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Avian flu education — antivirals
What role would antivirals have should pandemic strike?
Apr 3, 2007
Geriatric medicine pioneer to present Harman Lecture
Robert Neil Butler, M.D., gerontologist, psychiatrist, and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, will be the guest speaker for the 2007 Denham Harman, M.D., Ph.D., Lectureship in Biomedical Gerontology at UNMC on Thursday, April 12.
Apr 2, 2007
UNMC continues its climb in 2008 rankings
UNMC’s push for quality academics is reflected in the latest U.S.News & World Report’s ranking of the country’s graduate schools, which show UNMC programs are making a steady climb among the nation’s top programs. (EDITOR’S NOTE: The number of institutions surveyed has been revised. More institutions were surveyed than originally reported in UNMC Today.)
Apr 2, 2007
New measures to enhance diversity, international medicine programs
In an effort to strengthen and better utilize its resources in diversity and international medicine, UNMC Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., has announced a realignment of the Community Partnership Department as well as a change in the medical center’s international medicine initiative.
Apr 2, 2007
Dr. Maurer reaching out
The South Omaha Community Care Council does invaluable work and UNMC Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D. — for one — is proud the group is associated with the medical center.
Mar 30, 2007
Healthy construction and development focus of AIA lecture
A professor from California-Berkley will discuss at an upcoming lecture at UNMC how a city’s architectural structure can lead to major improvements in the health and quality of life of its residents.
Mar 30, 2007
Campus-wide tornado drills set for Wednesday
UNMC, The Nebraska Medical Center and UNMC Physicians will participate in statewide “Severe Weather Week,” which will include test tornado warnings on Wednesday.
Mar 30, 2007
Dr. Allison honored with Koefoot Award
Jay Allison, M.D., does more than treat patients at his O’Neill clinic. The 1995 UNMC graduate is helping train future physicians by granting students a wide range of supervised, hands-on experiences from providing patient care to assisting with surgical procedures and deliveries. Dr. Allison received the second Theodore H. Koefoot Jr., M.D., Outstanding Preceptor in Rural Family Medicine Award on Tuesday at UNMC.
Mar 30, 2007
UNMC continues its climb in 2008 U.S. News rankings
The University of Nebraska Medical Center’s push for quality academics is reflected in the latest U.S.News & World Report’s ranking of the country’s graduate schools, which show UNMC programs are making a steady climb among the nation’s top programs. For the first time, the UNMC College of Medicine’s primary care program made the top […]
Mar 30, 2007
UNMC’s Rural Health Education Network and Nebraska Area Health Education Centers award 39 small community grants
The Rural Health Education Network (RHEN) at the University of Nebraska Medical Center has announced the funding of 39 grants to small communities around the state. The grants, which total nearly $47,000, range between $750 and $3,000 and are used to fund projects aimed at improving community health and to introduce Nebraska youth to health […]
Mar 30, 2007