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Science Cafe to explore problems of preterm births
It’s estimated that preterm births cost society more than $26.2 billion per year.
Aug 2, 2010
Vote and help Turner Park clinic win grant
UNMC Physicians’ Turner Park clinic has applied for a rather unusual grant — one that is decided by votes.
Aug 2, 2010
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation reauthorizes funding for special program at UNMC
Program assists disadvantaged and rural students wanting to go to medical school or dental school The first time University of Nebraska Medical Center family medicine faculty member Tina Flores, M.D., saw a cadaver, it was as a student in a program similar to UNMC’s Summer Medical and Dental Education Program (SMDEP). Underrepresented, disadvantaged and […]
Aug 2, 2010
Looking back on 20 years of RHOP with Niki Salomon
Since its inception in 1990, 356 students have graduated from the Rural Health Opportunities Program (RHOP).
Jul 30, 2010
UNMC for the record
A list of achievements, activities and happenings involving UNMC staff, faculty and students.
Jul 30, 2010
UNMC’s progress and you the focus of Fall HR series
The ways you as an individual employee can help UNMC progress will be a focal point of the Human Resources Fall 2010 Learn@Lunch series, which kicks off Sept. 21.
Jul 30, 2010
Research Notes — Lymphoma gene has surprise for UNMC scientists
UNMC cancer researchers are closer to understanding how certain genes in lymphoma work, which may lead to new approaches for treating the disease.
Jul 30, 2010
Loomis to lead epidemiology department in UNMC College of Public Health
Brings more than 20 years of experience in academic public health Dana Loomis, Ph.D., has been named chairman of the epidemiology department in the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Public Health. He was formerly the director of the School of Community Health Sciences at the University of Nevada-Reno. "Dr. Loomis has authored […]
Jul 30, 2010
Lifetime of memories will live on through research endowment
Inspired by his late wife’s battle with pancreatic cancer, a Lincoln man has created a $58,000 endowment through the University of Nebraska Foundation to be used for pancreatic cancer research. The endowment was established by Jerry Varner, a part-time professor and alumnus of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Varner’s wife, Carolynn “Carrie,” died last April. […]
Jul 30, 2010
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