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Talking turkey about sleep aids

By Michael Huckabee, Ph.D., professor and director of the University of Nebraska Medical Center Division of Physician Assistant Education. Dr. Huckabee has 30 years’ experience as a physician assistant, mostly in rural Nebraska. With all the commotion of holiday celebrations and family gatherings this time of year, our sleep becomes a precious commodity that is […]

Nov 21, 2014

Research Highlights

26 research awards bring in $8.2 million in new research funding, focus includes prostate cancer, pancreatic cancer, heart failure, liver disease

Nov 21, 2014

Surinder Batra, Ph.D.

Coming Events

Nov. 28 – Jan. 31 – UNMC Ice Rink will be open. Dec. 6 – Freezin’ for a Reason ice skating fund raiser for the Ronald McDonald House, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., UNMC Ice Rink. Dec. 8 – Science Café Lincoln, 7 p.m., Vega, 350 Canopy St., Suite 220, Kristin Rooney, M.D., obstetrics/gynecology, will […]

Nov 21, 2014

News Briefs

Hani Haider, Ph.D., professor in the department of orthopaedic surgery and rehabilitation and director of the Biomechanics and Advanced Surgical Technology Laboratory, was presented the International Standards Organization (ISO) Committee Chairman’s Award at the 2014 ISO Annual Meeting in Seoul, South Korea. The award was given by John Goode of the United States Food and […]

Nov 21, 2014

Hani Haider, Ph.D.

UNMC develops clinical/academic affiliation with Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital

The University of Nebraska Medical Center and its clinical partner, Nebraska Medicine, have entered into an agreement with Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital to provide physician and academic services at the new Madonna rehabilitation and long-term care hospital being built west of Village Pointe in Omaha.

Nov 21, 2014

Groundbreaking ceremony for new ambulatory center

The Lauritzen Outpatient Center & Fritch Surgery Center will become a “game changer” in providing a new standard of care for patients.

Nov 21, 2014

UNMC Family Medicine’s helping hand in China

UNMC group works with Chinese physicians to address patient care challenges.

Nov 21, 2014

Jeff Harrison, M.D., hands out one of 300 certificates of completion given to the physicians, faculty and students who attended the family medicine symposium at Tongji University in Shanghai on Oct. 22.

Heroic efforts couldn’t alter Ebola outcome

Martin Salia, M.D., passed away early Monday morning despite what UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D., described as “truly heroic efforts” on the part of his health care team at Nebraska Medicine-Nebraska Medical Center and UNMC.

Nov 21, 2014

Leading physical therapy education in China

New collaboration envisioned as leading physical therapy education and care.

Nov 21, 2014

Gang Pei, president of Tongji University, presents a medal to Don Leuenberger, vice chancellor for business and finance at UNMC, during the physical therapy signing ceremony at Sunshine Rehabilitation Hospital in Shanghai on Oct. 28.

Researchers to tackle barriers of electronic health records with $2.5 grant

The University of Nebraska Medical Center has received a $2.5 million grant to make the electronic health record (EHR) more useful for health professionals and safer for patients.

Nov 21, 2014

John Windle, M.D.
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