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UNMC shares $5 million grant to collaborate with the University of Puerto Rico
UNMC and the University of Puerto Rico have begun collaboration on HIV research funded by a federal grant.
UNMC was chosen to be a part of the Center for Research and Development for Minority Institutions from among the top institutions in the country. Other medical centers participating in the program are Johns Hopkins University, the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Washington-Seattle. The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke sponsors the grant, which was awarded to promote mentoring between established and minority institutions and is worth a total of about $5 million over five years.
Mar 26, 2002
UNMC to honor 30-year service award recipients — part 1 of 3
Five UNMC faculty members will be receiving 30-year service awards during the Annual Faculty meeting Thursday, April 11 at 4 p.m. in the Eppley Science Hall Amphitheater. In three installments, UNMC Today will highlight the award recipients from the College of Dentistry, College of Nursing and the College of Medicine. Today’s focus is on Stanton Harn, Ph.D., of the College of Dentistry.
Mar 26, 2002
National Alcohol Screening Day Program in North Omaha on April 11
For all the news about Americas war against drugs, the fact remains that alcohol is still the most widely abused substance in the U.S. and the most damaging. On April 11, the Center for Holistic Development, in partnership with the American Red Cross North Branch and the Heartland Counseling and Consulting Center, will sponsor a […]
Mar 26, 2002
Researchers at UNMC, University of Iowa receive $6.3 million NIH grant to study alcohol abuse, related immune system abnormalities
Researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) and University of Iowa (UI), have jointly received a five-year, $6.3 million grant from the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, one of the National Institutes of Health, to study immune system abnormalities caused by chronic alcohol abuse. The UI researchers will receive $4.85 million […]
Mar 26, 2002
UNMC Researchers Conducting Study to Determine if Home-based Cardiac Rehabilitation as Effective as Traditional Cardiac Rehab
Researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing have received a $100,000 grant from the American Heart Association to conduct a preliminary study to determine whether home-based cardiac rehabilitation is an effective alternative to traditional cardiac rehabilitation. UNMC researchers will study 50 Omaha-area study participants, age 40- to 80-years-old, whove had a […]
Mar 26, 2002
117 UNMC Medical Students Receive Residency Training Assignments Through Match Day Program
A total of 117 senior medical school students at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine have received their residency assignments in 27 states through the National Resident Matching Program. The program, a private, not-for-profit corporation, was established in 1952 to provide a uniform date of appointment to residency positions. Residencies last from […]
Mar 25, 2002
UNMC Researcher Designs Course to Teach Smoking Intervention Skills
A course has been designed at the University of Nebraska Medical Center to teach people from varied backgrounds the skills and techniques to help smokers break their cigarette dependency. Quitting smoking shouldn’t be a one-person battle, said David Daughton, a researcher in the internal medicine department and the course’s instructor. Smokers who receive adequate counseling […]
Mar 25, 2002
UNMC training course helps smokers kick the habit
A course has been designed at UNMC to teach people from varied backgrounds the skills and techniques to help smokers break their cigarette dependency.
“Quitting smoking shouldn’t be a one-person battle,” said David Daughton, a researcher in the internal medicine department and the course’s instructor. “Smokers who receive adequate counseling support have a greater chance of quitting than those who receive none, but many times the people in a smoker’s support system don’t have the proper training.”
Mar 25, 2002
April’s mini-medical school focuses on ‘Taking Charge of Your Health’
UNMC and eight sites across Nebraska invite the public to attend UNMC Mini-Medical School, a free health educational series for three consecutive Thursdays beginning April 11.
The three-part series, titled, “Taking Charge of Your Health,” will focus on the changing health-care provider/patient relationship. Patients, thanks in large part to the Internet, now are more educated about their health and health products, which has created a new dynamic in the patient-health provider relationship.
Mar 22, 2002
Residency matches reveal students’ medical aspirations
In a short time, Son Tran has come a long ways.
In 1990, he and his family — one of the last to leave Vietnam under the U.S. government’s refugee program — moved to Lincoln, Neb., where the 17-year-old learned English and attended two years at Southeast High School before graduating from Nebraska Wesleyan University.
On Thursday, the UNMC fourth-year medical student read the National Resident Matching Program letter that defined the next step in his life: an internal medicine residency in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Mar 22, 2002
