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Science Cafe quiz challenge results

See the correct answer and winner from Friday’s Science Cafe quiz challenge.

Sep 4, 2012

UNMC History 101 — First year of med school … 1882

A look back at 1882 — the first year of medical school at the Omaha Medical College — which would eventually become UNMC.

Sep 4, 2012

UNMC sets enrollment record for eighth straight year

See this year’s UNMC enrollment highlights.

Sep 4, 2012

Benefit ‘U’ in focus – New website, password for Omaha Performing Arts discount

Some new information that you’ll need to get discounted tickets through the med center’s partnership with Omaha Performing Arts.

Sep 4, 2012

Dental Museum open house set for Sept. 10-15 at UNMC’s College of Dentistry

Dental artifacts from the 1800s to the present will be on display

Sep 4, 2012

Department of Radiology making research strides

Part of prestigious NCI national network for multicenter imaging trials.

Sep 1, 2012

Research Highlights – UNMC researchers procure major NIH grants

Will study diabetes, neurocognitive disorders, pancreatic cancer.

Sep 1, 2012

Research Highlights – Other significant research awards

Phyllis Nsiah-Kumi, M.D., internal medicine-general medicine – The Nebraska Association of Local Directors Outreach Partnership to Improve Health Literacy from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Santhi Gorantla, Ph.D., pharmacology/experimental neuroscience, received a grant from the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services to test immunogenicity of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) in humanized […]

Sep 1, 2012

Research Highlights – Industry-sponsored contracts

Shahid Hussain, M.D., radiology – for using MRI in the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma. Hani Haider, Ph.D., orthopaedic surgery – for joint replacement materials. Alison Freifeld, M.D., internal medicine-infectious diseases – for development of diagnostic technology for infectious diseases. William Rizzo, M.D., pediatrics-metabolism – for a clinical trial to evaluate dosing regimens for patients with […]

Sep 1, 2012

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