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Phares visits UNMC
New University of Nebraska Regent Robert Phares visited UNMC on Friday.
Oct 2, 2006
Sen. Nelson lauds UNMC/3M collaboration on protective respirator
A UNMC and 3M Corporation collaboration to develop respirators aimed at stopping the spread of diseases such as avian influenza was applauded by U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson on Monday. The collaboration received a boost Friday when UNMC was appropriated $5.4 million in federal funds for research. About $1.8 million of that appropriation was designated […]
Oct 2, 2006
Spotlight on new faculty – meet Eduardo Jose Vasquez, M.D.
Eduardo Jose Vasquez, M.D., assistant professor of medicine, pulmonary, critical care, sleep and allergy medicine, is among the many new faculty members at UNMC.
Sep 29, 2006
Passport Partners program to focus on Black Elk
Lakota visionary and healer, Black Elk, will be the focus of an upcoming segment of Joslyn Art Museum’s “Passport Partners” program.
Sep 29, 2006
Nebraska Editing Team releases two new books
The Nebraska Editing Team has added two more titles to their growing collection of academic texts.
Sep 29, 2006
Med Center marks first anniversary of heart transplant
On Sept. 29, 2005, The Nebraska Medical Center completed its first transplant in its newly reorganized heart transplant program. In the year since, 17 heart transplants have been performed at the medical center.
Sep 29, 2006
Dr. McCashland to lead international transplant group
The International Liver Transplantation Society has elected UNMC associate professor Timothy McCashland, M.D., as its president.
Sep 29, 2006
Note on Distinguished Scientists criteria
Earlier this week, UNMC Today announced the 25 investigators who have been named UNMC Distinguished Scientists for 2006. Administrators and department chairs were excluded from this year’s competition, which recognizes those UNMC researchers who have been among the most productive scientists in the country over the past five years.
Sep 28, 2006
Munroe-Meyer Institute to be highlighted at genetics conference
The Munroe-Meyer Institute at the University of Nebraska Medical Center is considered by some a Mecca for genetic research. Fittingly, several top geneticists made a pilgrimage of sorts to the institute yesterday as part of a regional conference hosted by MMI staff. The tour of the institute was part of the three-day “Heartland Regional […]
Sep 28, 2006
UNMC’s Timothy McCashland elected president of International Liver Transplantation Society
The International Liver Transplantation Society has elected Timothy McCashland, M.D., associate professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center, as president of the society. Dr. McCashland was sworn in recently at the 2006 International Congress in Milan, Italy. Throughout his one-year term, he will be responsible for representing the society, monitoring the strategic direction of the […]
Sep 28, 2006