Karen Burbach

UPDATED — Center for Healthy Living closed after water pipe break

A broken chiller pipe that flooded the Center for Healthy Living floor may keep the facility closed through Monday and possibly longer.

Jul 25, 2008

Spotlight on new faculty — meet Chandran Achutan, Ph.D.

Chandran Achutan, Ph.D., assistant professor in the department of environmental, agricultural, and occupational health, is one of the many new faculty members on campus.

Jul 24, 2008

Lookin’ at U – NeEtta Gillespie

Quick, think of five things others should know about you. That’s the theme behind a series in UNMC Today called “Lookin’ at U.” Each Thursday, we will randomly select a medical center employee to feature. This week, we feature NeEtta Gillespie, a new media and Web coordinator in UNMC public affairs.

Jul 24, 2008

AMA journal publishes Dr. Smith’s study on pandemic plans

If influenza pandemic hits the United States, acute care hospitals are likely to be overwhelmed and nursing homes may be expected to assist with the patient overflow.

Jul 23, 2008

Discussing bedside manner

Jay Moore, M.D., right, senior associate dean for academic affairs in the College of Medicine, tells Jeremy Nordquist how the new clinical skill laboratory in the Sorrell Center will help students develop patient interaction skills.

Jul 23, 2008

BRIN scholars on campus — meet Roxanna Fees

Twenty-two students from eight different undergraduate and community college programs have joined the Institutional Development Award Program (IDeA) Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE)/ Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network (BRIN) program. … Today, we meet Roxanna Fees, one of the new BRIN scholars on campus.

Jul 22, 2008

Aug. 9 golf tournament to benefit children with cancer

The public is invited to participate in a golf tournament Aug. 9 that will benefit children with cancer. The tournament is sponsored by Camp Quality Heartland and will be held at Tara Hills Golf Course, 1410 Western Hills Drive in Papillion.

Jul 21, 2008

Explaining the research

Hamid Band, M.D., Ph.D., a professor in the UNMC Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and associate director for education and training at the UNMC Eppley Cancer Center, explains his breast cancer research to legislative candidate Dan Marvin on Thursday, as M.D., Ph.D., student Adrian Epstein looks on.

Jul 21, 2008

Latest Silver ‘U’ recipients announced

To find out this month’s recipients of the Chancellor’s Silver ‘U’ Award click on Reward and Recognition (the left hand side of UNMC Today) and scroll to the Silver ‘U’ section.

Jul 18, 2008

Monday deadline for panel talk on cancer research in Nebraska

UNMC’s Hamid Band, M.D., Ph.D., Sam Sanderson, Ph.D., and Lora Frecks will be among those to participate in a panel discussion on cancer research that will run in conjunction with the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life in Lincoln.

Jul 18, 2008