accrediting organizations such as the Missouri Nurses Association and others.
In addition to live courses, AHEC partners with the NEMO Telehealth Network to provide CE programs via video conferencing, which enables many providers to “lunch-n-learn” while remaining in their facility or merely traveling to a nearby hospital.
DINAH COLES, Office Manager is responsible for the day-to-day functions of the Center Office as well as maintaining the financial records.
Dinah is also responsible for scheduling the Certified Nursing Assistant (C.N.A.) training consortium, computerized Advanced Cardiac Life Support (A.C.L.S.) training course, student clinical rotations and temporary housing for health professions students who are training in the region.
Dinah has been with NEMO AHEC for 7 years and is very knowledgeable about a variety of activities. Dinah may be contacted at dcoles@nemoahec.org
JENNI PEAK joined the staff in November as our new Program Assistant. Her responsibilities include communications, data entry, marketing, as well as setting up job shadowing sites for the ACES program and overall AHEC program support.
“My main focus will be the NEMO AHEC website and newsletter. I want the Northeast region of Missouri to become familiar and aware of the programs that NEMO AHEC offers the community members right here in their home area.”
Stop by the Center site www.nemoahec.org to check out upcoming events or contact Jenni directly at connection@nemoahec.org.