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Ted Mikuls, M.D., an associate professor of rheumatology at UNMC, will be presented with the Gilmore Award on Friday, March 21 at 3 p.m. in the Durham Research Center Auditorium. |
Dr. Mikuls’ productivity since joining UNMC’s faculty in 2003 has earned him the praise of his colleagues both on and off campus.
Since arriving at UNMC, he has secured two grants from the National Institutes of Health — a K23 grant to explore bone health in minority patients and veterans with rheumatoid arthritis, and a R03 grant to evaluate gene-environment interactions in rheumatoid arthritis autoimmunity and disease severity. He also has funding through the Arthritis Foundation on national and state levels.
Since 2003, he has been the first author of 21 publications, written multiple review articles and contributed to four book chapters. He also has been asked to peer review for several journals including the New England Journal of Medicine.
The Gilmore Award is named in honor of Joseph P. Gilmore, Ph.D., a distinguished UNMC scientist and administrator who died last April in Tarpon Springs, Fla., at the age of 78.
A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., Dr. Gilmore was professor and chairman of the UNMC Department of Physiology and Biophysics from 1970 to 1987. Before coming to UNMC, he worked at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Md., and the University of Virginia College of Medicine.
Dr. Gilmore was instrumental in elevating the level of cardiovascular and renal research at UNMC to world-class levels.
Dr. Gilmore obtained the first NIH training grant at UNMC.
The Joseph P. Gilmore Award was established by the department of physiology and biophysics upon Dr. Gilmore’s retirement in 1987 to recognize outstanding research contributions by young UNMC faculty members. It is awarded annually at a formal convocation and lectureship.