College of Medicine

UNMC for the record

Annual PEN retreat, Dunkin’ holds grand opening at ice rink today, and other news and notes from the UNMC community.

Aug 27, 2021

Research award winners with Keshore Bidasee, PhD, (far left), chair of the neuroscience graduate program, and Howard Gendelman, MD (far right), chair of the UNMC Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience

New faculty spotlight: Lauri Vargo, MD

Dr. Vargo is an assistant professor in the UNMC Department of Dermatology.

Aug 27, 2021

Lauri Vargo, MD

State Sen. Megan Hunt tours UNMC

Hunt praises med center for ‘leadership’ during the pandemic.

Aug 27, 2021

From left, Emily McElroy, dean of the McGoogan Health Sciences Library, and Nebraska State Sen. Megan Hunt

Trial explores hyperoxygen therapy in brain injuries

The Hyperbaric Medicine Center is one of 11 units around the nation to take part in new trial.

Aug 26, 2021

Jeffrey Cooper, MD, director of hyperbaric medicine for Nebraska Medicine and associate professor of emergency medicine at UNMC

COM student of the month

Daniela Cortes Reyes was a member of the UNMC High School Alliance.

Aug 26, 2021

Daniela Cortes Reyes

Culture Conversation: Innovation

This month’s Culture Conversation continues the discussion of innovation.

Aug 26, 2021

From left, Jennifer Bartholomew, director, facilities planning and construction, and Carl Smith, MD, professor and chairman, obstetrics and gynecology

UNMC team confirms COVID-19’s airborne transmission in leading scientific journal

UNMC’s findings on airborne transmission have passed scientific peer review and been accepted for publication by Nature’s Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology.

Aug 26, 2021

Joshua Santarpia, PhD

Resident of the month

Tyler Evans, MD, a dermatology resident, is a former wide receiver for the Nebraska Cornhuskers.

Aug 26, 2021

Tyler Evans, MD

Fellowship program director of the month

Dr. Green Hines is the director of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program.

Aug 26, 2021

Andrea Green Hines, MD

Research highlights

The UNMC College of Medicine received grant and funding awards representing $11,037,387 in new funding in June.

Aug 26, 2021

Xinglong Wang, PhD