UNMC Today
Wyoming to contract with UNMC’s Health Professions Tracking Center
The Health Professions Tracking Center at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, a unique service for tracking health professionals, received approval today from the University of Nebraska Board of Regents to start providing its services to the Wyoming Health Care Commission. The one-year contract is renewable on an annual basis. “This is a landmark […]
Sep 16, 2005
UNMC invests part of recently dispersed tobacco settlement in high tech research equipment that will benefit state
The University of Nebraska Medical Center continues to benefit from the provisions of the 2001 Tobacco Settlement Biomedical Research Initiative (LB692). Over the next two years, the state’s four biomedical research institutions, including Creighton University Medical Center, will receive $12 million, of which UNMC will receive about half. As part of the most recent […]
Sep 15, 2005
Minority youth seminar set for Sept. 14
More than 70 minority middle school and high school students are expected to attend the sixth annual Stepping Forward/Reaching Back youth mentoring seminar on Wednesday, Sept. 14, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at UNMC. This year’s keynote speaker is Pfizer, Inc. District Manager James Anthony “Tony” Gates.
Sep 13, 2005
Nebraska students earn place on UNMC College of Nursing dean’s list
Students from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing were named to the deans list following the spring semester 2005. To qualify for the deans list, students must have a grade point average of 3.5 or above. The UNMC College of Nursing, based in Omaha, with divisions in Lincoln, Kearney and Scottsbluff, […]
Sep 13, 2005
Dental Museum open house set for Sept. 26 through Oct. 1 at UNMC’s College of Dentistry in Lincoln
The University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry’s museum of dental artifacts will be open to the public for free tours beginning Sept. 26 and lasting six days. The collection will be displayed in Room 31 on the lower level of the UNMC College of Dentistry at 40th and Holdrege streets in Lincoln. […]
Sep 13, 2005
Omaha, area women invited to Oct. 14 ‘Navigating the Hormone Highway’ conference, addresses the effect of hormones on women’s health
The eighth annual Omaha Women’s Health and Wellness Conference will be held Friday, Oct. 14, from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., at the DC Centre in Omaha, 11830 Stonegate Circle, located three blocks south of 120th & Maple Streets. The conference, titled “Navigating the Hormone Highway” will feature talks about the effect of hormones during […]
Sep 12, 2005
UNMC, 16 communities across Nebraska invite public to 10th Anniversary Mini-Medical School; offers free health education series on genetics, cardiology and the brain
The University of Nebraska Medical Center and co-sponsors in 16 communities across Nebraska invite the public to participate in a free health educational series titled, “A Decade Makes a Difference.” The series will run three Thursdays, Oct. 6, 13 and 20, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. (central time). This fall’s Mini-Medical School will celebrate […]
Sep 8, 2005
UNMC physicians to provide free lung disease screenings, protective masks to farmers at Husker Harvest Days Sept. 13-15
Audio clips Susanna Von Essen, M.D., talks about The free lung screenings offered and their value A rare disorder called Farmer’s Lung Some of the problems found through the screenings What physicians will provide during Husker Harvest days. Amid the latest farm machinery, technology, information and education at Husker Harvest Days in Grand Island Sept. 13-15, […]
Sep 8, 2005
Record number of students attending the University of Nebraska Medical Center
A record number of students is attending the University of Nebraska Medical Center this fall, as UNMC’s enrollment topped 3,000 students for the first time. This fall, 3,002 students are enrolled at UNMC, an increase of 98 students (3.4 percent) from fall 2004. Rubens Pamies, M.D., vice chancellor for academic affairs at UNMC, […]
Sep 8, 2005
Transplant patients find safe haven at med center
Denise Breaux and her 3-year-old daughter Bailey were on the sixth floor of Tulane Hospital when Hurricane Katrina crashed ashore. The young girl, who received a liver, small bowel and pancreas transplant from UNMC in 2002, had been admitted to the hospital just two days before the devastating storm for tests. Initially, the hospital had […]
Sep 7, 2005