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The College of Medicine is considering implementing a chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society. This society is dedicated to recognize, support and promote the values of humanism and professionalism in medicine. Faculty, students, and residents would be honored for their humanistic qualities. Interested faculty should email Gerald Moore, M.D. Rachel Bonnema, M.D., internal medicine-general internal medicine, […]
Feb 19, 2014
Dr. Gold is featured in AMA newsletter
UNMC chancellor is the focus of a new feature, “Why I Serve.”
Feb 19, 2014

Wellness Wednesday video: Caffeine and the heart
How does caffeine affect my heart? How much is too much caffeine? (Featuring Shikhar Saxena, M.D., UNMC College of Medicine.)
Feb 19, 2014
Search committee formed for internal medicine chair
Carl Smith, M.D., to head search committee.
Feb 19, 2014

Discounted tickets available to OCP preview of ‘Ella’
Limited number of $5 tickets to the Omaha Community Playhouse preview event are available to UNMC staff and students.
Feb 19, 2014

UNMC opens low vision clinic in Lincoln
The Weigel Williamson Center for Visual Rehabilitation at the University of Nebraska Medical Center is now operating a low vision clinic in Lincoln.
Feb 18, 2014

Dr. Casey receives grant to study liver metastases in colorectal cancer
Carol Casey, Ph.D., professor, internal medicine-gastroenterology, received a two-year award from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to study liver metastases in colorectal cancer.
She is part of a multiple primary investigator project with Peter Thomas, Ph.D., professor of surgery at Creighton University.
Feb 18, 2014

UNMC researchers show vitamin D holds promise for chronic hives relief
A study by UNMC researchers shows vitamin D as an add-on therapy could provide some relief for chronic hives, a condition with no cure and few treatment options.
Feb 18, 2014

Researchers bring in $5.2 million during December
College of Medicine faculty received 24 awards representing more than $5.2 million in new funding during December.
Feb 18, 2014

Industry-sponsored contracts
Hani Haider, Ph.D., orthopaedic surgery, has received a contract for laboratory testing of specially coated total knee replacement systems.
Feb 18, 2014
