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Science Café to explore problems of preterm births
Nebraska needs to look for ways to reduce preterm births and improve outcomes It’s estimated that preterm births cost society more than $26.2 billion per year. It’s a huge problem and lowering the number of preterm births is certainly a major goal that health professionals are striving to achieve. A preterm birth is considered […]
Jul 29, 2010
Research funding at UNMC tops $115 million
Researchers at UNMC brought in more than $115 million during the 2009-10 fiscal year, a nearly 15 percent increase from last year’s total of $100 million.
Jul 28, 2010
Emphasis on ‘mega’ grants pays off
In the fiscal year 2009-2010, UNMC investigators received 11 grants that paid more than $1 million each, for an average of $2.8 million.
Jul 28, 2010
Wellness Wednesday – Discounted ice skating lessons for UNMC personnel — CORRECTED DISCOUNT
Here’s a cool thought for you as we head into the “Dog Days of Summer.”
Jul 28, 2010
UNMC Grants – Organization awards opthalmology department $100K grant
The UNMC Department of Opthalmology has received a $100,000 grant from Research to Prevent Blindess (RPB) to support investigations into the causes, treatment and prevention of blinding diseases.
Jul 28, 2010
College of Public Health names epidemiology chairman
Dana Loomis, Ph.D., was named chairman of the epidemiology department in UNMC’s College of Public Health. He was formerly the director of the School of Community Health Sciences at the University of Nevada-Reno.
Jul 27, 2010
Management series participants graduate
Forty-eight UNMC employees have graduated from the 2010 UNMC Management Series.
Jul 27, 2010
Home Instead and UNMC: ‘A match made in heaven’
Toby Fellman is 74 and a second generation patient of UNMC’s Jane Potter, M.D. Fellman’s mother also saw Dr. Potter, division chief of geriatrics, and for many years Fellman has had a front row seat to view the passion Dr. Potter brings into her work with older patients.
Jul 27, 2010
Research funding at UNMC climbs to record $115 million
Despite difficult economic times, UNMC records 15 percent increase over previous high Research at the University of Nebraska Medical Center continues to climb as researchers brought in more than $115 million during the 2009-10 fiscal year, a nearly 15 percent increase from last year’s total of $100 million. “Even in these difficult economic times, […]
Jul 27, 2010
The Home Instead Center – by the numbers
Two minutes, 42 seconds. That’s how long it took a healthy, 33-year-old male to walk from the Durham Outpatient Center parking lot to the current geriatric clinic in University Tower. Ten seconds. That’s how long it took …
Jul 26, 2010