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From Virginia to Nebraska — Meet Lydia Mbocha
Today, you’ll meet Lydia Mbocha, the last of our six Virginia-Nebraska Alliance scholars. Mbocha traveled 1,000-plus miles to spend 12 weeks in a UNMC lab. The six undergraduates are the first to participate in the unique Virginia-Nebraska Alliance, an academic and research partnership between UNMC, Virginia Commonwealth University, five Historically Black Colleges and Universities and a leading Virginia community college. Click to learn more about Mbocha, in her words.
Jul 1, 2005
Deployed nursing student shares thoughts
Chad Miller of Grant, Neb., was studying nursing at UNMC when he was deployed this past October to Iraq, where he serves as a National Guard medic. Click to read excerpts from e-mails Spc. Miller has shared with friends.
Jul 1, 2005
Nebraska, international cancer researchers receive $9 million grant to advance work on better way to diagnose lymphomas, increase chance of survival
UNMC has received a nearly $9 million grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to better diagnose lymphomas through microarray technology — one of the largest research grants in the history of UNMC. The technology uses a specialized Diagnostic Lymphdx Array “chip,” — tiny array probes – to study cancerous genes. The technology helps […]
Jul 1, 2005
Munroe-Meyer Institute to study sitting posture development in infants
An infant’s first steps are one of the most cherished moments in the life of child, but there is another first physical ability that actually determines whether or not those steps ever happen – the ability to sit up. Sitting independently in an upright position can be an extensive challenge for infants with developmental disabilities. […]
Jul 1, 2005
Dr. Sullivan leads delegation to UNMC
One of the nation’s most distinguished medical educators and an advisor to President George W. Bush on health disparities, Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., is visiting UNMC this week to further develop the historic Virginia-Nebraska Alliance signed last year.
Jun 30, 2005
Diversifying the nation’s health professionals
Virginia and Nebraska are separated by more than 1,000 miles, but united in one mission — to get more minority students into the health professions. They plan to accomplish their goal through the Virginia-Nebraska Alliance, a partnership formed this past September between the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, five Historically Black […]
Jun 30, 2005
From Virginia to Nebraska — Meet Tyrone Cherry
Meet Tyrone Cherry, the fourth of our Virginia-Nebraska Alliance scholars. Cherry is one of six Virginia students who traveled 1,000-plus miles to spend 12 weeks in a UNMC lab. The undergraduates are the first to participate in the unique Virginia-Nebraska Alliance, an academic and research partnership between UNMC, Virginia Commonwealth University, five Historically Black Colleges and Universities and a leading Virginia community college. Click to learn more about Cherry, in his words.
Jun 30, 2005
From Virginia to Nebraska — Meet Nakiesha Bridgers
Meet Nakiesha Bridgers, the third of our Virginia-Nebraska Alliance scholars. Bridgers is one of six Virginia students who traveled 1,000-plus miles to spend 12 weeks in a UNMC lab. The undergraduates are the first to participate in the unique Virginia-Nebraska Alliance, an academic and research partnership between UNMC, Virginia Commonwealth University, five Historically Black Colleges and Universities and a leading Virginia community college. Click to learn more about Bridgers, in her words.
Jun 29, 2005
Martha Harmon retires to a new job
After 37 years at UNMC, Martha Harmon is retiring, but don’t expect to see her relaxing near Lake Manawa.
Jun 29, 2005
Grant explores exercise and heart failure
Can exercise improve the functional status of patients with heart failure and ultimately their over-all quality of life? And, once they learn how to exercise, how can those same patients be encouraged to stick with it? Co-investigators Bunny Pozehl, Ph.D., Kathleen Duncan, Ph.D., Joseph Norman, Ph.D., and Melody Hertzog, Ph.D., will spend the next two years searching for answers to these questions with support from a National Institute of Nursing Research grant totaling $220,500.
Jun 28, 2005