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UNMC to host farewell tea for NU President Milliken today
Event is set for 1 p.m. in the Linder Reading Room.
Mar 17, 2014
UNMC lands two top 10 rankings in U.S. News & World Report
UNMC is ranked in the top 10 in two areas in the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings of the nation’s top graduate schools.
UNMC remains the sixth-ranked primary care medical program in the United States, tied with the University of Minnesota. In addition, UNMC tied for ninth in the list of top rural medicine programs.
Mar 14, 2014
Howard Fox, M.D., Ph.D., is UNMC’s eighth scientist laureate
Howard Fox, M.D., Ph.D., has been named the eighth Scientist Laureate for the UNMC. The award is the highest honor UNMC bestows to researchers.
Mar 14, 2014
News briefs
Rod Markin, M.D., Ph.D., chief technology officer and associate vice chancellor for business development, has been named to the board of directors of Trovagene, Inc., a developer of cell-free molecular diagnostics headquartered in San Diego.
Mar 14, 2014
Research highlights
UNMC College of Medicine faculty received seven awards during the month of January, representing nearly $1.3 million in new funding to UNMC.
Tammy Kielian, Ph.D., pathology & microbiology, has received a National Institutes of Health award for $750,000 from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). Juvenile Batten disease is an autosomal recessive inherited disorder marked by progressive neurological damage ultimately leading to cognitive decline and premature death. Dr. Kielian will build on her earlier laboratory studies which suggest that aberrant glial activation in the early stages of Juvenile Batten disease may contribute to neuronal loss. She hopes to delay disease progression by targeting this activation with compounds that affect multiple pathways of aberrant glial activation in this pre-clinical trial.
Mar 14, 2014
Spotlight on new faculty – John Dickinson, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant professor joins the team at the Adult Cystic Fibrosis Center.
Mar 14, 2014
Industry-sponsored grants
Wally Thoreson, Ph.D., ophthalmology & visual science, has received a Research to Prevent Blindness Senior Scientific Investigator Award. Restricted to one applicant per institution annually, candidates are recognized national leaders actively engaged in eye research.
Mar 14, 2014
Presentation on von Braun set to lift off today
Smithsonian’s Michael Neufeld, Ph.D., will speak on “Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War” at noon.
Mar 14, 2014
Division Profile: Internal Medicine – Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism (DEM)
Division Profile: Internal Medicine – Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism (DEM)
Chief: Cyrus Desouza, M.D.
Administrator: Grace Harada Lord, MPA
Personnel:
Faculty: 13 (10 M.D., 3 Ph.D.)
Fellows: 6
PAs: 3
Staff: 16
Mar 14, 2014
