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The physiology of fright
Like to be spooked? You can thank your amygdala.
That feeling of being scared stems from our natural “fight or flight” response.
Nov 13, 2013
Dr. Talmon named to Linder Distinguished Chair
Geoffrey Talmon, M.D., associate professor, pathology/microbiology, has been named the inaugural James Linder, M.D. Residency Director Distinguished Chair. The chair was created by Dr. Linder in recognition of the work of the residency director to train the next generation of pathologists.
Nov 13, 2013
Coming events
Nov. 11-15 – International Week at UNMC
Nov. 15 – Board of Regents meeting
Nov 13, 2013
News Briefs
Surinder Batra, Ph.D., professor and chairman of biochemistry and molecular biology, will deliver the keynote address at the University of Missouri Health System’s Health Science Research Day on Nov. 14 and the 75th Annual Congress of the Japan Surgical Association on Nov. 22. Dr. Batra was named UNMC’s seventh Scientist Laureate in 2012.
Nov 13, 2013
Remembering – Dr. Cal Davis
John Calvin Davis III, M.D., an internal medicine faculty member at UNMC from 1961-1997, died Oct. 29 in Estes Park, Colo., following a prolonged illness related to heart failure. He was 82.
Nov 13, 2013
Truhlsens honored as outstanding philanthropists
The Association of Fundraising Professionals Nebraska Chapter honored Stan Truhlsen, M.D., and his wife Dottie as Outstanding Philanthropists for the state of Nebraska.
The Truhlsens were honored Nov. 12 — National Philanthropy Day — for their generous commitment to improving access to the arts and their work in health care, including the creation of the Stanley M. Truhlsen Eye Institute at UNMC.
Nov 13, 2013
UNMC one of four institutions selected for primary care pilot project
The University of Nebraska Medical Center has been selected as one of four institutions to participate in a pilot program designed to transform the way resident physicians are trained in primary care.
Nov 13, 2013
UNMC lands $4.4 million grant to study emphysema
The University of Nebraska Medical Center will lead a clinical research study that will evaluate if a common, over-the-counter drug has potential to reverse the devastating effects of emphysema.
Nov 13, 2013
UNMC one of four institutions selected for primary care pilot project
New paradigm involves training resident physicians in medical home setting
Nov 12, 2013
