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UNMC receives grant to bring health sciences to youths
Through a five-year, $1.3 million Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) from the National Institutes of Health, Maurice Godfrey, Ph.D., will introduce American Indian youths on reservations in Nebraska and South Dakota to the health sciences.
Dec 23, 2005
“Saving Faces” exhibition to open at UNO Art Gallery; depicts trauma, reconstruction and healing of head and neck surgery patients; five-part lecture series will complement exhibition
Omaha will be the third stop for a North American tour of a unique art exhibition, which provides an in-depth look at the physical and emotional aspects of patients who underwent head and neck surgery subsequent to trauma, disfiguring forms of cancer or other problems. The exhibit will run from Jan. 13 to Feb. 24 […]
Dec 23, 2005
Spotlight on new faculty – meet Constance Visovsky, Ph.D.
Constance Visovsky, Ph.D., associate professor in the College of Nursing, is among the many new faculty members on the UNMC campus.
Dec 22, 2005
Teen awaits heart transplant
A new heart is the only thing that will save Justin Cornish’s life. The 16-year-old from Lincoln is a patient in the Clarkson Tower Cardiac Progressive Care unit and the fourth member of his family afflicted with Daner’s disease, a rare form of muscular dystrophy that strikes the heart muscle.
Dec 22, 2005
Bluejays bring teddy bears, smiles
The Creighton University men’s basketball team stopped by the medical center Tuesday to practice a new offensive play – Operation Bear Hug. The only snag came at the end of the game when Creighton’s Anthony Tolliver was rejected by a little boy standing knee-high to the 6-foot-9 center.
Dec 22, 2005
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