InterCOM

Dean’s message: It’s deja vu all over again

Periods of change can cause anxiety, but change can lead to growth and success.

Jan 21, 2026

Bradley Britigan, MD, dean of the UNMC College of Medicine

$4.7 million grant will fund preeclampsia research

The award, from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will help advance the development of a potentially groundbreaking treatment.

Jan 21, 2026

Sarosh Rana, MD

Residency prep course readies med students for next step 

The course, created in 2021, reinforces skills and builds confidence in graduating medical students.

Jan 21, 2026

Abbey Fingeret, MD, PhD, and Jill Zabih, MD

MD-PhD scholar advances UNMC rheumatology research in Sweden

Nozima Aripova recently completed a rotation at the Karolinska Institute.

Jan 21, 2026

UNMC MD-PhD Program Scholar Nozima Aripova recently completed an external research rotation at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden.

Medical research highlights, January 2026

The UNMC College of Medicine recently received grants and awards representing $7.1 million in new funding.

Jan 21, 2026

Matthew Lunning, DO

Dean’s message: A year in review

Changes over the past 12 months demand that, as physicians and scientist, we share our stories.

Dec 15, 2025

Bradley Britigan, MD, dean of the UNMC College of Medicine

New grant strengthens street medicine efforts

New $1.4 million grant will allow UNMC, HEAL Omaha collaboration to serve more unhoused people with HIV.

Dec 15, 2025

The Specialty Care Center-HEAL Omaha street medicine collaboration team includes: Front row from left, Sara Bares, MD, and Jenn Davis, MD, both of the UNMC Department of Internal Medicine; Melissa Neuenfeldt, COO, HEAL Omaha; project director Nada Fadul, MD, UNMC Department of Internal Medicine; Samantha Jones, UNMC; Jennifer O’Neill, UNMC; Deanna Hansen, UNMC. Back row from left, Lance Burwell, UNMC; Dalton Nelsen, MD, CEO, HEAL Omaha and UNMC Department of Emergency Medicine, Emmanuel Essam Nkodo, MD, UNMC. Renae Furl, UNMC, Agustin Delgado Jimenez, UNMC. Not pictured are: Dan Cramer, UNMC; Nikki Regan, UNMC; Landon Schneider, UNMC; and UNMC student volunteers Jordan Ryner and Olivia Youngblood.

College of Medicine Kearney update: December 2025

The college is deep in preparations to welcomes its first Kearney students in 2026.

Dec 15, 2025

Robert Messbarger, MD

Katie Hutchins, MD, elected ACG governor

Dr. Hutchins will represent Nebraska in the American College of Gastroenterology.

Dec 15, 2025

Katie Hutchins, MD

Postdocs honored at annual education event

Mena Krishnan, PhD, and Neha Dhyani, PhD, were among those recognized at November’s annual event.

Dec 15, 2025

Interim Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Jane Meza, PhD, presented awards to Mena Krishnan, PhD, at left, and Neha Dhyani, PhD, at the UNMC Office of Postdoctoral Education's annual event.
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