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Spotlight on innovation — Meet Paul Dunman, Ph.D.
Paul Dunman, Ph.D., and his staph team have identified a novel enzyme that may lead to new ways to treat the deadly MRSA bacteria.
Sep 3, 2009
M.D./Ph.D. and BRTP welcome new students
Students in the 2009-2010 Biomedical Research Training Program (BRTP) and the M.D./Ph.D. Scholars Program recently took part in a three-day orientation to help them select their area of interest for Ph.D. research.
Sep 3, 2009
UNMC appoints Shireen Rajaram, Ph.D., director of Center for Reducing Health Disparities
Shireen Rajaram, Ph.D., has accepted the position of director of UNMC’s Center for Reducing Health Disparities in the College of Public Health. Dr. Rajaram, who has served as interim director of the center since January, started her new role in August. Dr. Rajaram previously served as professor and chairwoman of the department of sociology/anthropology at […]
Sep 3, 2009
UNMC announces new scholarship for northeast Nebraska nursing students
A new scholarship — providing tuition, fees and a living stipend — is available for students in northeast Nebraska who are interested in a nursing career. The University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) Excellence Scholarship is designed to develop nurses who want to teach nursing. “There are not enough nurse educators to teach […]
Sep 3, 2009
Information about benefits, new hires and status changes
Employees need to know the answers to the following three questions. …
Sep 3, 2009
UNeHealth seeks chief medical officer
As part of the campus effort to strengthen and grow clinical research, UNeHealth Corporation — a not-for-profit entity owned by the UNMC, UNMC-Physicians and The Nebraska Medical Center — is recruiting a chief medical officer.
Sep 2, 2009
New hospital program offers cancer patients legal help
Thanks to a unique medical-legal partnership between Legal Aid of Nebraska and The Nebraska Medical Center, cancer patients no longer have to worry about thorny legal problems during treatment.
Sep 2, 2009
Wellness Wednesday – About triggers and cravings
On the morning of March 12, Sue Pope — a two-pack-a-day smoker for 38 years — decided to see what it was like to drive to work without a cigarette.
Sep 2, 2009
Cattlemen’s Ball raises nearly $500,000
DONIPHAN, Neb. — In spite of one of the worst recessions in history and a torrential rainstorm in the early morning hours prior to the event, the 2009 Cattlemen’s Ball raised nearly a half million dollars for cancer research as well as health care and wellness activities in area communities.
Sep 2, 2009
Meet new public health dean at Sept. 24 open house
The campus community is invited to meet UNMC’s new College of Public Health Dean, Ayman El-Mohandes, M.B.B.Ch., M.D., M.P.H., during a Sept. 24 open house at the college’s new dean’s office suite in Wittson Hall.
Sep 1, 2009