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Fund raiser to be held for pulmonary hypertension
Phenomenal Hope for a Cure will hold its second annual fundraising event to increase awareness of pulmonary hypertension on Nov. 17 at the DC Center, 11830 Stonegate Circle in Omaha.
Nov 13, 2007
Regents approve geriatric center, COPH additions
The University of Nebraska Board of Regents on Friday approved a program statement and construction budget for a new geriatric center.
Nov 13, 2007
Biofuels, food safety and alternative agriculture are the focus of the 2007 Agricultural Health Conference
Food safety, the public health and natural resource impact of biofuels, health care affordability and the ergonomically safe ways of harvesting fruits and vegetables are the focus of the 2007 Agricultural Health Conference to be held Nov. 14-16 in Omaha. It will feature new information on public and occupational health issues of three leading edge […]
Nov 13, 2007
Breast cancer team recruited from Northwestern
Two outstanding breast cancer researchers — Hamid Band, M.D., Ph.D., and Vimla Band, Ph.D. — have joined UNMC from Northwestern University.
Nov 12, 2007
Million-step Monday – SAHP’s Latshaw wins October Gold Shoe
With 452,000 steps under her belt in October, Sandra Latshaw, assistant professor and curriculum coordinator for the clinical laboratory science program in the School of Allied Health Professions, was the first winner of the Gold Shoe Award.
Nov 12, 2007
DARPA Day rescheduled for Dec. 11
The DARPA Day event scheduled for Tuesday has been reset for Dec. 11.
Nov 12, 2007
Regents approve new geriatric center at UNMC
To better meet the needs of the sky-rocketing older population, the University of Nebraska Medical Center received approval of the University of Nebraska Board of Regents on Nov. 9 of a program statement and budget for construction of a new geriatric center on the UNMC campus. The new center would be built at the […]
Nov 12, 2007
Faculty and program additions among early milestones of UNMC College of Public Health
Nine new faculty members, a budget that includes more than $5 million in extramural funding and proposals to develop new Ph.D. programs highlight the developments at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Public Health (COPH) in its first 15 months of existence. And with fund raising underway to construct a COPH building, […]
Nov 12, 2007
Pulmonary hypertension fundraiser set for Nov. 17
Phenomenal Hope for a Cure will hold its second annual fundraising event to increase awareness of pulmonary hypertension on Nov. 17 at the DC Center, 11830 Stonegate Circle in Omaha. The event begins at 5 p.m. with a silent auction followed by dinner and program at 6:30 p.m. A live auction with Glen Evert […]
Nov 12, 2007
UNMC recruits breast cancer research team from Northwestern
Two outstanding breast cancer researchers, Hamid Band, M.D., Ph.D. and Vimla, Ph.D., have joined the University of Nebraska Medical Center from Northwestern University. The husband/wife team, who prior to going to Northwestern worked at Harvard Medical School, bring with them $8 million in grants from the National Institutes of Health and 14 research team members. […]
Nov 12, 2007