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Brain health of youth football players is focus of Sept. 21 Science Cafe

Speaker is founder of The First Down Project, a decade long study that focuses on brain health in youth football players.

Sep 16, 2021

Thayne Munce, PhD

Study explores potential long-acting HIV, Hepatitis-B treatment

The article, “Transformation of tenofovir into stable ProTide nanocrystals with long-acting pharmacokinetic profiles,” is published today in Nature Communications.

Sep 16, 2021

UNMC summer program for international physical therapy students goes virtual

In prior summers, this course was offered on-campus at UNMC but due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s course was offered as a three-week online summer program from July 12-30, 2021. More students were able to join this program from the comfort of their homes than had previously come to Omaha in years past. The 2021 course welcomed 24 SEED students from six different universities in China and Taiwan.

Sep 15, 2021

Ka-Chun (Joseph) Siu, PhD
Associate Professor of Physical Therapy and Director, Global Health Opportunity Program (GHOP)

Sen. Eliot Bostar tours UNMC

Sen. Bostar met with Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, and members of the UNMC College of Public Health during his visit.

Sep 15, 2021

State Sen. Eliot Bostar tours UNMC, including iEXCEL's Five-Sided Laser Cave.

Special Olympics Nebraska honors HSEC students

Award recognizes those who make significant contributions to equal access to health, fitness and wellness for people with intellectual disabilities.

Sep 15, 2021

Mia Hyde, associate program director/director of clinical development, physician assistant education; Jannelle Reynolds, assistant professor of PA education; Mary Girard, instructor, nursing; Pam Dickey, assistant professor and admissions director, PA education; Nancy Stuart, instructor of nursing; and Katie Messner clinical instructor, nursing, accept the award on behalf of UNMC, the HSEC and its students.

Dr. Boyers inducted into national simulation Hall of Fame

Pamela Boyers, PhD, was honored Tuesday at induction ceremony.

Sep 15, 2021

Pamela Boyers, PhD

UNMC receives $20.3 million research grant, largest in its history

The grant is a renewal of a record $20 million National Institutes of Health grant received in 2016.

Sep 15, 2021

Matthew Rizzo, MD, principal investigator of the grant.

Renewal is largest research grant in UNMC history

The Great Plains Institutional Development Award program for Clinical and Translational Research received the five-year, $20.3 million award.

Sep 14, 2021

Matthew Rizzo, MD

New faculty spotlight: Lindsay Helget, MD

Dr. Helget is an assistant professor in the UNMC Division of Rheumatology.

Sep 14, 2021

Lindsay Helget, MD

Ronald Krueger, MD, receives Rizal Medal in ophthalmology

Dr. Krueger delivered the Jose Rizal International Medal Lecture for the Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology on Saturday.

Sep 14, 2021

Ronald Krueger, MD