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Barney to speak at campus MLK Day event

Speaker is founder and president of the Empowerment Network.

Dec 28, 2016

Willie Barney, founder and president of the Empowerment Network

UNMC part of consortium looking for new treatments for cardiovascular diseases

7 universities involved including UCLA, Caltech, Harvard, Oxford

Dec 28, 2016

Irving H. Zucker, Ph.D.

NU collaboration RFAs close Jan. 17

Grants are intended to increase multi-campus collaboration.

Dec 27, 2016

Grant will fund study of meth neurotoxicity

Sowmya Yelamanchili, Ph.D., was awarded a $1.7 million R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health for study.

Dec 27, 2016

Sowmya Yelamanchili, Ph.D.

Friends fuel Nancy Armitage professorship

Former patients, longtime friends and UNMC colleagues come together to create new professorship at UNMC.

Dec 27, 2016

LiveGreen: More holiday cleanup

New options to reduce waste and recycle during the holiday season.

Dec 27, 2016

Photo courtesy of freeimages.com/todorovasanya

IDeA-CTR Funding Programs Announced

The GP-IDeA CTR has announced two funding opportunities. The IDeA-CTR Scholars Program and the IDeA-CTR Pilot Grant Program. Download the RFAs to read the details for each program and their deadlines.

Dec 27, 2016

Appreciation for Role in Accreditation

This fall UNMC received full accreditation status from the Association for Accreditation of Human Research Protection Program, Inc. ( AAHRPP). Drs. Gay Canaris, Matt Lunning, James Schwarz and Sue Swindells are members of the IRB and were recognized by Drs. Bruce Gordon, Executive Chair, UNMC IRB and Ernie Prentice, Institutional Official, for their ongoing great work in that role.

Dec 27, 2016

UNMC Department of Internal Medicine Scientist Development Award

The second UNMC Department of Internal Medicine Scientist Development Award was recently given to Bryant England, MD, rheumatology fellow, for his proposal titled “Enhancing the Identification of Rheumatoid Arthritis Associated Lung Disease.”

Dec 23, 2016

Bryant England, MD, at an earlier Internal Medicine Research Awards

More VA News

VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System welcomed Dr. David Williams as the new Chief of Staff in September. He takes over for Dr. Marvin Bittner who served as NWIHCS’ acting Chief of Staff for the previous six months.

Dec 23, 2016