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Miriam McCann is August Gold U winner

Researchers rely on McCann, safety/compliance program manager in comparative medicine.

Aug 24, 2015

Mimi McCann

Insights: Welcome, UNMC students

As fall semester opens, UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D., greets next generation of health care professionals.

Aug 24, 2015

Collaboration eyes improved cancer drug delivery

Tatiana Bronich, Ph.D., will work with University of North Carolina researchers on nanomaterials study.

Aug 24, 2015

Tatiana Bronich, Ph.D.

New faculty spotlight: Christie Barnes, M.D.

Dr. Barnes joins UNMC Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery.

Aug 24, 2015

Curriculum redesign update

The UNMC College of Medicine has been invited to participate in the ChangeMedEd 2015 national conference in which leaders from medical education, health systems and related fields will collaborate and share ideas with the intent of transforming the way future physicians are trained.  The conference will be held Oct. 1-3 in Chicago. Sponsored by the […]

Aug 24, 2015

UNMC to once again hold MOOC on health literacy, communication

For the second straight year, UNMC is holding a massive open online course (MOOC) on health literacy and communication for health professionals. The free, eight-week course is being offered on Coursera and provides health professionals the tools they need to improve their health literacy and communication skills. The course begins Sept. 13 and runs through […]

Aug 24, 2015

Coming events

August 30 – 14th Annual Huntington's Disease Research Walk and Run, Lake Zorinsky Park, 156th & F streets.  Contact Mike DeBolt for more information about the walk/run at 402-980-0554. Sept. 3 – SciFest at the Nebraska State Fair in Grand Island. Sept. 14 – Launch of the “It’s on US” campaign on how to stop […]

Aug 24, 2015

UNMC spinoff company to test H1N1 vaccine

If trial results are positive, Prommune, Inc. could offer vaccine to pig farmers by end of year.

Aug 21, 2015

Sam Sanderson, Ph.D.

UNMC for the record

Huntington’s Disease Patient and Caregiver Symposium set for Aug. 28, and other news and notes from the UNMC community.

Aug 21, 2015

On Aug. 11, a group from Project Purple and the Lincoln Marathon came to the Omaha campus for a check presentation for $52,000 to Tony Hollingsworth, Ph.D. (far right). Project Purple was the sole benefactor of funds from the Lincoln Marathon. Project Purple funds pancreatic cancer research, and with funds raised at the Lincoln Marathon, the organization will be funding a fellow in Dr. Hollingsworth’s lab. From left to right,  Kamiya Mehla, Ph.D., Nancy Sutton Moss, Glen Moss, Elli Zadina, Dino Verelli and Dr. Hollingsworth.

UNMC now on Instagram

Search for the account within the Instagram app with the handle @IAMUNMC.

Aug 21, 2015