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How to talk with your kids about Newtown

Dr. Howard Liu discusses ways to talk with children about the tragic Newtown, Conn., school shootings.

Dec 19, 2012

Remember, you can get W-2s online

You must enroll by Dec. 31 to get your W-2 online.

Dec 19, 2012

In wake of Connecticut shootings, here is helpful information on mental illness

TO: All Media In light of the Connecticut school shootings last week, we thought you might find it helpful to see a list of clinical, educational and media resources dealing with behavioral health. Howard Liu, M.D., a child and adolescent psychiatrist at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, has pulled together an excellent list of […]

Dec 19, 2012

Howard Liu, M.D.

Data analysis sets up collaboration from half a world away

It would take 275 four-gigabyte hard drives, or 6,000 complete sets of the seven-book Harry Potter series, to hold all the data researcher John Chan, M.D., has generated from 22 lymphoma biopsies.

Dec 18, 2012

Graduate students Weiwei Zhang and Qiang Gong collaborate from half a world away on cancer research.

Nursing researchers study genetic risks for nicotine dependence

Would knowing they are prone to nicotine addiction help motivate smokers to quit? College of Nursing researchers want to know.

Dec 18, 2012

International collaboration moves research forward

Why are China and Chinese scientists excited about collaborating with the United States and with UNMC?

Dec 18, 2012

Yong Zhao, M.D., Ph.D.

Science partnership opens opportunities between UNMC, China

In August, one of the most extensive partnerships ever between the United States and Chinese academic institutions was finalized between UNMC and Tongji University.

Dec 18, 2012

New market in China = more jobs in Nebraska

A new market of 1.3 billion people opened this year to two nutritional supplements developed at UNMC.

Dec 18, 2012

Michael Dixon, Ph.D., UNeMed president, and Qian Zhang, Ph.D., open doors into China for UNMC technology.

DNA from Down Under

It’s 1 o’clock in the afternoon on the first Thursday in October and there’s a delivery for research technologist James Askew in the Durham Research Center II.

Dec 18, 2012

Shelley Smith, Ph.D., demonstrates how she loads DNA samples into the Bead Express. Her team soon will begin genotyping the samples to test for “candidate genes” of language problems.

A native son’s journey to save young lives

When a child wakes with a raging fever, there’s a certain panic that charges through a parent’s heart.

Dec 18, 2012

As part of a community survey for sickle cell disease,
Stephen Obaro, M.D., Ph.D., takes blood samples from
children living in Gwantu, Nigeria, during a visit last
year. Sickle cell disease is a common, inherited blood
disorder that increases susceptibility to certain types
of serious bacterial infections.