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Ask UNMC! Courtney Aken, RD, Nebraska Medicine

What are the best spring fruits and veggies to prioritize in my diet?

Apr 9, 2025

Courtney Aken, RD, Nebraska Medicine

UNMC’s graduate, professional programs ranked among nation’s best

Interim Chancellor H. Dele Davies, MD, says the rankings reflect UNMC’s commitment to exceptional academic experiences.

Apr 9, 2025

UNMC campus sign

Annual faculty awards: Pooneh Bagher, PhD

Dr. Bagher is an associate professor in the UNMC Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology.

Apr 9, 2025

Pooneh Bagher, PhD

Becker to serve as interim leader for IT

Nicole Becker has been with the med center for nearly a decade as the director of DevOps.

Apr 9, 2025

Nicole Becker

Dr. Siddique wins UNeMed contest with surgical device

UNMC’s Aleem Siddique, MBBS, won for his idea for a new retrograde cerebral protection device.

Apr 9, 2025

Aleem Siddique, MBBS

Pathology fellow studies ways to help guide treatment of bladder tumors

Bladder tumors (urothelial carcinomas) are graded using a two-tier system into low-grade and high-grade types. However, some tumors may have mixed features with a large component of low-grade carcinoma and a minor component of high-grade tumor, causing difficulty in grading and therapeutic decision-making. What is the biologic behavior of such tumors and how does one […]

Apr 8, 2025

Pranav Renavikar, MBBS, a surgical pathology fellow in UNMC's Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

Ask UNMC! Patricia Zemantic, PhD, BCBA-D, UNMC Munroe-Meyer Institute

How early can you diagnose autism spectrum disorder?

Apr 8, 2025

Patricia Zemantic, PhD, BCBA-D, UNMC Munroe-Meyer Institute

New residents and fellows coming aboard for 2025-2026

We are so excited to welcome our newest residents and fellows! We have four PGY1 residents and one PGY2 transfer resident, plus five new fellows and one returning fellow. Learn more about them here: Residents Matthew Carr PGY1Undergrad: Truman State University, Kirksville, MissouriMedical school: Des Moines University College of Osteopathic MedicineMatthew is originally from Fairfield, […]

Apr 8, 2025

The 2024-2025 residents and fellows

Redox status is a critical factor in Chlamydia trachomatis developmental progression

The obligate intracellular pathogen Chlamydia trachomatis, the leading cause of bacterial sexually transmitted infections, has a developmental cycle that differentiates between two functional and morphological forms, the elementary body (EB) and the reticulate body (RB). The EB is the infectious and nondividing form that infects susceptible host cells. Once internalized into a host-derived vacuole called […]

Apr 8, 2025

Dr. Vandana Singh

Resident awarded 2025 Forensic Pathology Advanced Training Grant

Congratulations to our chief resident elect, Dr. Thomas Auen, who was named a recipient of the 2025 Forensic Pathology Advanced Training Grant, which is sponsored by the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS), the National Association of Medical Examiners (NAME), and the NAME Foundation. This will allow Dr. Auen to spend a month at the […]

Apr 8, 2025

Dr. Thomas Auen