InterCOM
News briefs
Howard Gendelman, M.D., pharmacology and experimental neuroscience, spoke July 29 to a group at Lakeside Village Retirement Community. He discussed his Parkinson’s disease research and clinical trials taking place at UNMC.
Jul 28, 2014
Update on clinical enterprise
Davidson named chief human capital officer; Istas tapped to lead Bellevue Medical Center; It was announced at the July 1 enterprise forums that Paulette Davidson, current COO, Bellevue Medical Center, will assume the new role of chief human capital officer for the clinical enterprise.
Jul 28, 2014
Coming events
August 1 – Deadline for College of Medicine’s formal submission of response to Liaison Committee on Medical Education concerning our plans for meeting accreditation standards. August 1 – Hospital begins 24/7 trauma coverage. August 5 – UneMed shareholders meeting, 5:30 p.m., TD Ameritrade Park. August 14-15 – International Student Orientations. Movie night on August 15 […]
Jul 28, 2014
A message from the dean
It’s more difficult than ever to successfully compete for research funding these days, making the research funding announcements in this month’s issue of InterCOM all the more remarkable. Medical center researchers in the College of Medicine garnered four major grants totaling more than $20 million in funding. Two of the grants will each bring $10 million to UNMC.
Jul 28, 2014
Research Highlights
The following 12 grants representing more than $5.6 million in new funding were awarded to UNMC College of Medicine faculty during May.
Jul 28, 2014
UNMC researchers receive $10 million grant to study staphylococcus
Researchers at UNMC have received a five-year grant for $10 million to continue work on a project to fight the growing threat of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
Jul 28, 2014
Appendicitis: New Ways to Save the Game
He was a star quarterback for a high school team. The final game of the season was a chance for the state tournament at large. And he was seeing me for a peculiar right lower quadrant pain.
Jul 28, 2014
Fitness center redevelopment approved
On Friday, the University of Nebraska Board of Regents approved a $6 million redevelopment and expansion of UNMC’s campus fitness facility. Construction likely will begin in December and be completed by December 2015.
Jun 24, 2014
App is another tool against antimicrobial resistance
Clinicians now have a new weapon in the fight against antimicrobial resistance. The UNMC Infectious Diseases Division in the Department of Internal Medicine has created a mobile app that puts the university’s clinical guidelines, protocols and dosing adjustments for antimicrobial use into a clinician’s hands.
Jun 24, 2014
After losing wife to lung cancer, former NFL linebacker works to raise awareness
On Nov. 27, 2011, former NFL linebacker Chris Draft married longtime NBA dancer, LaKeasha Rutledge in a beautiful wedding ceremony in Atlanta. One month later, his 38-year-old wife died from stage-four lung cancer, having never smoked a cigarette in her life.
Jun 24, 2014
