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Learn to live longer, healthier despite genetics at Aug. 4 Science Café
Those who attend the next Omaha Science Café on Tuesday, Aug. 4, will learn how, despite their family genetics, they might slow or prevent disease through nutrition, supplements and lifestyle changes. Bruce Buehler, M.D., professor of pediatrics and director of the Research Advocacy Office at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, will present […]
Jul 29, 2009
Big Splash for UNMC’s Munroe-Meyer Institute brings swimmers of all abilities together
Contact: Melonie Welsh, (402) 502-4117 mwelsh@nufoundation.org, Tom Thompson, (402) 502-4116 tthompson@nufoundation.org Betsy Berentson (402) 502-4115 bberentson@nufoundation.org Big Splash brings swimmers of all abilities together Sam Butalla never expected to compete in a swim meet. The seven-year-old from Lincoln was diagnosed with a fatal degenerative disease, peroxisomal biogenesis disorder, when he was […]
Jul 29, 2009
Wellness Wednesday — Tobacco cessation sessions on campus
Dr. Klingemann, a pharmacist at The Nebraska Medical Center and certified smoking cessation counselor with more than 10 years of experience, will provide group counseling sessions for UNMC and UNMC-Physicians’ employees, spouses and dependents.
Jul 29, 2009
Spotlight on new faculty — Amarnath Natarajan, Ph.D.
Amarnath Natarajan, Ph.D., associate professor in the Eppley Institute, is among the many new faculty members at UNMC.
Jul 29, 2009
Three UNMC scientists secure state grants for stem-cell research
Three UNMC researchers have secured grants from the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services to conduct stem cell research that doesn’t involve human embryonic stem cells.
Jul 29, 2009
Dr. Buehler to present next Omaha Science Cafe
At the next Omaha Science Cafe on Tuesday, attendees will hear from Bruce Buehler, M.D., executive director of the Center for Human Genetics at UNMC, as he presents “Modifying our Genetic Blueprint, Nature versus Nutrition.”
Jul 29, 2009
SURP students beef up research acumens at UNMC
Each summer, UNMC hosts about 90 undergraduate and graduate students in the Summer Undergraduate Research Program.
Jul 28, 2009
Dr. Kirschner takes over as poison center director
Ronald Kirschner, M.D., has been named medical director of the Nebraska Regional Poison Center.
Jul 28, 2009
UNO offers social work degree in northeast Nebraska
The University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) School of Social Work will start a new off-campus Master of Social Work Degree program in South Sioux City, Neb., in January 2010.
Jul 28, 2009
UNMC team receives $9.1 million grant renewal
A $9.1 million program project grant renewal will allow a team of University of Nebraska Medical Center scientists to continue its groundbreaking heart failure research. The project was first funded in 1999 by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute — a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This is the […]
Jul 28, 2009