Karen Burbach
HR: Employee Satisfaction Survey back on track after technical difficulties
Online distribution of the 2006 Employee Satisfaction Survey should be completed by Monday, despite technical difficulties that led some UNMC employees to receiving multiple copies. Employees may only respond to the survey one time.
Sep 15, 2006
Influenza vaccination information
The Nebraska Medical Center is making preparations for the upcoming influenza season. As always, vaccination for all persons, unless vaccination is contraindicated (children less than 6 months of age, persons with allergies to eggs) is encouraged. Dates for on-campus staff vaccination clinics are outlined in the story.
Sep 14, 2006
Hospital’s cardiac care earns Mark of Distinction
The Nebraska Medical Center has become one of the first medical centers in the state to be recognized by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska as a “Blue Distinction Center for Cardiac Care.”
Sep 12, 2006
Biomedical research students recruited to UNMC
Students in the 2006-2007 Biomedical Research Training Program (BRTP) recently took part in a three-day orientation process to help them select their area of interest for Ph.D. research.
Sep 12, 2006
Regents approve UNMC facilities plan concepts
The University of Nebraska Board of Regents unanimously approved UNMC’s vision of the future. On Friday, the board agreed with the goals and planning concepts of UNMC’s 2006-2015 Facilities Development Plan.
Sep 12, 2006
UNMC lands $2.6 million grant for vascular research
Identifying new risk factors for vascular disease may help kidney transplant recipients lead longer, healthier lives. A $2.6 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant is enabling UNMC researchers to examine how non-traditional risk factors could play a role in vascular disease in kidney transplant recipients.
Sep 11, 2006
New Nebraska Center opened in Tokyo, Japan
Gov. Dave Heineman Friday announced the official opening of the new 565 square foot Nebraska Center in Tokyo, Japan. UNMC and The Nebraska Medical Center are supporting the effort, which will promote the state’s products and services.
Sep 11, 2006
UNMC to present 2006-2015 Facilities Development Plan
The UNMC of tomorrow will be a world-class academic health science center built from a visionary plan that includes a new comprehensive cancer center, additional research towers, more clinical facilities for patient care and new education facilities. It also will be strategically configured with the campus core – a crossroads for clinical care, education and patient services – flanked by UNMC research laboratories on the west and academic classrooms on the east.
Sep 8, 2006
Spotlight on New Faculty – meet Kristen Cook, Pharm.D.
Kristen Cook, Pharm.D., has joined the faculty of the UNMC College of Pharmacy.
Sep 6, 2006
Spotlight on New Faculty – meet Amy Thompson, Pharm.D.
Amy Thompson, Pharm.D., has joined the faculty of the UNMC College of Pharmacy.
Sep 5, 2006