Karen Burbach
A weekly IRB message – change is in the wind
Beginning today, the UNMC Institutional Review Board (IRB) kicks off a series of informational articles detailing improvements to its human research protection program. Articles will run in UNMC Today each Wednesday. Today’s article provides an overview of the program and the IRB’s plans to seek national accreditation.
May 5, 2004
Surgery for acid reflux to be live on Web
A West Point, Neb., woman hopes to put an end to her struggle with acid reflux disease with a surgery that will be broadcast live on the Internet Thursday from The Nebraska Medical Center.
May 5, 2004
Smokers need to take habit to designated areas
When smokers on campus light up where they shouldn’t, it can affect more than just the people who happen to walk by them. “We’re experiencing problems with smoke being drawn into buildings, and we’ve received numerous complaints from staff, patients and visitors,” said John Hauser, the safety officer for UNMC and its hospital partner, The Nebraska Medical Center. “Smokers need to smoke in the designated shelters only.”
May 5, 2004
Dr. Kahn to receive UNO Alumni Association honor
The University of Nebraska at Omaha Alumni Association will bestow its Citation for Alumnus Achievement upon Guinter Kahn, M.D., during the University’s commencement ceremony Friday, May 7, at the Omaha Civic Auditorium. Dr. Kahn is a UNMC College of Medicine graduate.
May 4, 2004
New chiller installed in central utility plant
It isn’t easy installing a 40-ton water chiller. But, employees at Davis Erection Co. made it look easy Tuesday as they moved a new water chiller into UNMC’s Central Utilities Plant via an opening in the roof. The new chiller, capable of 2,500 tons of cooling, replaces an old 1,500-ton steam-fired chiller.
May 3, 2004
Haven receives Chancellor’s Gold U Award
During her 34 years in the lab, Mary Haven tested household detergents, fecal fats, trace metals and more than 200 different analytes in blood and body fluids. Today, the chemist-turned-teacher-turned administrator is poised to guide UNMC’s School of Allied Health Professions (SAHP) into a national leader in distance learning. For her efforts, she has been awarded the Chancellor’s Gold ‘U’ Award.
Apr 29, 2004
April 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.
Apr 29, 2004
A HIPAA message — spring cleaning
HIPAA, the “Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996,” provides federal protection of patient health information. This HIPAA-related message is part of UNMC’s continued effort to educate employees. Today’s HIPAA message addresses safeguards in cleaning out files.
Apr 29, 2004
Aging expert to give Harman lecture on Friday
One of the world’s most-acclaimed scientists will be at UNMC on Friday, April 30, to deliver the Third Annual Denham Harman, M.D., Ph.D., Lectureship in Biomedical Gerontology. Bruce Ames, Ph.D., professor of molecular and cell biology at the University of California, Berkeley, and senior research scientist at the Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute, will present “A Role for Supplements in Optimizing Health and Delaying Aging: The Metabolic Tune-up.”
Apr 29, 2004
Bicycling Club forms at UNMC; inaugural expo May 6
The newly formed UNMC Bicycling Club is hosting its Inaugural Cycling Expo from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 6, at the Durham Outpatient Center West Atrium. The expo is an opportunity for employees to learn all kinds of information regarding bicycling from professionals on the subjects.
Apr 28, 2004