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Understanding refugee culture crux of Ghana trip
Valda Boyd Ford will spend the New Year in the largest refugee camp in Ghana. Ford, director of UNMC’s Community and Multicultural Affairs, will spend eight weeks in the 140-acre Buduburam Refugee Camp working with Unite for Sight, an organization dedicated to health promotion and disease prevention. She leaves at the end of the month.
Dec 15, 2004
Swarts helped bring Ronald McDonald House to Omaha
There would be no Ronald McDonald House in Omaha without Keith Swarts, says businessman Tony Diez. He should know. He worked alongside UNMC’s Director of Business Services to bring the Ronald McDonald House to Omaha 10 years ago.
Dec 14, 2004
UNMC Munroe-Meyer Institute to host “Walk & Roll for Disabilities” to benefit families, caregivers of adults with developmental disabilities; Eric Crouch honorary team captain
For families and caregivers of adults with developmental disabilities, doing simple things like running errands and catching up on shopping is a welcome reprieve from constant demands of caring for a loved one. The University of Nebraska Medical Center Munroe-Meyer Institute and the C. Louis Meyer Foundation, invites the public to participate in its […]
Dec 14, 2004
UNMC training site for minimally invasive joint replacement surgery
Zimmer Holdings, Inc. Friday announced that it has entered into an agreement with UNMC to establish a Zimmer Institute training site at the school to collaborate on advancement of minimally invasive procedures and technologies for joint replacement surgery. UNMC becomes just the third U.S. training site for Zimmer.
Dec 13, 2004
UNMC College of Dentistry Scientist Receives $1.5 million grant from NIH to Continue Multiple Sclerosis Research
Kalipada Pahan, Ph.D., associate professor of biochemistry, oral biology and pharmacology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry in Lincoln, has received a five-year, $1.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study potential new anti-neuroinflammatory drugs for multiple sclerosis. Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease that affects […]
Dec 13, 2004
Dentistry students participate in transition ceremony
Twenty-six second-year dental students and 24 third-year dental hygiene students recently signed pledges committing themselves to a higher level of professional responsibility as they begin their clinical experiences at the UNMC College of Dentistry.
Dec 10, 2004
Peck honored for work with women, children
Magda Peck, Sc.D., has championed women’s and children’s health for much of her professional life. On Thursday, UNMC’s professor of pediatrics was nationally recognized for her work when she was named an “Outstanding Leader” by the Coalition for Excellence in Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology.
Dec 10, 2004
Zimmer Holdings Announces Agreement with University of Nebraska Medical Center
Contact: Brad Bishop – Zimmer 574-372-4289 bradley.bishop@zimmer.com or Tom O’Connor – UNMC 402-559-4690 toconnor@unmc.edu (WARSAW, IN) – December 10, 2004—Zimmer Holdings, Inc. announced today that it has entered into an agreement with the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) to establish a Zimmer Institute training site at the school to collaborate on advancement […]
Dec 10, 2004
UNMC researchers receive NIH grant to study heart failure
A team of cardiovascular scientists at the University of Nebraska Medical Center has received a five-year grant totaling more than $10.6 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study the mechanism for cardiovascular deterioration in heart failure. This is a renewal of a previous five-year grant.
Dec 9, 2004
UNMC Maternal Care Program receives baby kits
Chris Andersen, 16, is on the threshold of achieving scouting’s highest honor – Eagle Scout – thanks to the completion of his unique Eagle Scout project – the Infant Care Project. The Infant Care Project resulted in 52 new baby kits that will be distributed to needy mothers served by UNMC’s Maternal Care Program, a division of the department of obstetrics and gynecology.
Dec 9, 2004