John Keenan

Rebekah Gundry, PhD, named interim department chair

Dr. Gundry will lead the UNMC Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, while Matthew Zimmerman, PhD, will be interim vice chair of the department.

Jul 26, 2022

Rebekah Gundry, PhD

Services set for university’s Barbara Carter

Carter held positions across the university system for more than 40 years.

Jul 19, 2022

Barbara Carter

UNMC students participate in UNL Rural Fellows Program

Public health students are embedded in Nebraska communities to help improve health outcomes.

Jul 15, 2022

UNMC Master of Public Health students in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Rural Fellows Program: Grace Mabiala-Maye, MD, Eric Pulver, Arden Kimme and Devi Dwarabandam.

Safety issues at forefront of campus forum

Public Safety’s Chief Charlotte Evans, UNL’s Mario Scalora, PhD, shared safety insights at Thursday’s forum with Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD.

Jul 11, 2022

UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD

Excitement, preparations as new house officers arrive

Rachael Newton, MD, was one of nearly 200 house officers who started at UNMC on July 1.

Jul 8, 2022

Rachael Newton, MD, is one of nearly 200 house officers who joined the med center community in July.

Soccer star’s visit draws families to vaccination clinic

Mexico’s Luis ‘El Matador’ Hernandez visited Omaha to take part in a UNMC/Nebraska Medicine vaccination event at Omaha South High School.

Jul 8, 2022

From left, Mexican soccer superstar Luis “El Matador” Hernandez and UNMC's Armando De Alba, MD

Program director of the month

Dr. Wong is the director of the plastic surgery independent pathway program.

Jul 6, 2022

Shannon Wong, MD

Research highlights

The UNMC College of Medicine received grantand funding awards representing more than $2.3 million in new funding in May.

Jul 6, 2022

Ruxana Sadikot, MD

COM employee of the month

Tamra Nielson regularly goes above and beyond for med students and colleagues.

Jul 6, 2022

Tamra Nielson with her family -- husband Isaiah, son Zandyr and daughter, Emersyn -- as well as their dog, Garth, who (you can tell just by looking at him) clearly believes he is a cat.

AMA turnout shows commitment to national leadership

When Kelly Caverzagie, MD, looked around the American Medical Association’s House of Delegates meeting, he noticed something. A lot of other UNMC leaders, faculty, residents, and students. "There was no official tally, but we were very likely the largest delegation from any single institution in the AMA," Dr. Caverzagie said.  The June 10-15 event gathered […]

Jul 6, 2022

Among the UNMC attendees at the AMA House of Delegate meeting were, from left, Jordan Warchol, MD, Michael Visenio, MD, Sean Figy, MD, Natasha Hongsermeier-Graves, Kelly Caverzagie, MD, Joshua Mammen, MD, PhD, Siobhan Wescott, MD, Alena Balasanova, MD, Micah Beachy, DO, and UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD.