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To hookah or not to hookah; water pipes for smoking tobacco may spread infection
Hookah pipes becoming mainstream among college students and young adults.
Jul 12, 2013
A message from the dean
UNMC takes great pride in its 500-mile wide campus which spans the state of Nebraska from Omaha to Scottsbluff. But, given UNMC’s growing international presence, it might not be too long before we start calling it our 25,000-mile wide campus. It’s no secret that the world has become a smaller place. Thanks to the Internet […]
Jul 12, 2013
UNMC expands international programs
Nebraska has large international presence By Ward Chambers, M.D., executive director of UNMC's International Health and Medical Education program During the last decade, the international program at UNMC has seen tremendous growth. This is in concert with University of Nebraska President J.B. Milliken’s emphasis on international relations, as well as Chancellor Harold M. Maurer’s emphasis […]
Jul 12, 2013
Antidepressants reduce depression in head and neck cancer patients
UNMC study could change guidelines for treating these cancers A UNMC study has determined that giving head and neck cancer patients an antidepressant prior to starting treatment can reduce the incidence of depression by more than 50 percent and improve their quality of life. Results of the study were reported in the June 20 issue […]
Jul 12, 2013
OneTeam initiative – Setting the foundation for effective enterprise leadership
Editor’s Note: The medical center has hired Deloitte to provide consulting services in an effort to better integrate and coordinate the activities and planning of our clinical enterprise. Each week, the group leading this effort, deemed OneTeam, will send out a newsletter updating progress on the initiative. Here is the July 15 update. In the […]
Jul 12, 2013
Research highlights
Several new research awards representing more than $2.2 million in new funding were received by College of Medicine faculty during the month of May. They included: Cyrus Desouza, M.D., internal medicine-diabetes, endocrinology & metabolism, will be the UNMC lead for a National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) funded […]
Jul 12, 2013
Four assume key roles in UNMC academic affairs
Will direct equity office and several key programs for faculty
Jul 12, 2013
News Briefs
Shelley Smith, Ph.D., director of the developmental neuroscience department at the Munroe-Meyer Institute, was named the inaugural recipient of the Bruce A. Buehler, M.D., Professorship. Bob and Myrna Krohn established the professorship through a donation to the University of Nebraska Foundation. Dr. Buehler was the director of MMI from 1983 to 2007. The 2013 American […]
Jul 11, 2013
Lookin’ at U – Jerrie Dayton
A move to a new position has UNMC veteran excited about the future.
Jul 11, 2013
