Karen Burbach
World renowned cardiovascular investigator to give March 15 seminar
It has long been assumed that when the heart is damaged after a heart attack, the heart muscle cells do not regenerate and the damage is permanent. Piero Anversa, M.D., professor of medicine and director of the Cardiovascular Research Institute at New York Medical College, reported the first evidence that, contrary to prior belief, heart muscle cells can multiply after a myocardial infarction and the development of heart failure and that adult stem cells isolated from mouse bone marrow could become functioning heart muscle cells when injected into a damaged mouse heart. He will speak on campus March 15.
Mar 13, 2002
Statewide AHEC advisory board meets for first time, discusses priorities
A newly formed statewide advisory board will be asked to provide consultation, ideas and leadership to meet the health education needs of Nebraska. The Nebraska Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Advisory Board gathered for its organizational meeting March 4 in Grand Island.
Mar 13, 2002
Program enhances management, leadership skills
Sam Augustine, Pharm.D., was one of 15 UNMC faculty members who graduated recently from the Administrative Colloquium, a course intended to improve administrative and leadership skills.
Mar 12, 2002
Dr. Porter to receive Gilmore Award at Wednesday’s symposium
If it weren’t for the research seed money that Tom Porter, M.D., received from UNMC in the mid-1990s, he’s not sure where the promising research on microbubbles might be. For certain, the research wouldn’t be as advanced as to begin an NIH-funded, Phase I clinical trial looking at the promise of microbubbles in drug delivery, as will occur at UNMC in the next year.
For his research work, Dr. Porter has been awarded the 2002 College of Medicine Joseph P. Gilmore Outstanding Investigator Award.
Mar 12, 2002
Remnants of orphanage found in Computing Services Building
For nearly 60 years, the pages lay forgotten behind a floorboard in the Computing Services Building.
Then, in early February, while remodeling the building’s entryway, workers stumbled across “The Unfolding Story of the Child Saving Institute,” which was housed there from 1911 to 1975.
Mar 6, 2002
Three offices move to Computer Training Center
On Feb. 18, the UNeMed Corporation, Intellectual Property Office and the Clinical Trials Office moved from the Annex 9 building to the third floor of the Computer Training Center (CTC), Room 3007.
Mar 6, 2002
Nicotine replacement therapy may be a step toward smoking cessation
A UNMC researcher says the prescription nicotine inhaler could be used to reduce smoking as a step toward smoking cessation.
Results of the study, which was led by Stephen Rennard, M.D., were presented recently at the Eighth Annual Meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT).
Mar 4, 2002
Gov. Johanns outlines plans to reduce budget, cut NU another 3 percent
The University of Nebraska would face another 3 percent cut in its budget if Gov. Mike Johanns’ proposed budget is approved by the Legislature. Johanns announced his budget reduction plans at a news conference Thursday afternoon.
UNMC Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., said the proposed cut would stymie the momentum that UNMC has gained over the past couple of years.
Mar 1, 2002
Dr. Kitto bridged traditional, Native American medical approaches
UNMC alumnus Cecelia M. Kitto, M.D., of Niobrara died Sunday, Feb. 24, at Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton, S.D. She was 60. Dr. Kitto graduated from the UNMC College of Medicine in 1979. A Native American, she served in various capacities for the Ponca and Omaha tribal populations.
Feb 28, 2002
Correction: UNMC receives $26.6 million in grants
Research investigators at UNMC received $26.6 million in grants during the last six months of 2001 — a 29 percent increase over the same period in 2000. Monday’s story reported that UNMC had received $27.6 million in grants for a 33 percent increase. (The story archived Feb. 25 in UNMC Today has been corrected).
Feb 27, 2002