John Keenan

UNMC adds North Platte radiography site, Mid-Plains CC partnership

UNMC expects to enroll first cohort of students for the site in the fall of 2021.

Oct 9, 2020

Tammy Webster, PhD, UNMC's radiography program director

New faculty

A total of 33 new faculty members have joined the UNMC College of Medicine since Sept. 1.

Oct 9, 2020

Olabisi Sheppard, MD, is a new faculty member in the UNMC College of Medicine.

Dr. Skar to study infections in pediatric shunts

NIH award will fund five-year study on immune system’s role in infection-related complications.

Oct 9, 2020

Gwenn Skar, MD

Opportunities, colleagues drive pediatrics’ success in recruiting

Pediatrics has recruited or promoted 30 faculty members in 2020, including four division chiefs.

Oct 9, 2020

Kari Simonsen, MD, chair of the UNMC Department of Pediatrics

Research highlights

The UNMC College of Medicine received new grant awards representing $6,986,832 in new funding in August.

Oct 9, 2020

Joshua Santarpia, PhD, pathology/microbiology, received a grant of $1,501,925 for "environmental sampling for COVID-19."

A message from the dean

A ‘thank-you’ and a new beginning.

Oct 9, 2020

Bradley Britigan, dean of the UNMC College of Medicine

College of Dentistry helps produce dental health starter kits

College partnered with the Office of Oral Health and Dentistry at the Nebraska DHHS.

Oct 9, 2020

Early oral health habits can prevent dental decay.

Crisis intervention training is personal for MMI staffer

Rachel Ray helps train first responders to recognize common forms of IDD or mental illness and communicate effectively with people in crisis.

Oct 8, 2020

Rachel Ray

Message from chancellor as flu vaccinations begin

Flu shots are critical, Chancellor Gold says in video.

Oct 8, 2020

UNMC leaders, including Kyle Meyer, PhD, dean of the College of Allied Health Professions, Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, Keith Olsen, PharmD, dean of the College of Pharmacy, and Bradley Britigan, MD, dean of the College of Medicine, stand with pharmacy students at a flu shot clinic last month.

Dr. Marcelin joins national infectious disease board

Jasmine Marcelin, MD, will join the board of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.

Oct 8, 2020

Jasmine Marcelin, MD