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Rod Markin, M.D., Ph.D., chief technology officer and associate vice chancellor for business development, has been named to the board of directors of Trovagene, Inc., a developer of cell-free molecular diagnostics headquartered in San Diego.
Mar 14, 2014
Research highlights
UNMC College of Medicine faculty received seven awards during the month of January, representing nearly $1.3 million in new funding to UNMC.
Tammy Kielian, Ph.D., pathology & microbiology, has received a National Institutes of Health award for $750,000 from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). Juvenile Batten disease is an autosomal recessive inherited disorder marked by progressive neurological damage ultimately leading to cognitive decline and premature death. Dr. Kielian will build on her earlier laboratory studies which suggest that aberrant glial activation in the early stages of Juvenile Batten disease may contribute to neuronal loss. She hopes to delay disease progression by targeting this activation with compounds that affect multiple pathways of aberrant glial activation in this pre-clinical trial.
Mar 14, 2014
Industry-sponsored grants
Wally Thoreson, Ph.D., ophthalmology & visual science, has received a Research to Prevent Blindness Senior Scientific Investigator Award. Restricted to one applicant per institution annually, candidates are recognized national leaders actively engaged in eye research.
Mar 14, 2014
Division Profile: Internal Medicine – Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism (DEM)
Division Profile: Internal Medicine – Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism (DEM)
Chief: Cyrus Desouza, M.D.
Administrator: Grace Harada Lord, MPA
Personnel:
Faculty: 13 (10 M.D., 3 Ph.D.)
Fellows: 6
PAs: 3
Staff: 16
Mar 14, 2014
Pediatric obesity, from global to local
By Michael Huckabee, Ph.D., professor and director of the University of Nebraska Medical Center Division of Physician Assistant Education. Dr. Huckabee has 30 years’ experience as a physician assistant, mostly in rural Nebraska.
We are raising the first generation of youth who will live sicker and shorter lives than their parents, according to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Mar 14, 2014
College of Medicine Student of the Month – Amanda Dimmitt, fourth-year 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 students for what they are doing and to encourage other students to get involved in the community. After all, medical school should be much more than studying.
Mar 14, 2014
Coming events
March 21 – Match Day for College of Medicine fourth-year students, 11 a.m., Truhlsen Events Center, Sorrell Center.
March 21 – Board of Regents meeting.
April 4 – Groundbreaking ceremony for new building at University of Nebraska at Kearney that will house expansion of UNMC’s School of Allied Health Professions and College of Nursing.
April 1 – Matthew Rizzo, M.D., the new chairman of neurological sciences, begins at UNMC.
Mar 14, 2014
News Briefs
The College of Medicine is considering implementing a chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society. This society is dedicated to recognize, support and promote the values of humanism and professionalism in medicine. Faculty, students, and residents would be honored for their humanistic qualities. Interested faculty should email Gerald Moore, M.D. Rachel Bonnema, M.D., internal medicine-general internal medicine, […]
Feb 19, 2014
A message from the dean
UNMC offers a great medical education.
That message came through loud and clear as I met with some of our College of Medicine alumni last week in Arizona as part of a series of events coordinated by the University of Nebraska Alumni Association and the University of Nebraska Foundation.
Feb 18, 2014
Search committee formed for internal medicine chair
The search committee for the new chair of the department of internal medicine has been announced by Bradley Britigan, M.D., dean of the College of Medicine.
Feb 18, 2014
