UNMC for the record

The Norman Harris Prize for Excellence in Graduate Education in the Neurosciences was awarded last month to seven UNMC graduate students: Lu Yang, Kristi Anderson, Megan Bosch, Han Liu, Katherine Olson, Emily Harrison and Beth Heinrichs-Graham. Harris established the award in memory of his late wife Bernice, who suffered from Lewy body disease, a rare neurodegenerative disease. The award was decided by a committee which reviewed each application thoroughly and scored them based on relevance to neurodegenerative diseases and research progress. Pictured in the photo above are Howard Gendelman, M.D., professor and chair of pharmacology and experimental neuroscience department, and, from left to right Yang, Anderson, Bosch, Liu, Olson and Harrison. Beth Heinrichs-Graham is not pictured.

Nizar Wehbi, M.D.

Nizar Wehbi, M.D., assistant professor, health services research and administration, College of Public Health, has been elected as a Governing Councilor for the Health Administration Section of the American Public Health Association (APHA). Dr. Wehbi will attend the Governing Council at the APHA annual meeting, where the council will discuss proposed policies, major association decisions and the election of association officers. The council also presents important points about proposed policy statements and views of the section council at public hearings where members participate in proposed policy revisions.

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