College of Medicine

University of Nebraska has record year in philanthropic support

Gifts supported many UNMC programs and initiatives.

Aug 31, 2021

The new Munroe-Meyer Institute building was one project that received philanthropic support in 2021.

Cancer center announces seed grant opportunity

Grant funds are from the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center’s American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant.

Aug 30, 2021

Kenneth Cowan, MD, PhD

New faculty spotlight: Daphne Ly, MD

Dr. Ly is an associate professor in the UNMC Division of Surgical Oncology and a surgical oncologist at Nebraska Medicine.

Aug 30, 2021

Daphne Ly, MD

UNMC study confirms COVID air transmission

UNMC’s findings on airborne transmission have passed scientific peer review.

Aug 27, 2021

From left, Joshua Santarpia, PhD, John Lowe, PhD and St. Patrick Reid, PhD

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

COM holds design thinking workshop for students

Theme of event was ‘interprofessional care.’

Aug 26, 2021

Kate Fiandt, PhD, of the UNMC College of Nursing, was one of the faculty members who worked with medical students at the workshop.

Medical students welcomed at White Coat Ceremony

Annual event returns to Orpheum Theater with COVID-19 guidelines in place.

Aug 26, 2021

Bradley Britigan, MD, dean of the UNMC College of Medicine, speaks to incoming medical students at last week's White Coat Ceremony.

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