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