Ryan Shaw

Accreditation process continues in College of Medicine

Q: I saw in the Educational Support Office newsletter blog that the designated “faculty lead” for our LCME accreditation visit is leaving UNMC. How will this affect our self-study and our site visit?

Jan 7, 2013

New market in China = more jobs in Nebraska

A new market of 1.3 billion people opened this year to two nutritional supplements developed at UNMC.

Dec 18, 2012

Michael Dixon, Ph.D., UNeMed president, and Qian Zhang, Ph.D., open doors into China for UNMC technology.

DNA from Down Under

It’s 1 o’clock in the afternoon on the first Thursday in October and there’s a delivery for research technologist James Askew in the Durham Research Center II.

Dec 18, 2012

Shelley Smith, Ph.D., demonstrates how she loads DNA samples into the Bead Express. Her team soon will begin genotyping the samples to test for “candidate genes” of language problems.

A native son’s journey to save young lives

When a child wakes with a raging fever, there’s a certain panic that charges through a parent’s heart.

Dec 18, 2012

As part of a community survey for sickle cell disease, Stephen Obaro, M.D., Ph.D., takes blood samples from children living in Gwantu, Nigeria, during a visit last year. Sickle cell disease is a common, inherited blood disorder that increases susceptibility to certain types of serious bacterial infections.

Unique program trains students in cancer research

UNMC’s public health students will learn how to conduct cancer research in underserved populations around the country and the world in a unique program starting next year.

Dec 18, 2012

Amr Soliman, M.D., Ph.D.

Nanomedicine may help prolong life of artificial joints

Researchers look for ways to combat
inflammation, the bane of synthetic joints.

Dec 18, 2012

Dong Wang, Ph.D.

The way of viral infections

Mice, multiple sclerosis and mutual
interest spur this collaboration.

Dec 18, 2012

The UNMC/UNL viral immunology collaborative team at work in Dr. Petro’s lab at the UNMC College of Dentistry. From left, Ph.D. student Tyler Moore; Tom Petro, Ph.D.; Deb Brown, Ph.D.; and research technician Elizabeth Cody.

Pregnancy hormone may save lives, limbs

Naturally occurring hormone may yield
therapies for liver, kidney and diabetes-related vascular problems.

Dec 18, 2012

Robert Bennett, Ph.D.

A bright smile drives genetic research

A 9-year-old with Juvenile Batten disease
motivates her aunt, a UNMC scientist.

Dec 18, 2012

Tammy Kielian, Ph.D., hopes that her research will help children like her niece, Olivia, who has Juvenile Batten disease.

Don’t interrupt the nurse

Study reveals ways to reduce medication errors in rural hospitals.

Dec 18, 2012

A Pyxis medication system, similar to the one shown here, was installed recently at Brown County Hospital in Ainsworth, Neb., to help streamline the medication dispensing process. Dorotha Rohlfsen, a registered nurse at The Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, is shown in the photo.