InterCOM
Research highlights
The following awards were received by College of Medicine faculty during the month of October. These 23 new awards represent more than $10.3 million in new funding to UNMC.
Dec 18, 2013
What’s in a burp?
By Michael Huckabee, Ph.D., professor and director of the UNMC physician assistant program. Dr. Huckabee writes a blog for the Omaha World-Herald’s LiveWell Nebraska website.
Dec 18, 2013
College of Medicine Student of the Month – Jenn Harney, third-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.
Dec 18, 2013
Coming events
Jan. 10-11 – UNMC Skate-a-thon for Parkinson’s – a 24-hour ice skating fund raising event for Parkinson’s research at UNMC at the UNMC Ice Rink.
Jan. 20 – Expected date when the office of the vice chancellor for research expects to finalize its list of Distinguished Scientists.
Jan. 24 – Board of Regents meeting.
Dec 18, 2013
A message from the dean
With 2014 just around the corner, it’s a good time to pause and reflect on the many exciting things that will be happening in the College of Medicine and UNMC in the new year.
Dec 18, 2013
A message from the dean
It’s a problem that nearly every medical school in the country is facing – the growth of the number of residency slots has not kept pace with the increasing number of students graduating from the nation’s medical and osteopathic schools.
Nov 14, 2013
UNMC one of four institutions selected for primary care pilot project
The University of Nebraska Medical Center has been selected as one of four institutions to participate in a pilot program designed to transform the way resident physicians are trained in primary care.
Nov 13, 2013
UNMC lands $4.4 million grant to study emphysema
The University of Nebraska Medical Center will lead a clinical research study that will evaluate if a common, over-the-counter drug has potential to reverse the devastating effects of emphysema.
Nov 13, 2013
UNMC, Omaha VA researchers to study if vitamin D prevents diabetes
The Department of Veterans Affairs Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System and UNMC are taking part in the first definitive, large-scale clinical trial to investigate if a vitamin D supplement helps prevent or delay type 2 diabetes in adults who have prediabetes and at high risk of developing diabetes.
Nov 13, 2013
UNMC study seeks to improve outcomes for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
UNMC researchers have discovered that patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma don’t respond well to the standard drug therapy used to treat this type of cancer if they have high levels of a gene called STAT3.
The findings are published in the November issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology, the medical journal of the American Society for Clinical Oncology.
Nov 13, 2013
