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Registration open for Feb. 28 well-being event

Faculty, staff and students are urged to register online for UNMC’s second annual “Elevating the Conversation: Rekindling Your Spark” colloquium.

Jan 28, 2017

COM faculty receive research, education awards

More than 20 College of Medicine faculty members were honored recently with major campus awards for their research and educational efforts, including Scientist Laureate
Tammy Kielian, Ph.D., pathology and microbiology.

Jan 28, 2017

Tomorrow’s physician leaders

The redesign of the College of Medicine curriculum is moving full speed ahead with implementation slated for the beginning of the 2017-2018 school year. A three-phase approach was used for the curriculum redesign. 

Jan 28, 2017

Record turnout for UNMC Skate-a-thon for Parkinson’s

640 skaters participate in 24-hour event

Jan 28, 2017

The six skaters who skated all 24 hours at this year's UNMC Skate-a-thon for Parkinson's "chill out" on the UNMC Ice Rink after completing their marathon skating effort.

COM employee Spotlight

Jodi Parrack, an administrator in the rheumatology division of internal medicine, says mentors have invested in her at UNMC and she hopes to pay that forward to her staff.

Jan 28, 2017

News briefs

Samuel Cohen, M.D., Ph.D., Havlik-Wall Professor of Oncology in the UNMC Department of Pathology and Microbiology, received the Ambassador Award from the Mid-Atlantic Society of Toxicology, and also was honored with the Distinguished Scientist Award from the American College of Toxicology.

Jan 28, 2017

Research highlights

UNMC College of Medicine faculty received 14 grant awards representing more than $5.3 million in new funding during the month of November, including $3.9 million to Matthew Rizzo, M.D., neurological sciences. The Institutional Development Award is UNMC’s largest grant.

Jan 28, 2017

The Alliance in Focus: Rizwan Siddiqui

Millard North student hopes to make an impact in health care.

Jan 27, 2017

Rizwan Siddiqui

Compound may offer new deterrent to mosquitoes

Corey Hopkins, Ph.D., is collaborating on a project that may decrease spread of mosquito-borne diseases.

Jan 27, 2017

Speaker will discuss culture’s impact on health care

Alexander Rödlach, Ph.D., will speak today on “Culture, Clinical Care, and Intercultural Competence.”

Jan 27, 2017