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Cancer short course focuses on glycoimmunology

The event organized by the Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer will be June 27 and 28.

Jun 21, 2024

Prakash Radhakrishnan, PhD

Regents approve new bachelor’s degree at UNMC to build pharmacy workforce

Pending final approval from Nebraska’s Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education, an inaugural class of 10 new students is expected to enroll for Fall 2025.

Jun 20, 2024

From left, Dele Davies, MD, UNMC senior vice chancellor for academic affairs; Keith Olsen, PharmD, Joseph D. Williams Endowed Dean, UNMC College of Pharmacy

Department of Anesthesiology announces newly promoted faculty

Several UNMC Department of Anesthesiology faculty members have a reason to celebrate following promotion announcements last month. Each is a distinguished professional in their field who is committed to upholding the mission – clinical excellence, outstanding education and innovative research.  “Promotion marks a major milestone in the academic lives of UNMC faculty,” said Mohanad Shukry, […]

Jun 20, 2024

Gold U winner Jackie Pavlik works toward ‘higher standard’

Pavlik is a research operations administrator in the UNMC Department of Surgery.

Jun 20, 2024

Jackie Pavlik

Dr. Gold is ‘lamplighter’ in post-pandemic initiative

Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, offered his insights for the American Democracy and Health Security Initiative.

Jun 20, 2024

Jeffrey P. Gold, MD

Registration open for Pediatric Cancer Research Symposium

The Child Health Research Institute event will be held Aug. 27 at UNMC’s Truhlsen Campus Events Center.

Jun 20, 2024

Maria Michaelis, MD, completes service on the Nebraska Board of Medicine and Surgery

Earlier this spring, Maria Michaelis, MD, completed her term of service on the Nebraska Board of Medicine and Surgery. The board is made of six physician members and two public members selected for a five-year term. The Board of Medicine and Surgery functions to issue licenses to physicians and other medical professionals, as well as monitor […]

Jun 19, 2024

Convocation marks beginning of ‘great adventure’

After the graduation celebrations end, what are you going to do? John Leonard, MD, president and CEO of Intellia Therapeutics, posed that question recently to degree candidates at UNMC’s Graduate Studies Honors Convocation. “This is only the beginning,” he told the soon-to-be graduates on May 3 while delivering the keynote address at the Omaha Conservatory […]

Jun 19, 2024

2024 Graduate Studies Honors Convocation keynote speaker John Leonard, MD, right, president and CEO of Intellia Therapeutics, is congratulated by Dele Davies, MD.

Student spotlight: Namita Bhyravbhatla

We continue highlighting some of our outstanding graduate students. Meet Namita Bhyravbhatla! Name: Namita Bhyravbhatla Hometown: Westborough, Massachusetts Graduate studies program: PhD candidate, IGPBS, biochemistry and molecular biology Anticipated graduation date: December 2025 Advisor: Surinder Batra, PhD What do you love about your field of study? I’ve always been intrigued by the complexity of cancer […]

Jun 19, 2024

Namita Bhyravbhatla

Ask UNMC! Jill Poole, MD, UNMC College of Medicine

I am well into adulthood and didn’t suffer with allergies as a child or now. Am I in the clear?

Jun 19, 2024