Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center

My North Star: Tragedy blazes trail for career fighting cancer

Joann Sweasy, PhD, sees opportunities to advance cancer care and research in transformative ways through the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center.

Jun 25, 2025

Joann Sweasy, PhD, director of the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center and the Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, brings researchers and clinicians together to discuss cancer research and care.

UNMC cancer experts offering public education series

The Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center is partnering with UNL’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute to offer courses geared toward the general public.

Jun 17, 2025

Joyce Solheim, PhD

Cattlemen’s Ball is June 6-7 outside Blue Springs

The 26th annual fundraiser for cancer research will be hosted by Terry and Bev Acton on their ranch.

Jun 4, 2025

A picture from the 2023 Cattlemen's Ball

UNMC researchers find promising target for lung cancer treatment

The multidisciplinary team recently published their findings in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.

May 30, 2025

Imayavaramban Lakshmanan, PhD

Let’s Chat Cancer forum on May 20 to address brain cancer

UNMC’s Nicole Shonka, MD, a member of the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, will lead the online discussion.

May 19, 2025

Nicole Shonka, MD

Cancer center unites experts to advance prevention, early detection

The Cancer Prevention and Control Program launched last fall as part of the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center strategic plan.

May 2, 2025

Vijaya Raj Bhatt, MBBS, and Edward Peters, DMD, ScD, co-leaders of the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center Cancer Prevention and Control Program

New faculty spotlight: Jennifer Bailey-Lundberg, PhD

Dr. Bailey-Lundberg is an associate professor in the UNMC Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology and principal investigator of the Bailey-Lundberg Lab.

Apr 3, 2025

Jennifer Bailey-Lundberg, PhD

‘Heart to Heart’ spotlights cancer center’s Dr. Sweasy

NU President Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, talks with Joann Sweasy, PhD, director of the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center.

Apr 1, 2025

Joann Sweasy, PhD, director of the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center

UNMC researchers identify key protein in breast cancer brain metastasis

The team studying the progression in breast cancer patients published their findings in the journal Clinical Cancer Research.

Mar 27, 2025

Wasim Nasser, PhD

Nebraska Medicine to pioneer breakthrough proton therapy treatment

Proton therapy expected to be available to patients at the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center in spring 2027.

Mar 26, 2025

The Fred & Pamela Buffett Center-Nebraska Medical Center