College of Medicine

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

COM employee of the month

Karle Olnes is the administrative business associate for the UNMC Department of Dermatology.

Aug 26, 2021

Karle Olnes

New faculty

Twenty-eight new faculty members have joined the UNMC College of Medicine.

Aug 26, 2021

Prasanth Ravipati, MD

MD-PhD program supports future physician-scientists

The program continues to evolve to serve the medical students who can’t bear to leave the lab.

Aug 26, 2021

Linda Huynh is an MD-PhD student who will be moving into the lab next year.

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

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