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Department hosts International Conference on Gram-Positive Pathogens

The 2026 International Conference on Gram-Positive Pathogens (ICG+P) hosted by UNMC’s Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, drew 135 graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, lab personnel, and faculty members to Omaha.

Jun 10, 2026

Large conference room full of people at tables

IPID and department graduate student awards for 2025-2026 are presented

Students in the Immunology, Pathology & Infectious Disease (IPID) Graduate Studies Program were honored at a recent ceremony for their achievements in 2025-2026.

Jun 10, 2026

Graduate award winners, clockwise from top left: Sam Aden, Ridhi Bhola, Taylor Burke, Sarah Uhm, Brittany Rabe, and Madison Love

Rep. Don Bacon visits department laboratories

A visit to Capitol Hill by two house officers in UNMC’s Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology in April led to U.S. Rep. Don Bacon touring some of the department’s labs on June 1.

Jun 10, 2026

Rep. Don Bacon tours one of the department's laboratories; Dr. Joseph Khoury, department chair, is at left.

Resident exploring role that aberrant T-lymphocytes may play in clinical outcomes for some thymomas

A pathology resident is studying the role of aberrant T-lymphocytes in lymphocyte-rich thymomas and how they may correlate with clinical outcomes.

Jun 10, 2026

Holly Mitzel, MD, a second-year pathology resident

Schenken Award presented to three UNMC medical graduates

Three UNMC medical school graduates this spring received the Jerald R. Schenken, MD, Outstanding Achievement in Pathology and Microbiology Award.

Jun 10, 2026

Front row, from left: Drs. Priya Verbik, Alisha Huynh Langan, and Brock Calamari; back row, from left: Dr. Joseph Khoury, department chair; Patrick Kerrigan, a Schenken family friend; Charlotte Schenken; and Drs. Geoffrey Talmon, professor and senior associate dean of medical education in the College of Medicine; and Samuel M. Cohen, professor and former department chair.

Spotlight on: Sharleen Rapp

Sharleen Rapp says her role as lead for the Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory is the best of both worlds, combining her love of lab work and teaching.

Jun 10, 2026

Woman standing in lab

Department announces grants, publications

Department researchers have been awarded one grant. In addition, our researchers’ work has generated 33 manuscript publications.

Jun 10, 2026

Woman in laboratory

A 33-ton delivery changing the future of cancer care

The first proton beam therapy machine arrives in Nebraska, right here at the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center-Nebraska Medical Center.

Jun 10, 2026

Workers watch as a state-of-the-art proton beam therapy system is hoisted into the air as part of the installation process when the system arrived at the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center on June 6.

UNMC Strategic Plan draft available for review

UNMC students, staff and faculty are invited to provide input through June 16.

Jun 10, 2026

UNMC sign in front of the Michael F. Sorrell Center for Health Science Education, with the 42nd Street skywalk and Wittson Hall behind.

Forum focus: Military partnerships, maternal research

UNMC Interim Chancellor H. Dele Davies, MD, welcomed Col. Lee Williames, MD (USAF, Ret.), Chris Kratochvil, MD, and Sarosh Rana, MD, to Monday’s Chancellor’s Forum.

Jun 10, 2026

UNMC Interim Chancellor H. Dele Davies, MD