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Rural Futures grant fuels mentoring beacon
A mentor can make a huge difference in a student’s life. Even a virtual mentor. In a cutting-edge attempt to address the looming shortage of behavioral health professionals, the Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska (BHECN) has created a “Virtual Mentorship Network” to pair promising young students with behavioral health professionals.
May 27, 2014
Grant helps Dr. Teoh-Fitzgerald target breast cancer
For years scientists have studied breast cancer cells to varying degrees to determine why and how they form, thrive and communicate with one another and in some cases resist treatment. Personalized medicine, targeted therapies and preventive measures have become the norm. And all the while, Melissa Teoh-Fitzgerald, Ph.D., has wondered about the tissue surrounding the cancer cells, also known as the stroma, or connective tissue, that supports the cancer cell.
May 27, 2014
Research Highlights
The following 19 grants representing more than $1.5 million in new funding were awarded to UNMC College of Medicine faculty during March.
May 27, 2014
Division Profile: Internal Medicine – Oncology/Hematology
Chief: Julie Vose, M.D., MBA Administrator: Lisa Muschall Division Personnel: Faculty: 17 (16 clinical M.D.s and 1 research M.D.) Fellows: 6 Staff: 57 New Faculty: Matthew Lunning, D.O., assistant professor, started July 1, 2013. Dr. Lunning specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of rare lymphoid malignancies, multiple myeloma and benign hematologic conditions. He sees patients […]
May 27, 2014
A message from the dean
With the academic year coming to a close, it’s a perfect time to salute the faculty who help educate future generations of health professionals. As detailed in this newsletter, one faculty member – Geoffrey Talmon, M.D. – earned his seventh consecutive Golden Apple Award and will move into the Golden Apple Hall of Fame. He’ll be only the seventh faculty member to receive this recognition.
May 27, 2014
Hymns, Hip-hop, Henry and your Health
There’s more to music than meets the ears. If you’re anxious, depressed, fatigued or in pain, you might consider a dose of tunes to ease you back to health. Music does something beyond our understanding. We can call it an endorphin release or a distraction, but it goes much deeper than that. Somehow music just does us good. And the good it does was just proven to be even better.
May 27, 2014
Facility offers state-of-the-art clean space
Biologics Production Facility’s intricate environmental protections allow for delicate work.
May 23, 2014
South Omaha leaders host Dr. Gold
UNMC chancellor meets community members at reception at El Museo Latino.
May 23, 2014
