EngAge Wellness receives award from Give65 event
On Sept. 1, EngAge Wellness was presented with its Give65 event check of $18,196.48. The check included more than $6,000 that EngAge Wellness raised, a $2,500 matching grant, and a $10,000 prize award for having the most dollars raised and most number of donors in its tier (small non-profit). Give65 was an online giving event held over 65 hours in July. The funds will be utilized to help support the evidence-based programs (Fit & Strong, Diabetes Prevention, FallProof, and Living Well) of EngAge Wellness.
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From left, Buffett Early Childhood Institute Executive Director Samuel Meisels, Ed.D., and Abbey Gregg |
Abbey Gregg, a UNMC student in the College of Public Health, was recently selected as one of three inaugural participants in the Buffett Early Childhood Institute Graduate Scholars Program. The program is the first financial support program for doctoral students who have reached Ph.D. candidacy at the University of Nebraska and focuses on young children and their development. Each student will receive up to $25,000 to support scholarly research that benefits young children.
Gregg, whose faculty mentor is Li-Wu Chen, Ph.D., will investigate how school-based health centers can deliver primary medical care to children from low-income families. Gregg’s research will clarify how school-based health centers can organize themselves to implement progressive and promising concepts such as patient-centered care. This study has clear practical and policy implications particularly around using “school as a hub” as one mechanism to support young children’s development and learning.
UNMC researcher receives $40,000 grant from Colleen’s Dream Foundation
Cheng Wang, Ph.D., assistant professor in the UNMC Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, has received a continuation grant in the amount of $40,000 from Colleen’s Dream Foundation, which funds ovarian cancer research with the primary goal of developing an accurate and accessible early detection test.
Dr. Wang’s research involves a quest to discover new and more effective ways to treat ovarian cancer. He has worked in the area of ovarian biology and ovarian cancer for more than 18 years and has published 38 peer-reviewed articles in this field. His research aims to identify new molecules and signaling pathways involved in the initiation and progression of epithelial ovarian cancers.