Karen Burbach
UNO hockey partners with Eppley Cancer Center
The puck will drop soon on a partnership between the UNMC Eppley Cancer Center and the University of Nebraska at Omaha hockey team, giving employees the opportunity to view great hockey while contributing to a new cancer research fund.
Sep 25, 2003
Faculty Women’s Club serves the campus
The Faculty Women’s Club Wednesday honored UNMC’s Barbara Harrison and Patti George for helping the group meet its goals. It also recognized seven student scholarship recipients.
Sep 25, 2003
Final College of Medicine dean candidate forum Sept. 25
Faculty, staff and students are invited Thursday to meet the final candidate for UNMC College of Medicine dean — David H. Chestnut, M.D., Alfred Habeeb professor and chair of anesthesiology and professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Sep 24, 2003
A HIPAA message — Workstation protections
HIPAA, the “Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996,” provides federal protection of patient health information. As part of our continuing efforts to educate employees, these HIPAA-related messages will be distributed the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month. Today’s HIPAA message clarifies whether it’s OK to bring in software from home or download it from the Internet.
Sep 23, 2003
Influenza season – vaccination update
Read the influenza vaccination plan for UNMC, UMA and The Nebraska Medical Center staff and patients.
Sep 23, 2003
College of Medicine dean candidate forum Sept. 23
Faculty, staff and students are invited to attend the third of four forums scheduled for UNMC’s College of Medicine dean candidates. The “Ask the Candidate” forum for Bradford S. Schwartz, M.D., regional dean and professor of medicine and biochemistry, The University of Illinois College of Medicine at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Ill., will be Tuesday, Sept. 23.
Sep 22, 2003
UNMC awarded federal grant to develop bioterrorism curriculum
UNMC learned Friday that it has received a two-year, $650,000 federal grant to develop a bioterrorism-related curriculum, which will benefit all UNMC students and may be used by students nationally.
Sep 22, 2003
Symposium on perchlorate scheduled for Sept. 29-Oct. 1
A symposium on perchlorate, an environmental contaminant, will take place Monday, Sept. 29, through Wednesday, Oct. 1, at the Embassy Suites Hotel in downtown Omaha.
Sep 19, 2003
UNMC meeting aims to eliminate health disparities
Studies from the Institute of Medicine and the Nebraska Public Health Association show there are major differences in health outcomes depending on such factors as socio-economic status, race and ethnicity, geography (urban/rural), educational level and age. On Oct. 23, UNMC will present “Eliminating Health Disparities in Omaha: A Collaborative Approach.”
Sep 18, 2003
AMA president-elect on campus Sept. 24
The president-elect of the American Medical Association will speak at UNMC on Wednesday, Sept. 24. John Nelson, M.D., an obstetrician-gynecologist from Salt Lake City, Utah, will speak at noon in the Wittson Hall Amphitheater, with overflow room available in Eppley Room 2009.
Sep 18, 2003