Uncategorized

Hospital, clinics named as leader in LGBT health care equality

Recognition is the first received by any Nebraska health care institution.

Jul 15, 2013

Susan Swindells, M.B.B.S.

New ‘Help Line’ will assist international students

Academic affairs, campus security join forces to ease the path for UNMC students new to the U.S.

Jul 15, 2013

Aditya Bade, a third-year graduate student, helped create the Help Line program.

INBRE scholars: Meet Karl Krieser

UNO athlete knew early that science was his passion.

Jul 15, 2013

INBRE scholars: Meet Kaitlin Goettsch

UNO sophomore is interested in making discoveries about the world around her.

Jul 12, 2013

Kaitlin Goettsch

Video: Ask UNMC – Chronic acid reflux

I have chronic acid reflux and take prescription medication. Do over-the-counter medications work just as well? (Featuring Mark Mailliard, M.D.)

Jul 12, 2013

National study will use adult stem cells to treat stroke

UNMC will seek to enroll six to 10 patients over the next 18 months.

Jul 12, 2013

Pierre Fayad, M.D.

UNMC for the record

News and notes from the UNMC community.

Jul 12, 2013

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

It's a girl! Dean Britigan and his wife, Denise, welcomed their first grandchild on June 25 with the birth of Phoebe Jane Lala in Iowa City. The Britigans’ daughter, Laura, and her husband, Phil, are the parents. Phoebe tipped the scales at 6 lbs., 5 oz. and measured 18 ¼ inches. Grandpa Britigan proudly gushed that Phoebe has already mastered the art of getting her parents up during the middle of the night.

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