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Cincinnati pediatric surgeon named CEO for Children's Hospital & Medical Center Richarad Azizkhan, M.D., surgeon in chief and senior vice president of surgical services at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, has been named CEO for Children's Hospital & Medical Center. The appointment is effective Oct. 19. In 2007, UNMC and Nebraska Medicine implemented an affiliation […]
Aug 24, 2015
Curriculum redesign update
The UNMC College of Medicine has been invited to participate in the ChangeMedEd 2015 national conference in which leaders from medical education, health systems and related fields will collaborate and share ideas with the intent of transforming the way future physicians are trained. The conference will be held Oct. 1-3 in Chicago. Sponsored by the […]
Aug 24, 2015
UNMC to once again hold MOOC on health literacy, communication
For the second straight year, UNMC is holding a massive open online course (MOOC) on health literacy and communication for health professionals. The free, eight-week course is being offered on Coursera and provides health professionals the tools they need to improve their health literacy and communication skills. The course begins Sept. 13 and runs through […]
Aug 24, 2015
Coming events
August 30 – 14th Annual Huntington's Disease Research Walk and Run, Lake Zorinsky Park, 156th & F streets. Contact Mike DeBolt for more information about the walk/run at 402-980-0554. Sept. 3 – SciFest at the Nebraska State Fair in Grand Island. Sept. 14 – Launch of the “It’s on US” campaign on how to stop […]
Aug 24, 2015
COM Student of the Month – Derek Shafer, a fourth-year medical student
College of Medicine Student of the Month – Derek Shafer, a fourth-year medical student. Editor’s Note: Each month, InterCOM will highlight a "Student of the Month" from the College of Medicine. Students will be featured for their participation in activities outside of medical school and for making a difference in the community. The goal is to recognize […]
Aug 24, 2015
Department Profile: Genetics, Cell Biology & Anatomy
Chairperson: Vimla Band, Ph.D. No. of personnel in the department (faculty/staff): Faculty – 23 Post docs – 1 Staff – 18 Graduate students – 30 Master’s medical anatomy – 15 Total personnel- 87 New faculty: Tenure Track Faculty: Shannon Buckley, Ph.D., assistant professor. Dr. Buckley’s research focus is on the role of posttranslational modifications by […]
Aug 24, 2015
This month’s spotlight videos
For the past several years, the UNMC Department of Public Relations has been creating brief one-minute videos each week for KETV (Ch. 7) in Omaha. The videos feature UNMC faculty as they answer basic questions of interest to the average viewer. The segments run on KETV’s morning newscasts on Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays. They also […]
Aug 24, 2015
Nebraska Medicine feature video: “Leslie’s Healing Garden”
The University of Nebraska Medical Center and Nebraska Medicine announced in July that the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center will include an outdoor healing garden – Leslie’s Healing Garden – as part of its Healing Arts Program. Learn more here about this tribute by Marshall and Mona Faith to their late daughter Leslie.
Aug 24, 2015
A Message From the Dean
With the end of the 2014-2015 academic year, we all should pause to remember the enormous accomplishments of our faculty, students and staff over the last year.
Jul 27, 2015
Speakers List for Emerging Infections Class
CPH 649 – Special Topics in Epidemiology: Emerging Infectious Disease for Fall 2015 08/28/2015 10am-12noon "Factors for Emergence of Microbial Threats" Ali S. Khan, M.D., MPH (UNMC, Dean of COPH; Rear Admiral-Retired, USPHS and former Assistant U.S. Surgeon General) 09/04/2015 10am-11am "Mathematical Approaches to EIDs" Ozgur Araz, Ph.D. (UNL; previously UNMC, COPH) 11am-12noon "GIS Models […]
Jul 24, 2015
