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Services today for founder of Harris Laboratories
Lewis Harris, Ph.D., the 1932 College of Pharmacy graduate who founded Harris Laboratories in Lincoln, died Tuesday, Jan. 6, at the age of 93.
Jan 9, 2004
Nebraska academy honors UNMC physician’s support of nurse practitioners
The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners presented its annual Nebraska Nurse Practitioner Advocate Award recently to Anthony Floreani, M.D., pulmonologist at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. The award recognizes an advocate for contributions in support of the role of the nurse practitioner, said Polly A. Hulme, Ph.D., assistant professor, family nurse practitioner program, UNMC […]
Jan 9, 2004
Noted stem cell scientist to speak at UNMC on Jan. 8
Irving Weissman, M.D., director of the Institute of Cancer/Stem Cell Biology and Medicine at Stanford, will speak at 12:15 p.m. today (Thursday) at the Eppley Science Hall Amphitheater. He is the guest speaker of the Graduate Student Association.
Jan 8, 2004
Cycling team makes donation
The Team Kaos cycling team, of which UNMC and The Nebraska Medical Center are title sponsors, has made a $1,500 donation to the Dave Babcook Memorial Fund. The memorial fund is used for pancreatic cancer research at the Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases.
Jan 8, 2004
Chief medical officer outlines opportunities in rural family practice
Richard Raymond, M.D., never imagined the opportunities that would evolve from his tenure as a rural family practice physician. Today, the UNMC graduate serves as chief medical officer for the Nebraska Health and Human Services System and interim director of the agency.
Jan 8, 2004
Platelet, plasma donors help save lives
Pat Hawley of Denison, Iowa, received a liver transplant at The Nebraska Medical Center in March of 2000. Read on to learn how many units of blood products Hawley used.
Jan 7, 2004
Dr. Swindells to serve on world’s largest HIV clinical trials organization
Susan Swindells, M.B.B.S., Terry K. Watanabe Professor and medical director of the University of Nebraska Medical Center HIV Clinic, was elected vice-chair of the Complications Research Agenda Committee of the Adult AIDS Clinical Trials Group (AACTG) last month. The AACTG is the biggest HIV clinical trials network in the world.
Jan 7, 2004
Final SimplyWell health fair set for Jan. 14
Eligible UNMC and UMA employees have one last opportunity to participate in the SimplyWell wellness program. A final health fair has been scheduled from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. in Private Dining Room C on Wednesday, Jan. 14.
Jan 7, 2004
UNMC nuclear medicine student dies in accident
Laurie M. Schaefer, a student in the Nuclear Medicine Program at UNMC, died Saturday, Jan. 3, in a one-vehicle accident in Lincoln. Schaefer had completed one semester in the Nuclear Medicine Program, which is part of the School of Allied Health Professions’ Radiation Science Technology Division.
Jan 6, 2004
UNMC names Paula Turpen, Ph.D., associate vice chancellor for research
Thomas H. Rosenquist, Ph.D., vice chancellor for research, University of Nebraska Medical Center, has announced that Paula B. Turpen, Ph.D., has accepted the newly created position of associate vice chancellor for research. She will assume her new post March 1. I am extremely pleased that Dr. Turpen has accepted this new position, Dr. Rosenquist said. […]
Jan 6, 2004