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UNMC receives $1.3 million grant to bring health science education program to Native American youths

Through a five-year $1.3 million Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) from the National Institutes of Health, Maurice Godfrey, Ph.D., associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, will introduce American Indian youths on reservations in Nebraska and South Dakota to the health sciences. “The long term goals of this project are to […]

Dec 21, 2005

Medical technology division is renamed, reaccredited

The UNMC School of Allied Health Professions’ Division of Medical Technology has been renamed the Clinical Laboratory Science Program. The program also recently received a continuing seven-year accreditation.

Dec 21, 2005

Start your 2006 e-mail fitness routine now

Take a few minutes before the holidays to clear out your e-mail. It’s the first important step in e-mail fitness and will make your e-mail run faster and help keep the Notes server running smoothly.

Dec 21, 2005

UNMC student regent coins UNMC fight song

It is tradition for University of Nebraska regents to ask student regents to sing their school fight song when they finish their terms. Few oblige, but that didn’t stop UNMC student regent Nick Behrendt — even though UNMC doesn’t have a fight song.

Dec 20, 2005

Study shows benefits of anti-viral drugs in organ transplant

UNMC researchers have determined that two long-established anti-viral drugs given to patients following a solid organ transplant can significantly reduce organ rejections, major infections and deaths. The results of the research study are featured in today’s issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine, a leading scientific journal.

Dec 20, 2005

Pedestrian safety concerns addressed

Steps are being taken to address concerns with pedestrian safety and traffic speeds on Emile Street.

Dec 19, 2005

Music as Medicine brings holiday cheer to campus

Last week’s Music as Medicine program, featuring the Omaha North High Schol orchestra and show choir, brought holiday cheer to more than 100 campus attendees.

Dec 19, 2005

Study finds that anti-viral drugs for organ transplant patients help to prevent organ rejection, reduce other major non-viral infections and decrease deaths; results reported in Annals of Internal Medicine

Researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center have determined that two long-established anti-viral drugs given to patients following a solid organ transplant can significantly reduce organ rejections, major infections and deaths. The results of the research study are featured in the Dec. 20 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine, a leading scientific journal. […]

Dec 19, 2005

Student overcomes hurdles, completes nursing degree

The hurdles Jorge Juarez faced could have made him give up his goal of being a nurse.
Instead, he’s graduating today with the first class of UNMC College of Nursing’s Accelerated Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing program.

Dec 16, 2005

Nurse earns doctoral degree at 53

Mary Filipi, Ph.D., has worked in almost every area of nursing – medical surgical, recovery room, emergency room and coronary care. She’s worked in labor and delivery and family practice and as a school nurse. But, today, the 53-year-old self-proclaimed “late bloomer” is graduating with a doctoral degree in neuroscience.

Dec 16, 2005

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