InterCOM
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
Employee spotlight: Linda Wilkie
Name/title: Linda Wilkie/institutional research analyst/coordinator, director of vice chancellor for research communications Hometown: Omaha, Neb. Talk about your job and what you like best about it: My current position in the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research allows me to be a "jack of all trades," which means that I get to develop new […]
Jul 23, 2015
College of Medicine Student of the Month – Anthony White, second-year medical st
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 students for what they are doing and to encourage other students to get […]
Jul 23, 2015
Department Profile: Cellular and Integrative Physiology
Chair: Irving H. Zucker, Ph.D., (Currently the longest running chair in the College of Medicine) No. of people in department (faculty/staff): Faculty 17 Courtesy 7 Postdocs 6 Grad Students 13 Staff 14 Total 57 New faculty: Erika Boesen, Ph.D., assistant professor Ph.D. 2005, Monash University Specialty: Renal Physiology Major Interest: The endothelin system […]
Jul 23, 2015
Five goals established by curriculum change group
The Curriculum Innovations Work Group (CIWG) was formed in October 2014 by the College of Medicine Curriculum Committee. The group’s task was to investigate and recommend a new framework for the medical school curriculum. In April, the Curriculum Committee approved the three-phase framework. The CIWG has identified five overarching goals for UNMC curricular redesign: Integration […]
Jul 23, 2015