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UNMC professor named to prestigious national board
Sam Cohen, M.D., Ph.D., the Havlik-Wall Professor of Oncology in the University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Pathology and Microbiology, has been named to the National Institute of Environmental Health Services (NIEHS) Board of Scientific Counselors. The NIEHS, which is one of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), aims to improve health care […]
Jun 18, 2008
New compounds may treat ocular, neurodegenerative disorders
This is the third of three stories that have run in UNMC Today this week that focus on the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) Convention, the largest biotechnology event in the world, to be held this week in San Diego. A team from UNMC will join a number of other Nebraska academic, business and industry organizations in showcasing biotechnology innovations during the convention, which will take place in the San Diego Convention Center.
Jun 18, 2008
New HR division born out of restructuring
The new UNMC Employee Benefits and Work-Life Programs Division has been created as part of a restructuring in the medical center’s business and finance and human resources operations.
Jun 18, 2008
UNMC research looks to improve macular degeneration care
This is the second of three stories that will run in UNMC Today this week that focus on the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) Convention, the largest biotechnology event in the world, to be held this week in San Diego. A team from UNMC will join a number of other Nebraska academic, business and industry organizations in showcasing biotechnology innovations during the convention, which will take place in the San Diego Convention Center.
Jun 17, 2008
COPH hands out year-end awards and scholarships
An administrator from the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, a premedical student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and a community-health nurse recently received awards from the UNMC College of Public Health.
Jun 17, 2008
Regent shares lessons learned over past 18 years
When University of Nebraska Regent Charles Wilson, M.D., thinks of the university, he sees a large supertanker — not a racing hot rod.
Jun 17, 2008
BRIN scholars on campus — meet Andrew Block
Twenty-two students from eight different undergraduate and community college programs have joined the Institutional Development Award Program (IDeA) Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE)/ Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network (BRIN) program. … Today, we meet Andrew Block, one of the new BRIN scholars on campus.
Jun 17, 2008
UNMC College of Nursing conducting research study to find symptom relief for perimenopausal women
It’s as if you wake up one morning and discover gremlins have taken over your body. Your hormones are in a state of flux (think exaggerated premenstrual syndrome symptoms); hot flashes, insomnia, fatigue and irritability become the norm. That’s what it’s like to have perimenopause. “If a woman is uncomfortable in her own body, she […]
Jun 17, 2008
Lotus leaf inspires UNMC researcher’s novel orthopaedic implant surface
When a drop of water hits a lotus leaf, the water becomes a self-cleaning mechanism as it rolls off the surface and washes away dirt and dust. Researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center mimicked properties of the lotus leaf and created a novel nanostructure coating that will maximize the lifetime of orthopaedic […]
Jun 17, 2008
UNMC attends its eighth BIO conference
This is the first of three stories that will run in UNMC Today this week that focus on the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) Convention, the largest biotechnology event in the world, to be held June 17-20 in San Diego. A team from UNMC will join a number of other Nebraska academic, business and industry organizations in showcasing biotechnology innovations during the convention, which will take place in the San Diego Convention Center.
Jun 16, 2008