Drs. Rennard and Kalil team on an editorial in the journal CHEST
Stephen Rennard, M.D., a UNMC expert in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and Andre Kalil, M.D., a UNMC infectious disease physician who is heading the remdesivir study at UNMC, have co-authored an editorial titled “Chicken Soup in the Time of COVID,” in CHEST, the journal of the American College of Chest Physicians.
The editorial uses Dr. Rennard’s earlier study findings on chicken soup to make a point about scientifically proven and unproven therapies.
The editorial also includes co-author Richard Casaburi, M.D., a University of California Los Angeles professor.
Emerging Professionals Program hosting Smart Gen Society
The Emerging Professionals Program and the Smart GEN Society will hold a one-hour Zoom meeting to highlight Smart GEN Society programs and resources available for community members and answer any questions at UNMC/Nebraska Medicine and the Smart GEN Society will hold a one-hour Zoom meeting on June 14 at 11 a.m. to highlight Smart GEN Society programs and resources available for community members and answer any questions.
Pre-registration is required. Registered guests will receive the ZOOM link prior to the event.
COVID-19 has brought new challenges and forced many to find new ways to navigate the digital world — balancing working from home, homeschooling children and other challenges social isolation brings.
Smart GEN Society (SGS) is an Omaha-based nonprofit operating to empower smart choices in a digital world. SGS is the leading organization in the region aimed at bringing preventative and proactive measures into our communities to offset the negative implications of a society immersed in technologies with a lack of resources and education to safely manage them. SGS’s goal is to reduce digital-based anxieties, prevent peer and predator exploitation, and ensure online safety and privacy.