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Discounted zoo memberships available to employees, students
UNMC and The Nebraska Medical Center employees and UNMC students can once again purchase discounted memberships to Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo.
Mar 9, 2010
Dr. Rod Markin named interim dean for UNMC College of Medicine
Rod Markin, M.D., Ph.D., has been named interim dean of the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine effective July 1. The appointment, announced today by UNMC Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., is pending approval by the University of Nebraska Board of Regents during their April 16 meeting. Dr. Maurer said […]
Mar 9, 2010
Meet UNMC New Investigator Elena Batrakova, Ph.D.
UNMC researcher Elena Batrakova, Ph.D., answers questions about her work, life and interests.
Mar 8, 2010
Geriatric medicine headlines latest UNMC Connect
Every eight seconds a baby boomer turns 60. But, critical shortages in geriatric health care professionals have stretched health care resources thin.
Mar 8, 2010
Nebraska Pediatric Practice bolsters pediatric care in Nebraska
Approximately 125 physicians have joined the Nebraska Pediatric Practice Inc., (NPP) the new physician group for the UNMC College of Medicine and Children’s Hospital & Medical Center.
Mar 8, 2010
World Glaucoma Week a reminder to get screened early
Hoyt Brewster didn’t notice he was losing his peripheral vision.Like many with Glaucoma, he didn’t even realize he had it.
Mar 8, 2010
Nebraska Pediatric Practice bolsters pediatric care in Nebraska
About 125 physicians have joined the Nebraska Pediatric Practice Inc., (NPP) the new physician group for the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine and Children’s Hospital & Medical Center. The practice group was born out of the 2007 institutional affiliation agreement, which jointly aligns resources of the two institutions to enrich […]
Mar 8, 2010
Reminder: May 1 deadline for translational research seed grant proposals
A reminder that investigators have until May 1 to submit proposals for two, $100,000 one-year awards that will be funded as part of a translational research seed grant program for members of the Great Plains Health Research Consortium (GPHRC).
Mar 5, 2010
Third-year pharmacy students help with diabetes foundation gala
As it has since 2008, the College of Pharmacy’s Class of 2011 assisted with the Omaha-Council Bluffs Chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation’s Annual Gala.
Mar 5, 2010
UNMC College of Pharmacy moves up to 4th in research rankings
The University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy now ranks fourth nationally among 110 pharmacy schools in funding per researcher from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The college moved up two spaces from sixth last year. The rankings — compiled annually by the the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) […]
Mar 5, 2010