College of Medicine

- Admissions Overview
- - MD Program
    UNMC's rigorous academics, diverse clinical experiences and supportive environment put you on the path to becoming a skilled, compassionate physician.
  - How to Apply
    UNMC prepares medical degree students to meet the needs of patients through clinical practice, biomedical science and research, problem-solving and compassion.
  - Contact Us
    Review contact information for the Office of Admissions and Student Affairs in the College of Medicine at UNMC.
  - Verification and State Licensure
    Review opportunities for state licensure following completion of the MD program in the College of Medicine at UNMC.
- - MD-MBA Program
    A combined MD-MBA degree equips you with the tools you need to become highly skilled in both management and medicine.
  - MD-MPH Program
    Pursue your passion for public health and medicine with a combined MD-MPH and help solve complex health problems.
  - MD-PhD Program
    Do you have a passion for caring for patients and for research? Consider the dual MD-PhD degree.
- Education Overview
- - Curriculum
    Our curriculum produces physicians whose foundation in basic, clinical, and health systems sciences prepare them to promote health and reduce patient suffering.
  - Graduation Requirements
    Review requirements for students pursuing an MD at the UNMC College of Medicine to graduate and receive their degree.
  - Objectives
    The objectives of UNMC's medical degree program are to prepare you for success in primary care or specialty fields.
  - Service Learning
    Active participation in community service provides critical opportunities to apply skills and knowledge gained in medical school and develop a sense of empathy.
- - Enhanced Medical Education
    Enhanced Medical Education Tracks offer medical students an opportunity to perform an in-depth study of an interdisciplinary field of medicine.
  - MD Honor’s Thesis Program
    The MD honors thesis encourages students to engage in scientific research during medical education and become eligible to graduate with honors.
- Research Overview
- Internal Grants
  The College of Medicine has a variety of research-related grant and award opportunities available to UNMC faculty.
- Comparative Effectiveness Research
  The Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) program identifies knowledge gaps in the effectiveness of clinical care and improves CER in these areas.
- Great Plains IDeA-CTR
  The Great Plains IDeA-CTR is a collaborative effort between nine regional institutions that provides training, resources. and funding to regional researchers.
- Research and Development Committee
  The Research and Development Committee handles funding opportunities for faculty, including the Bridge Funding program, and student research opportunities.
- Student Opportunities
  The College of Medicine provides a variety of research opportunities for both current and prospective UNMC students.
- Residencies & Fellowships Overview
- Graduate Medical Education Programs
  UNMC's dozens of programs--including nearly 20 in internal medicine--allow residents and fellows a variety of specialties.
- House Officer Resources
  Find information for residents and fellows, including salaries, benefits and nearby housing.
- House Officer Wellness
  Wellness resources for residents and fellows include an assistance program and a private wellness lounge.
- Research
  We aim to facilitate house officers’ involvement in research in the areas of patient safety, quality improvement, healthcare disparities and education research.
- Salary and Benefits
  Paid vacation and professional leave, health insurance and meal allowances are just a few of the benefits residents receive in addition to their yearly salary.
- Contact Us
  Reach out to the Graduate Medical Education office for information about benefits, contracts, orientation or graduation.
Departments
Patient Care

Lab Alumni

Faculty and Staff

Faculty and Staff
	Meng Niu, Ph.D Assistant Professor 2015 - 2023 Current position: Assistant Professor, Neurological Sciences, UNMC
	Neetha Vellichirammal, Ph.D. Assistant Professor 2016 - 2022 Current position: Senior Scientist, Asieris Pharma, CA
	Sanjit Pandey, Ph.D. Core Assistant Director 2010-2021 Current position: Sr. Bioinformatics Support Scientist, Illumina, NC
	Duc Le, B.Sc. Bioinformatics DatabaseSrv Administrator 2016 - 2019 Current position: Developer II, CareDx, Inc.
	Jasjit Banwait, Ph.D Programmer Analyst 2016-2018 Current position: Biostatistician, Baylor Scott & White Health, TX
	Yeong Kim, PhD Assistant Professor 2016-2018 Current position: Assistant Professor, Seoul, South Korea
	Matyas Cserhati, PhD, B.Sc. Bioinformatics Programmer / Data Analyst 2013-2018 Current position: Academic Editor, PLOS. Clinical Statistician III, AbbVie
	Navodita Upadhyay, MS. Bioinformatics Programmer/Analyst 2016-2018 Current position: Programmer Analyst, UNMC
	Frank Doyle, PhD Programmer and web developer 2005 Current position: Research Scientist, SUNY Polytechnic

