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UNMC Board of Counselors names officers, welcomes 11 new members
The University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Board of Counselors elected officers for 2006 at the annual board meeting on April 24. Officers are Kathy Campbell, chairperson, Lincoln; and Bob Kully, vice chairperson, Omaha. The group welcomed 11 new members at the meeting held at the Durham Research Center in the Scott Amphitheater. New board members […]
May 10, 2006
Nursing students collect food, money for underserved
Students in the The College of Nursing received 135 pounds of food and raised $108 during National Public Health Week.
May 9, 2006
Awake on the operating table
Patients with chronic, debilitating pain from whiplash and other trauma are turning to UNMC and a unique surgical treatment program that enables them to recapture their lives. Unlike traditional surgery, however, these patients are awake on the operating table and the success of the operation depends upon their ability to feel pain during surgery.
May 9, 2006
UNMC honors administrative professional staff
More than 300 administrative professionals from across the UNMC campus were honored May 4 for their continuous dedication and hard work.
May 9, 2006
UNeMed’s Headley liaison between inventors, companies
Todd Headley has been named director of Technology Marketing and Licensing for UNeMed and serves as a key liaison between UNMC inventors and potential company partners. He also negotiates license agreements that will foster partnerships for the commercialization of the technologies.
May 8, 2006
Nursing grads to help ease mental health shortage
The UNMC College of Nursing is working to ease Nebraska’s mental health shortage. The college just graduated its first class from a unique, new master’s degree, which enables them to address mental health issues, as well as the physical health issues of their patients.
May 8, 2006
Minimally invasive repair for life threatening condition
The Nebraska Medical Center recently performed a groundbreaking surgery — the city’s first minimally invasive repair of a life threatening thoracic aortic aneurysm.
May 5, 2006
Drs. Mailliard, Gollan co-author review article
Mark Mailliard, M.D., and John Gollan, M.D., Ph.D., have co-authored a review article titled “Emerging Therapeutics for Chronic Hepatitis B” published in the Annual Review of Medicine 2006.
May 4, 2006
Spotlight on new faculty – meet Grace Davis, M.D.
Grace Davis, M.D., assistant professor, general internal medicine section, is among the many new faculty members on the UNMC campus.
May 4, 2006
First class of nurses to serve dual purpose of family, mental health nursing, set to graduate May 6, will help ease Nebraska’s mental health shortage
After three years, the first class of nursing students at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing will graduate from a unique, new master’s degree in nursing. The degree is one that enables the nurses to address mental health issues, as well as physical health issues of their patients. Though it’s a […]
May 4, 2006