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Meet the matches: Mariah Tessin

The UNMC 2024 Match Day celebration was held at the Scott Conference Center at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, where eight out of 140 medical students at UNMC opened their envelopes and found they had matched to the UNMC Department of Anesthesiology. Why did you choose the medical field? I was always full of […]

Mar 19, 2024

Department of Anesthesiology welcomes 12 new residents

Shelby Schelkopf will continue her residency close to home. On Match Day, the Geneva, Nebraska, native was one of eight UNMC medical students who learned they had matched to the UNMC Department of Anesthesiology. “I’m thrilled to stay at UNMC because of the people in the department and the robust training that residents receive,” Schelkopf […]

Mar 19, 2024

ASK UNMC! Troy Plumb, MD, UNMC College of Medicine

What do my kidneys do and how do they keep me healthy?

Mar 19, 2024

On Match Day, UNMC medical students celebrate their next step

The UNMC College of Medicine students learned their residency assignments. See images and a video from the event and a list of results.

Mar 19, 2024

As is tradition, UNMC medical students pinned the location of their residencies on a map of the United States, with a cluster here in Omaha.

Two receive Leonard Tow Humanism Award

Alëna Balasanova, MD, associate professor in the department of psychiatry, and medical student Laura Flores, PhD, were honored.

Mar 19, 2024

Alëna Balasanova, MD, associate professor in the department of psychiatry, and graduating medical student Laura Flores, PhD

Blood drive set for April 3 on UNMC campus

The bloodmobile for Nebraska Community Blood Bank will be outside the UNMC Center for Healthy Living.

Mar 19, 2024

Exterior view of the Center for Healthy Living

Student spotlight: Sophia Kisling

We continue highlighting some of our outstanding graduate students. Meet Sophia Kisling! Name: Sophia Kisling Hometown: Cortland, Nebraska Graduate Studies program: Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences (IGPBS) – biochemistry and molecular biology Anticipated graduation: May 2024 Advisor: Surinder Batra, PhD What do you love about your field of study? Research is something that I’ve […]

Mar 18, 2024

Sophia Kisling

Consulting Club offers insight into non-academic career

Students have established a handful of new clubs at UNMC in the past year or so of interest to graduate students. These include the Bangladeshi Student Association, Bioinformatics Club, Harm Reduction Advocates, Muslim Student Association and UNMC Consulting Club. Please reach out if you have interest in any of these organizations. Today, let’s learn more […]

Mar 18, 2024

The UNMC Consulting Club is using its training on a project for UNMC Graduate Studies.

Alumnus urges grads to take ‘braided river’ path

UNMC Graduate Studies held its annual Winter Honors Convocation Dec. 15, 2023, honoring August and December graduates. The honorees include those who had earned or were about to earn three graduate certificates, more than 20 master’s degrees and 40 doctoral degrees. The keynote speaker was UNMC Graduate Studies alumna Robin Cotter, PhD, who has taken […]

Mar 18, 2024

Dele Davies, MD, dean for graduate studies, greets UNMC Graduate Studies alumnus Robin Cotter, PhD, before she gives the keynote address at the 2023 Winter Honors Convocation.

Celebrating convocation, Consulting Club, Greater Good

Welcome to the spring 2024 issue of Graduate Posts! First, I want to extend my heartfelt congratulations to all our December graduates. It was a great privilege for me to celebrate their accomplishments along with their faculty mentors, families and friends who supported them throughout their journey. These graduates now join our alumni ranks as future groundbreaking […]

Mar 18, 2024

Dele Davies, MD