Postdocs/Instructors

Postdocs/Instructors
	Jai Chand Patel, Ph.D. Post-Doctoral Associate 2021 - 2025 Current position: National Postdoctoral Fellow, AIIMS, Raebareli, India
	Nagavardhini Avuthu, Ph.D. Post-Doctoral Associate 2016 - 2023 Current position: Industry, North Carolina
	Ramanuja Simha, Ph.D. Instructor 2022 Current position: Associate Faculty, Albert Einstein Medical College, NY
	Nitish Mishra, Ph.D. Instructor 2013 - 2021 Current position: Research Scientist, St. Jude’s, TN
	Yuande Tan, Ph.D. Post-Doctoral Associate 2018 - 2020 Current position: Postdoc at UT Houston
	Jasjit Banwait, Ph.D. Post-Doctoral Associate 2016 - 2017 Current position: Biostatistician, Cardiovascular Clinical Research, Heart Hospital, Plano TX
	Xiaosheng Wang, PhD Instructor 2013-2015 Current position: China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing
	Nagendra Chaturvedi, PhD Research Associate 2012-2014 Current position: Assistant Professor, UNMC
	Satish Mahadevan Srinivasan, PhD Postdoc 2011-2013 Current position: Assistant Professor, Penn State Great Valley, School of Professional Studies
	Purnima Ambati, PhD Postdoc 2007-2009 Current position: Director, Electronic Health Record Access Core, UNMC
	Lipika Pal, PhD Postdoc 2005-2007 Current position: Computational Biologist, NIH/CCR

Visiting scholar/rotation student

Visiting scholar/rotation student
	Sumit Kar
	Smita Pawar, PhD BOYCAST Fellow 2012 Current position: Assistant Professor
	Nalin C Goonesekere, PhD Visiting Assistant Professor 2011 Current position: Associate Professor, University of Northern Iowa
	Ashok Kumar Jangam, PhD Visiting Research Associate 2011 Current position: Senior Scientist, ICAR, India

PhD Students/Graduates

PhD Students/Graduates
	Rajashree Chakraborty, PHD PhD student 2022-2025 University of Nebraska Medical Center Current position: Postdoc, UNMC
	Sahil Sethi, PHD PhD Student 2017-2024 University of Nebraska Medical Center Current position: Entrepreneur
	Siddesh Southekal, PHD PhD Student 2017-2021 University of Nebraska Medical Center Current position: Research Scientist at Eli Lilly, IN
	Abrar Albahrani, M.Sc. PhD student 2017 - 2020 Current position: PhD Student, transferred to Wisconsin
	Adam Cornish, PhD PhD Student 2013-2018 University of Nebraska Medical Center Current position: IT DevOps Lead at FORWARD, Omaha. Rheumatic Disease Databank
	Kristin Wipfler, PhD PhD Student 2013-2017 University of Nebraska Medical Center Current position: Biobank Director at FORWARD, Omaha. Rheumatic Disease Databank
	Simarjeet Negi, PhD PhD Student 2012-2016 University of Nebraska Medical Center Current position: Medical Science Liaison, Teva Pharmaceuticals, Wash. DC
	You Li, PhD PhD Student 2012-2016 University of Nebraska Medical Center Current position: Sr. Bioinformatics Scientist, HitGen Ltd., Chengdu, China
	Suleyman Vural, PhD PhD Student 2010-2015 University of Nebraska Medical Center Current position: Bioinformatics Engineer, MSKCC, NY
	Akram Mohammed, PhD PhD Student 2010-2014 Current position: Bioinfo. Manager, U. Tenn. HSC
	Ru Shen, PhD 2009-2013 Graph mining and module detection in protein-protein interaction networks Software Developer, MarketAxess Inc. Current position: Software Engr, Interactive Brokers, NY
	Lance Latham, MS 2006-2008 Enzyme classification using machine-learning methods
	Brian King, PhD PhD Student 2005-2008 Protein sequence classification with Bayesian supervised and semi-supervised learned classifiers Current position: Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science at Bucknell University

MS Students

MS Students
	Ahmad Tanwir MS Student 2018 Radiology Research Associate Current position: Data Analyst, NY Presbyterian Hosp
	Krupa Somasekhar MS Student 2009-2010 Computing validation parameters for multiple sequence alignment using BLOSUM62 Current position: Software programmer
	Nitant Patel MS Student 2009 Discriminatory n-Grams in the ngLOC System Current position: Software programmer
	Chintan Mistry MS Student 2009 Mapping of discriminatory n-grams in protein sequences Current position: Software programmer
	(Faisal) Quazi Shoyweeb MS/PhD Student 2007-2008
	Stacey Gaddis MS Student 2006 Current position: Software programmer
	Sifang Lu Student intern 2003 REU Student intern

High School Students

High School Students
	Oscar Zhao Student volunteer 2024
	Sujana Maddipati, B.S Student volunteer 2018
	Grace Maline High school student 2018, Oakland-Craig High School
	Naman Nisheeth High school student 2018, Millard North High School
	Eshu Senthil High school student 2018, Papillion-La Vista High School
	Neil Band High school student 2015, Millard North High School
	Jordan Proby High school student 2015, Brownell-Talbot
	Bhargav Arimilli High school student 2014
	Naveen Mallipudi High school student Millard North High School 2014-2015
	Christiana Salami Student intern 2009 UASRP intern
	Varun Vijay High school student 2009 High school intern
	Mike Galimore High school student 2006 High school intern