John Keenan

Regents approve department restructure at CAHP

Board’s action re-names one existing department and officially establishes three others.

Feb 10, 2020

Kyle Meyer, Ph.D., dean of the UNMC College of Allied Health Professions

New Investigator: Padmashri Ragunathan, Ph.D.

Dr. Ragunathan’s research focus is neurodevelopmental disorders.

Feb 10, 2020

Padmashri Ragunathan, Ph.D.

Leaders offer guidance to staff, students recently returned from China

UNMC and Nebraska Medicine faculty, providers, staff and students who have returned from China on Jan. 24 or later must self-quarantine for 14 days after leaving China before returning to work or class.

Feb 10, 2020

NExT project is game-changer

Campus and community leaders testify in support of LB 1084.

Feb 10, 2020

Bryan Slone, president of the Nebraska Chamber of Commerce and Industry, testified last week in support of the NExT project.

UNMC for the record

Symposiums open for registration and other news and notes from the UNMC community.

Feb 7, 2020

New Investigator: Kelly Stauch, Ph.D.

Dr. Stauch’s research focuses on neurodegeneration.

Feb 7, 2020

Kelly Stauch, Ph.D.

Drs. Swindells, Scarsi part of $32 million project

Goal: to simplify treatment, prevention for HIV, TB, malaria and hepatitis C

Feb 7, 2020

New faculty spotlight: Brian Maass

Maass is an assistant professor and digital technologies librarian at the McGoogan Library of Medicine.

Feb 7, 2020

Brian Maass

U.S. again reaches out to Nebraska during health crisis

Nebraska Medicine/UNMC to partner with federal government to monitor American citizens returning from China. None show signs of coronavirus.

Feb 7, 2020

From left, UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D.; Eric Kasowski, M.D., U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Maj. Gen. Daryl Bohac, adjutant general, Nebraska National Guard; James Lawler, M.D., director, international programs and innovation, UNMC Global Center for Health Security; Shelly Schwedhelm, executive director, Nebraska Medicine Emergency Management and Biopreparedness; and Capt. Dana Hall, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, speak to the media Thursday morning about the Americans arriving in Nebraska to be quarantined at Camp Ashland.

Leaders provide updates on novel coronavirus monitoring

UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D., and Nebraska Medicine CEO Jim Linder, M.D., share message on national and local response to the novel coronavirus that originated in China.

Feb 6, 2020