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Spotlight on: Kim Martin

Kim Martin is GME senior program coordinator, residency, for UNMC’s Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology. But Jesse Cox, MD, PhD, A(ACHI), an associate professor and director of the residency program for anatomic and clinical pathology, said coordinator doesn’t nearly begin to describe her impact. “I have worked with Kim Martin for over 10 years, […]

Dec 10, 2025

Kim Martin, GME senior program coordinator, residency, for UNMC's Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

Department announces grants, publications

Department faculty have been awarded five grants. In addition, our researchers’ work has generated nearly three dozen manuscript publications. New grants: PI: Peter C. IwenFunder: University of Nebraska-LincolnTitle: The Transmission and Evolution of AMR in the EnvironmentAmount: $19,687 (direct) PI: Scott A. KoepsellFunder: Instrumentation LaboratoryTitle: Diagnostic Clinical Comparison of HemosIL CL aPL IgC on the […]

Dec 10, 2025

Woman working in lab

Department hosts its first national anatomic pathology conference

Dr. Joseph Khoury, chairman of UNMC’s Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, said at the start of a recent continuing medical education conference that he hoped for a day filled with medicine, science and exciting discussions. And that’s exactly what the nearly 50 attendees experienced at the Oct. 18 conference, “Advances in Anatomic Pathology,” at […]

Dec 10, 2025

Nearly 50 colleagues from across Nebraska and the surrounding region came to UNMC this fall for "Advances in Anatomic Pathology," a conference hosted by the Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology.

Pathology laboratories make great catches in two unusual cases

Pathologists, who are often referred to as the doctor’s doctor, play a critical role in diagnosing patients. That point was driven home by two challenging cases that came to UNMC in the last year. Last December, a patient came to Nebraska Medicine with a fever and other symptoms that didn’t yield a clear answer. Clinicians […]

Dec 10, 2025

Safina Hafeez, MD, an assistant professor in UNMC's Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, said a puzzling case turned out to be histoplasma. "It would have been very easy to miss," she said.

NPHL hosting fellow in CDC’s laboratory leadership service program

A fellow in the CDC’s Laboratory Leadership Service program said she has learned and grown a great deal during her time with the Nebraska Public Health Laboratory at UNMC. Dr. Casey Field, who entered the LLS fellowship program in 2024 as a member of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, is over halfway through […]

Dec 10, 2025

Casey Field, PhD, is over halfway through the CDC's two-year Laboratory Leadership Service program at the Nebraska Public Health Laboratory.

UNMC College of Public Health achieves re-accreditation

The recognition by the Council on Education for Public Health reaffirms the college’s position as a leader in public health education and practice.

Dec 10, 2025

Ali S. Khan, MD, MPH, dean of the UNMC College of Public Health, and Nicole Kolm Valdivia, PhD, assistant dean of academic affairs for the college

December all-campus forum is Dec. 16

Dr. Davies will speak with Jon Watts, of the NU System, and UNMC College of Dentistry Dean Gerard Kugel, DMD, PhD.

Dec 10, 2025

Interim Chancellor H. Dele Davies, MD

De-Stress Week: Good dogs, stretch breaks and more

UNMC students and staff are invited to take a minute to unwind this week.

Dec 10, 2025

A morning coffee bar in the UNMC College of Pharmacy offered coffee and tea to students and faculty as part of Monday's start to De-Stress Week.

Silicon Prairie News on Dec. 8

Catalyst Omaha is redefining what a modern workplace can be

Dec 9, 2025

Exterior view of the Catalyst building with campus reflected in the window from the drone and a shot back toward campus.

Committee named in search for next allied health professions dean

Nursing Dean Lepaine Sharp-McHenry, DNP, will chair the group of leaders and stakeholders from on and off UNMC’s campuses.

Dec 9, 2025

Interim Chancellor H. Dele Davies, MD, and UNMC College of Nursing Dean Lepaine Sharp-McHenry, DNP, who will chair the search committee