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Questions with Chancellor Gold

Does the Davis Global Center and iEXCEL initiative have greater importance now?

Jul 14, 2020

Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD

LiveGreen: Heat + humidity = Energy curtailment

The summer heat appears to be here to stay, and we need your help to reduce energy use.

Jul 14, 2020

Collaboration helps prepare for open-heart surgeries

College of Allied Health Professions, iEXCEL join forces for unique training.

Jul 14, 2020

Scott Sanderson, perfusion program clinical education coordinator and staff perfusionist, seated, consults with Biomed Simulation Inc. representative Richard Tallman, as they test out the new Califia 3.0-ECMO simulator in the Davis Global Center.

University joins amicus brief opposing new guidance for international students

Brief supports a lawsuit filed last week by Harvard University and MIT.

Jul 14, 2020

University of Nebraska President Ted Carter

Dr. Sualy to study long-term opioid effects on newborn brain

A $50,000 grant from the CHRI will fund the basic science research.

Jul 14, 2020

Corporate Cycling Challenge opens Aug. 16

Med Center employees ride free in the event.

Jul 13, 2020

Taking action in Nebraska for long term care facilities

Long term facilities are supposed to feel more like home than a hospital. They absolutely need the infection control like a hospital though. This is where ICAP and ASAP came into the picture (see UNMC Today article about their great work). The vision of the state health department was very clear as they decided to […]

Jul 13, 2020

GCHS Hosts Pilot NDMS EMS Training Workshop

The Global Center for Health Security (GCHS) serves as a lead training institution for the National Disaster Medical System (NDMS), and while the COVID-19 pandemic has temporarily delayed regularly-scheduled workshops, a pilot workshop for a new program was led yesterday by the National Strategic Research Institute (NSRI) with assistance from the GCHS. The EMS Infectious […]

Jul 13, 2020

Marty Sikes, NSRI, and Morgan Shradar, UNMC/NM, practice hand hygiene while donning PAPR

UNMC COVID-19 Meat Processing Playbook Goes “Global”

The University of Nebraska Medical Center’s collaborative creation of COVID-19 Playbooks for specific industries such as meat processing facilities has crossed international borders.

Jul 13, 2020

In the Business of Helping People: Engineering Inventions and National Defense

Benjamin Terry received an engineering master’s degree from Colorado School of Mines, then he applied for jobs in the business sector: automotive and medical devices. He landed for nine years in the medical industry, developing electronic mechanical devices, such as dialysis machines – even though he had no knowledge of biomedicine.

Jul 13, 2020