Chuck Brown

UNMC for the record

A list of recent achievements, activities and happenings involving UNMC staff, faculty and students.

Mar 26, 2010

Research Notes – Use of behavioral intervention to reduce infant mortality rates

As part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)- DC Initiative to Reduce Infant Mortality in Minority Populations, researchers including examined several risk factors that are often interconnected yet contribute to the health disparities in infant mortality rates.

Mar 26, 2010

Medical center to host nationally recognized nurse scientist

The UNMC College of Nursing and The Nebraska Medical Center will host Joan Lappe, Ph.D., a nutrition and physical activity researcher, as the 21st Visiting Nurse Scholar.

Mar 26, 2010

Wilson lecturer to discuss the benefits of poetry, literature for med students

It’s been noted that medical students generally experience diminished interest in the humanistic aspects of medicine during their education. This fact may diminish a student’s capabilities as a physician, said David Watts, M.D., the presenter of today’s Wilson lecture.

Mar 25, 2010

UNMC among top 40 best workplaces for postdocs

Postdoctoral fellows love UNMC so much that they ranked the medical center in the top 40 “Best Places to Work for Postdocs” in the United States.

Mar 24, 2010

UNMC takes part in annual north Omaha health fair

As it has in previous years, UNMC will participate in the annual Black Family Health and Wellness Association’s health fair.

Mar 24, 2010

Remembering … Albert Haskell, Ph.D.

Albert “Al” Haskell, Ph.D., dean of the UNMC College of Pharmacy from 1972 to 1983, died March 16 in Hendersonville, Tenn. He was 84.

Mar 23, 2010

UNMC experts respond to health care bill

Members of a joint health care reform committee composed of personnel from UNMC, UNMC Physicians and The Nebraska Medical Center comment below on the health care bill passed Sunday night by the U.S. House of Representatives.

Mar 23, 2010

UNMC researchers find infrared temperature sensor useful in pandemic

Angela Hewlett, M.D., and her colleagues at UNMC found an infrared thermal detection system (ITDS) to be a fast and effective fever screening tool in clinical settings during the H1N1 influenza pandemic.

Mar 22, 2010

Remembering … Dr. Jud Gurney

Funeral services for Jud Gurney, M.D., longtime professor of radiology at UNMC, will be held at 11 a.m., on Tuesday, at St. Leo the Great Catholic Church in Omaha.

Mar 22, 2010