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UNeMed welcomes new licensing specialist
UNeMed, the technology transfer arm for UNMC, welcomes licensing specialist Jason Nickla to its staff.
Apr 9, 2009
Medical center to host internationally recognized nurse scientist
The University of Nebraska Medical Center Eppley Cancer Center, the UNMC College of Nursing, and The Nebraska Medical Center next week will host Carol Estwing Ferrans, Ph.D. She is associate dean for research and professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing. Dr. Ferrans, the college’s Twentieth Visiting Nurse Scholar, […]
Apr 9, 2009
UNMC’s Munroe-Meyer Institute offers social skills therapy to children and teens with autism
Gathering around the table for game night with friends can be enjoyable entertainment. But for children and teens with autism, playing Apples to Apples can be a dreaded social activity. “Children and teens with autism often have difficulty with peer-to-peer interactions,” said Terri Mathews, Ph.D., a psychologist and assistant professor with the Munroe-Meyer Institute at […]
Apr 9, 2009
Think Green — Turn computers off at night, reduce energy costs
UNMC Information Technology Services has set up a patch push system for computer updates that will allow employees to turn their computers off all but six nights out of each month.
Apr 8, 2009
Public Health Week story 3 — Patient safety and quality care
Experts agree that the U.S. health care system’s performance must improve substantially to consistently produce the best possible health outcomes.
Apr 8, 2009
Syd Clausen receives Chancellor’s Gold ‘U’ for March
A jack-of-all trades, Syd Clausen simultaneously serves as the UNMC’s Gross Anatomy Lab’s handyman, problem solver and moving director.
Apr 8, 2009
Wellness Wednesday – Watch your backs!
Here’s a little tip for you as you ramp up your springtime activity — watch your back! No, that’s not a threat — I’m really talking about your back — as in your spine and its discs and muscles and all that.
Apr 8, 2009
Dr. Feloney to speak at tonight’s Science Cafe
UNMC’s Michael Feloney, M.D., will lead a discussion on “the science of sex” during a Science Cafe today at 7 p.m. at the Slowdown at 729 N. 14th St., in Omaha.
Apr 7, 2009
MIT professor to discuss moving research to the marketplace
Robert Langer, Sc.D., institute professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a leading innovator in biomedical and engineering research, will outline how to move research from the lab to the marketplace during an April 13 video seminar.
Apr 7, 2009
Emerging treatments for blood cancers to be topic of free presentation April 21 in 9 cities in Nebraska
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society invites cancer patients, family members, nurses, social workers and other health professionals to a free presentation Tuesday, April 21, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. (CDT). The presentation will be broadcast live from the Sorrell Center at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha via teleconference to Columbus, Grand Island, Lincoln, […]
Apr 7, 2009