InterCOM

Research highlights

College of Medicine faculty brought in more than $5.3 million in new research funding during June and July.

Aug 30, 2019

Scot Ouellette, PhD, pathology/microbiology, received nearly $230,000 to help identify novel therapeutics for chlamydial diseases.

Coming events

Dr. Gold will be formally recognized as UNO’s chancellor at Sept. 5 investiture ceremony.

Aug 30, 2019

Dr. Jeffrey P. Gold's investiture as chancellor at the University of Nebraska at Omaha will be Sept. 5.

A message from the dean

White Coat Ceremony symbolizes professionalism and sanctity of physician-patient relationship.

Aug 30, 2019

Photo from College of Medicine White Coat Ceremony for Class of 2022.

News briefs

Dr. Cowan to be recognized by Aksarben on Oct. 19 for his tireless efforts toward the betterment of the region.

Aug 30, 2019

Ken Cowan, MD, PhD, walks with legendary reporter Jane Pauley down a hallway of the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center in 2017.

UNMC receives $650,000 for research in cancer, smoking diseases

Thirteen scientists at UNMC have received a cumulative $650,000 in grant funding to further their research in cancer and diseases related to smoking.

Aug 29, 2019

UNMC scientist part of global team evaluating CRISPR gene editing methods

Findings show that gene editing field has become much more safe, efficient

Aug 27, 2019

Channabasavaiah Gurumurthy, Ph.D. (left), and Gaetan Burgio, Ph.D., were corresponding authors on the paper that appeared in Genome Biology.

Munroe-Meyer Institute marks beginning of renovations to new home

The University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Munroe-Meyer Institute (MMI) held a groundbreaking ceremony at 10:30 a.m. Aug. 26 to mark the beginning of renovations to MMI’s new home.

Aug 26, 2019

Time out with T.O. – A unique summer camp

Participants come from all over the world to attend “Staph Camp” at UNMC.

Aug 22, 2019

Camp participants included: (standing left-right) - Bibek Subedi, Kansas State University, Paul Fey, Ph.D., UNMC Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Tianwei Shen, University of Washington, