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UNMC apathy study funded by Alzheimer’s Association
Prasad Padala, M.D., assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and a staff psychiatrist at the VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System, has received a New Investigator Research Grant from the Alzheimer’s Association, the leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer care, support and research. The two-year $98,690 grant that begins Jan. […]
Dec 9, 2008
Griswold woman helps meet caffeine needs at UNMC
Weekdays start at 4:15 a.m. for Nicole Johnson, the lead barista at the coffee cart near the gift shop on the second floor of the Durham Outpatient Center at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. That’s when Johnson wakes up and gets ready for her day at the medical center, which is about a 45-minute […]
Dec 9, 2008
Spotlight on new faculty – Pam Schaffart
Pam Schaffart, instructor in the department of obstetrics and gynecology, is one of the many new faculty members at UNMC.
Dec 8, 2008
Clinical trials office lauded as West Nile study wraps up
Mark Rupp, infectious diseases specialist at UNMC and The Nebraska Medical Center, recently praised the hospital’s Clinical Trials Office for its efforts during a four-year study of West Nile Virus.
Dec 8, 2008
Campus events center available for university use
The Truhlsen Campus Events Center is now available for use for university functions, as well as events for UNMC Physicians and The Nebraska Medical Center.
Dec 8, 2008
UNMC nursing students in Lincoln recruit 57 donors during blood drive
During the month of November, members of the Lincoln Division Student Nurses Association (SNA) held a competition that involved nursing students, faculty and staff.
Dec 8, 2008
Burke High choir to present holiday Music as Medicine concert
Sounds of the holiday will fill the Durham Outpatient Center’s West Atrium on Thursday when Burke High School’s Burke Ensemble performs.
Dec 8, 2008
UNeMed and UNO announce collaborative grant program
UNeMed Corporation, the technology licensing arm for UNMC, and the University of Nebraska at Omaha College of Information Science and Technology have established a joint grant program for researchers, students and staff.
Dec 5, 2008
Tips to help ensure a secure campus
Many of us have found ourselves in a potentially unsafe situation on campus from time to time. You may have come in early or stayed late when the parking lots are nearly empty and it is dark.
Dec 5, 2008
UNMC Off the Clock – nursing student moonlights as a songbird
It doesn’t take much imagination to envision first-year nursing student Katrina Schultz and her fellow members of the Omaha group, 3-2-1, on MTV or in front of thousands of screaming fans.
Dec 5, 2008