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UNMC Overview
This brochure contains interesting facts about UNMC including its history, budget, enrollment, employees, research funding, transplantation, and more. This document was last updated in November 2009.
Health Care Reform
UNMC, its physicians group (UNMC Physicians) and its teaching hospital partner (The Nebraska Medical Center) have teamed up to analyze health care reform legislation and its impact on the three entities. View the group's website, which contains white papers and other helpful information, including the status of legislation.
The National Institutes of Health
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the primary federal agency for conducting and supporting medical research. The NIH is composed of 27 Institutes and Centers, and provides leadership and financial support to researchers in every state and throughout the world. In fact, NIH distributes 80% of its funding in research grants to all 50 states. This document details what UNMC is studying with NIH and other sources of federal funding.
IDeA One-Pager
Over 50% of NIH funding goes to only five states (MA, NY, PA, CA, MD). The Institutional Development Award program provides opportunities for institutions to develop their research infrastructure to better compete for NIH funds. The IDeA program supports multidisciplinary centers or collaborative partnerships that increase an institution's capacity to conduct cutting-edge biomedical research. For more information, visit: http://www.ncrr.nih.gov/
Title VII One-Pager
Title VII of the Public Health Service Act, supports programs that train health professionals in fields experiencing shortages, and provides quality, affordable, and cost-effective care in rural and urban underserved communities. The Title VII one-pager demonstrates how UNMC uses Title VII funding. For more information, visit the Health Resources and Services Administration's Bureau of Health Professions website.
Stem Cell Research
On March 9, 2009, President Obama signed an executive order to lift the restrictions on federal funding of embryonic stem cell research, and UNMC is monitoring changes to ensure compliance with Nebraska state laws. Obama's order will allow use of federal funds to access stem cell lines created after August 9, 2001, the day then-President Bush limited the use of federal dollars for embryonic stem cell research. View UNMC's stem cell research website for more information.
