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Health of farmers and ranchers priority for cs-cash

Robert "Brent" Crandall, D.O., treats minor to catastrophic injuries due to farm machinery and livestock. "It breaks my heart when kids come in," said Dr. Crandall, medical director of the emergency department at the Kearney Regional Medical Center. Many of the farm-related injuries he sees are from all-terrain vehicle (ATV) accidents – an average of […]

Mar 31, 2017

UNMC Retiree Association is launched

New association will present its first program on April 27.

Mar 31, 2017

Nancy Woelfl, Ph.D.

Clinical trials now available to children’s statewide

When it comes to medical treatment, children are not small adults. But many times, pediatricians make decisions based on results from clinical research in adults, said Jessica Snowden, M.D., associate professor of pediatric infectious diseases at UNMC and Children’s Hospital & Medical Center. "Children are very different from adults," Dr. Snowden said. "They have different […]

Mar 31, 2017

Activities set for It’s on US Week

Events to mark National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month will run from April 3-7.

Mar 30, 2017

Lookin’ at U: Harlan Sayles

Ebola crisis allowed Sayles to see courage at work at UNMC.

Mar 30, 2017

Harlan Sayles and his 8-year-old daughter, Maizie.

Childhood obesity treatment focus of $1.9 million grant

UNMC to collaborate with the University of Virginia School of Medicine on grant from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute.

Mar 30, 2017

Paul Estabrooks, Ph.D., the Harold M. Maurer Distinguished Chair in Public Health at UNMC

Annual Culture Fest set for April 6

‘Culture of Healing’ is theme for event, which will be held at a new time, from 2-3:30 p.m.

Mar 30, 2017

Performers at a previous Culture Fest.

Stanford group tours UNMC, explores collaboration

Stanford University leaders tour campus, meet with UNMC leadership.

Mar 29, 2017

Visitors from Stanford included, from left, Megan Mahoney, M.D., Lloyd Minor, M.D., Thomas Montine, M.D., Ph.D., Sumbul Dusai, M.D., and David Relman, M.D.

Symposium set for Administrative Professionals Day

Jo Miller, expert on women’s leadership, to be keynote speaker at event for UNMC’s administrative professionals.

Mar 29, 2017

UNMC/Nebraska Medicine receive Summit Award

Award was created to recognize a company, organization, or entity that has made an extraordinary impact on Greater Omaha’s real estate development.

Mar 29, 2017

From left, Jerry Slusky, founder of the CRE Summit, UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D., and David Brown, president and CEO of the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce