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Dr. Abdalla receives Research Scholar Grant from the American Cancer Society

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is asymptomatic and metastasizes early, leading to a meager 5-year survival rate of ~7%. Chemotherapy has had limited success in extending the life span of patients with advanced PDAC. Dr. Abdalla and his group are extending their expertise in reactive oxygen species by hypothesizing that inhibition of heme oxygenase in combination with […]

Nov 1, 2024

Dr. Maher Abdalla front and center with his lab team

Dr. Fisher receives R37 Merit Award from the National Cancer Institute

Patients with metastatic chemotherapy have a 5 year survival rate of 14% with is exacerbated by K-Ras mutations.  Previous work by Dr. Fisher and his team have shown that K-Ras muations increase the transcriptional co-activator PGC-1-b. Thus the goal of this application is to develop novel therapies for metastatic disease that inhibit PGC-1-b. No current, […]

Nov 1, 2024

Kurt W. Fisher, MD, PhD

Apples and Oranges

Zachary Van Roy, an MD/PhD trainee in the laboratory of Dr. Tammy Kielian, has indeed had a very productive month as he has published two first author manuscripts in Nature Communication and Cell Reports Medicine.  The manuscript published in Nature Communication established that S. aureus biofilm infections elicit distinct immune and metabolic responses depending on […]

Nov 1, 2024

Apples and Oranges figure by Zachary Van Roy, MD/PhD trainee

WOWT Omaha on Oct. 30

Study shows increase in breast cancer for women under 50, Nebraska Medicine doctor offers tips

Nov 1, 2024

Juan Santamaria, MD

UNMC research continues to reach new levels

Research expenditures and federal awards grew for the year, and UNMC is expanding its science in areas of focus, which will drive discovery.

Nov 1, 2024

Ken Bayles, PhD, UNMC vice chancellor for research

Distinguished scientist: Rey Carabeo, PhD

Dr. Carabeo is a professor in the UNMC Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology.

Nov 1, 2024

Rey Carabeo, PhD

UNMC online programs provide career development

Three graduates talk about how one program, UNMC’s Master of Health Professions Teaching and Technology, impacted their growth.

Nov 1, 2024

Vanessa Crookshank, associate professor of dental hygiene, Colorado Mountain College, was working part-time at Central Community College in Hastings, Nebraska, before additional education helped her achieve a full-time faculty position. She is an alumnus of UNMC's Master of Health Professions Teaching and Technology program, which she said helped her to "dream big."

Dental hygiene students complete cutting-edge OR simulation

The interprofessional experience allowed students to learn what it’s like to treat special needs patients with complex dental conditions.

Nov 1, 2024

Students learn OR dental protocol – throat packs and periodontal debridements – from Corinne Van Osdel, DDS, an assistant professor, and Andrea Auer, a dental assistant supervisor, both at the UNMC College of Dentistry.

Feeling the election stress? Try these wellness tips

UNMC’s Wellness Team offers ways to maintain some equilibrium and find ways to take care of yourself.

Nov 1, 2024

The UNMC Wellness Team – Steve Wengel, MD, Sarah Fischer, PhD, and Priya Gearin, MD

McGoogan Library to host conversation with Dr. Kang

The Nov. 7 discussion by Lydia Kang, MD, is offered in conjunction with the McGoogan Library’s exhibition ‘Pick Your Poison.’

Nov 1, 2024

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