Tom O'Connor
UNMC Home Instead Center for Successful Aging to offer FallProof class
Falls the leading cause of injury and injury death for those over 65 EngAge Wellness, a University of Nebraska Medical Center program at the Home Instead Center for Successful Aging, will offer a FallProof balance and mobility training class for seniors beginning March 5. The class runs Mondays and Wednesdays from 1-2 p.m. for 12 […]
Feb 1, 2012
UNMC to offer doctoral degree in epidemiology
Will become fifth doctoral program in College of Public Health A doctoral program in epidemiology, the basic science of public health, will be offered by the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Public Health starting next fall. The University of Nebraska Board of Regents approved the new doctoral program at its meeting today. It […]
Jan 27, 2012
Second annual UNMC Skate-a-thon to raise funds for Parkinson’s research
Last year’s 24-hour skate raised $40,000; this year’s goal is $100,000 The University of Nebraska Medical Center is taking another run at putting Parkinson’s disease on ice. On Jan. 27-28, the UNMC Ice Rink will host the second annual UNMC Skate-a-thon for Parkinson’s. Skaters are set to circle the ice for 24 consecutive hours – […]
Jan 16, 2012
Othello H. Meadows III to headline MLK event at UNMC
Community revitalization leader is dynamic speaker
Jan 6, 2012
Alzheimer’s research award goes to UNMC nurse investigator
Michele Balas, Ph.D., is studying delirium in ICU patients
Dec 22, 2011
Michigan State physician named UNMC vice chancellor for academic affairs
H. Dele Davies, M.D., pediatric infectious disease expert, to start April 1
Dec 16, 2011
Country music star Justin Moore to perform at 2012 Cattlemen’s Ball
Small town Arkansas singer has 3 top 10 hits
Dec 15, 2011
Regents approve final part of UNMC energy savings plan
Could save millions of dollars annually The University of Nebraska Medical Center’s goal to reduce energy consumption by 25 percent in five years – which could save the medical center millions of dollars annually – is well within reach thanks to the University of Nebraska Board of Regents’ approval of two initiatives on Thursday. The […]
Dec 8, 2011
UNMC College of Public Health to offer doctorate degree in biostatistics
Will become fourth doctoral program offered by the college The University of Nebraska Board of Regents has approved a new doctoral program in biostatistics for the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Public Health. The program, which will begin next fall, is the fourth doctoral program in the College of Public Health. The other […]
Dec 8, 2011
UNMC dean part of landmark study looking at antibiotic resistant bacteria
Results could provide foundation for making antibiotics more effective A University of Nebraska Medical Center physician-scientist, Bradley Britigan, M.D., was one of the authors on a landmark study that has determined why bacteria are antibiotic resistant and how disrupting key bacterial functions could result in making antibiotics more effective. The study, which appears in […]
Nov 18, 2011