Ryan Shaw
Preventing global blindness in Omaha
Patients at the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska’s health and wellness center in South Omaha received free eye exams for a week in June.
Sep 17, 2014
UNMC, Orbis partner on unique fellowship to prevent global blindness
By July of 2015, one lucky ophthalmologist will embark on a unique two-year fellowship that will take him or her around the world.
Sep 17, 2014
Cancer research conducted in homeland
Salomon Compaore, M.D., spent the summer in his homeland, Burkina Faso, a landlocked country in West Africa, conducting research on cervical cancer.
Sep 17, 2014
Key CDC leader selected as public health dean
Ali Khan, M.D., M.P.H., looks forward to nurturing the next generation of public health innovators and leaders.
Sep 17, 2014
Dr. Thayer is triple threat to pancreatic cancer
Sarah Thayer, M.D., Ph.D., the new chief of surgical oncology at UNMC, excels in all three areas of academic medicine: education, research and clinical practice.
Sep 17, 2014
Alumni gift establishes first nephrology endowed chair
Troy Plumb, M.D., director of the UNMC Division of Nephrology, was named as the Dr. Dennis Ross Chair of Nephrology.
Sep 17, 2014
Native Iowan named new dean of College of Dentistry
Janet Guthmiller, D.D.S., Ph.D., an accomplished researcher, author and teacher with special interests in genetic studies of periodontal bacteria, will begin in her new position Sept. 1.
Sep 17, 2014
A message from the dean
It’s August, and for many that means one thing – time to go back to school. It’s no different at UNMC and the College of Medicine, as we welcome 131 new students to the medical school class of 2018 this month. Their entry into the profession of medicine began symbolically Aug. 22 with the annual white coat ceremony at Joslyn Art Museum.
Aug 21, 2014
UNMC students honored with NU fellowships
Two UNMC students were among seven recipients of 2014-15 Presidential Graduate Fellowships announced Tuesday by University of Nebraska Interim President James Linder, M.D.
Aug 21, 2014
Coming Events
Sept. 5 – Investiture for Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D., 10:30 a.m. ceremony at Joslyn Art Museum, Witherspoon Hall; 2:30 p.m. campus reception, Scott Student Plaza. Sept. 6 – SAHP Professionalism ceremony. Sept. 10 – New Faculty Orientation. Sept. 10-12 – UNMC hosts “Advancing Rural Primary Care,” a national conference on the effective use of […]
Aug 21, 2014