Department of Family Medicine
Collaboration

At any level of Family Medicine research at UNMC, our team works with you.


Writing Group/Works in Progress

Twice monthly the research faculty meets to consider a colleague's upcoming research: 

 

Writing Group

  • 1st Wednesday each month

Works in Progress

  • 3rd Wednesday each month

Support/Mentoring

We assist FM colleagues with their own research at many stages:

  • Research mentoring
    		•

    Helen McIlvain
    559-5367 or hemcilva@unmc.edu

  • Data analysis, manuscript writing, qualitative data analysis
    		•

    Elisabeth Backer
    778-5677 or ebacker@unmc.edu
  • Literature search
    		•

    Teresa Hartman
    McGoogan Library of Medicine
    thartman@unmc.edu or 402-559-7075

  • Education research, research design, data management, survey development, preparation, tables & figures
    		•

    Jenenne Geske
    559-6758 or jgeske@unmc.edu 

  • Budgeting, grantor & university funding regulations
    		•

    Shelley Baldwin
    559-6983, or sjbaldwin@unmc.edu

  • Formatting text and references, proofing
    		•

    Linda Ferring
    559-8085, or lferring@unmc.edu

  • Transcribing interviews, references, typing
    		•  Mary McAndrews
    559-9328 or mmcandre@unmc.edu
         


    Interdepartmental projects

     

    We often join colleagues outside the Family Medicine department.
    Recent collaborative projects:

    • Interdisciplinary Behavioral Health Training: Establishing Partnerships Between Mental Health and Primary Care: Robinson with Joe Evans of Munroe-Meyer Institute.
    • Infertility: Pathways and Psychosocial Outcomes.  Lacy with Lynn White, UNL
    • An Innovative Smoking Cessation Training Program: McIlvain, Lacy and Geske with Margalit, Preventive and Societal Medicine.
    • Smoking Cessation Counselor Training: McIlvain with Rennard, Eppley Cancer Institute.