College of Medicine

UNMC receives $650,000 for research in cancer, smoking diseases

Thirteen scientists at UNMC have received a cumulative $650,000 in grant funding to further their research in cancer and diseases related to smoking.

Aug 29, 2019

Hundreds of UNMC faculty recognized as experts by Expertscape

Service ranks the most knowledgeable doctors and hospitals for specific medical diseases, conditions and treatments.

Aug 29, 2019

Speaker to explore ‘The Second Victim’

Patrice Weiss, M.D., will speak Friday about the effect of medical errors on health care providers.

Aug 28, 2019

Global team evaluates CRISPR gene editing methods

Channabasavaiah Gurumurthy, Ph.D., is a corresponding author on the paper in Genome Biology.

Aug 28, 2019

From left, Channabasavaiah Gurumurthy, Ph.D., of UNMC, and Gaetan Burgio, Ph.D., of Australian National University

Pediatric Cancer Research Group Symposium set for Aug. 27

National expert Brenda Weigel, M.D., of the University of Minnesota, will deliver keynote address.

Aug 23, 2019

Don Coulter, M.D., director of the Pediatric Cancer Research Group

UNMC scientists receive $650,000 for research in cancer, smoking diseases

Researchers at the University of Nebraska and Creighton University, compete annually for the funds.

Aug 23, 2019

Retirement tea Aug. 29 for Carin Borg

Borg’s career at UNMC spanned more than four decades.

Aug 22, 2019

Carin Borg

Time out with T.O. – A unique summer camp

Participants come from all over the world to attend “Staph Camp” at UNMC.

Aug 22, 2019

Camp participants included: (standing left-right) - Bibek Subedi, Kansas State University, Paul Fey, Ph.D., UNMC Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Tianwei Shen, University of Washington, Marat Sadykov, UNMC Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Vinai Thomas, Ph.D., UNMC Department of Pathology and Microbiology Tammy Kielian, Ph.D., UNMC Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Jessica Gilbertie, D.V.M., North Carolina State University, Danai Etter, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, Camilla Jensen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, and Ken Bayles, Ph.D., UNMC Department of Pathology and Microbiology; (sitting left to right) -- Lauren Hammond, University of South Florida, Anna Sommer, Robert Koch Institute-Berlin, Catherine Leasure, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Robert Ulrich, M.D., New York University School of Medicine, and Brandon Anjuwon-Foster, National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health. Attendees not pictured included: Shahad Alqahtani, Georgetown University, Dina Altwiley, University of Bristol, Bristol UK, and Christine Livingston, Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson and Johnson.

New faculty spotlight: Elizabeth Bradford Bell, M.D.

Dr. Bell is an assistant professor in the UNMC Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.

Aug 21, 2019

Elizabeth Bradford Bell, M.D.

Dr. Cates named vice chair of clinical services for psychiatry

David Cates, Ph.D., also serves as Nebraska Medicine’s director of behavioral health.

Aug 19, 2019

David Cates, Ph.D.