College of Medicine

Arnold retires after more than four decades at UNMC

Assistant professor of pathology and microbiology also was a UNMC alum.

May 5, 2020

From left, Steve Hinrichs, M.D., chair of the UNMC Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Lora Arnold and Samuel Cohen, M.D., Ph.D., Havlik-Wall Professor of Oncology

Questions with Chancellor Gold

How will I be notified that I can return to work on campus?

May 5, 2020

UNMC and University of Nebraska at Omaha Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D.

CHRI Pediatric Research Forum will be virtual

Reigstration will open Wednesday for this week’s event.

May 5, 2020

Gurudutt Pendyala, Ph.D., will be the keynote speaker at the event.

UNMC extends its stay-at-home directive to May 15

Individuals should continue to work remotely, unless their job requires them to physically be on campus.

May 4, 2020

UNMC for the record

News and notes from the UNMC community.

May 1, 2020

Dave O'Dell, M.D.

Six locations across Nebraska now decontaminating PPE

Method developed at UNMC combats a shortage of one-use N95 respirators.

May 1, 2020

UNMC/Nebraska Medicine developed a safe and effective method to use ultraviolet light to decontaminate N95 respirators.

UNMC experts develop COVID-19 guidelines for meat processing facilities

Team toured 10 facilities across state to develop ‘playbook.’

May 1, 2020

From left, Jocelyn Herstein, Ph.D., infectious disease expert for the Global Center for Health Security, and Shelly Schwedhelm, executive director of emergency management and biopreparedness for Nebraska Medicine and executive director of emergency management for the Global Center for Health Security at UNMC, was part of a team of experts that toured 10 meatpacking plants over the past two weeks to provide technical assistance and further develop guidelines to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 while the facilities continue to operate.

Dr. Davies named to AAP team on COVID-19 procedures

The initiative is called “AAP COVID-19 ECHO: Emergency Readiness & Response.”

May 1, 2020

Dele Davies, M.D.

Giving Tuesday Now comes at important time for UNMC

Annual “day of giving” now is set for May 5.

Apr 30, 2020

The Durham Research Center

Trial shows remdesivir accelerates recovery from advanced COVID-19

UNMC/Nebraska Medicine was first study site for NIH clinical trial.

Apr 30, 2020

Andre Kalil, M.D.