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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
Employees gather for holiday tea
UNMC Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., and his wife, Beverly, greeted UNMC and hospital employees Thursday during the annual Holiday Tea.
Dec 16, 2005
The Nebraska Medical Center makes yearly $25,000 commitment to UNMC College of Nursing to help with shortage of faculty
Most people have probably heard about the nursing shortage. In the last few years, another national shortage has been heating up: a shortage of nursing faculty — those who teach students to be nurses. “If you don’t have enough faculty to teach, you can’t take as many students. This has been the problem nationwide. […]
Dec 16, 2005
Northern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center receives Indian Health Service grant, partners with UNMC to reduce health disparities in diabetes, facilitate research, decrease distrust
The Northern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center recently received a Native American Research Center for Health (NARCH) grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Indian Health Service. The Northern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center will partner with the University of Nebraska Medical Center. The goal of the four-year grant, expected to total between $900,000 […]
Dec 16, 2005
UNMC announces officers for Student Association for Rural Health
New officers have been elected for 2005-06 by the Student Association for Rural Health (SARH) at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. SARH promotes interest in health careers in rural areas of Nebraska by hosting monthly seminars on rural health issues. All UNMC students are eligible to join the SARH group. The 2005-2006 officers and […]
Dec 16, 2005
Nebraskans selected as first class of scholars for 2005-2006 Great Plains Public Health Leadership Institute; further prepares Nebraska in promoting, protecting, advocating for public health
Fourteen Nebraskans have been selected as the first class of scholars of the Great Plains Public Health Leadership Institute, a year-long program designed to strengthen leadership among those who work in public health. Public health is focused on promoting, protecting and advocating for the public’s health. It addresses physical, mental and environmental health concerns […]
Dec 15, 2005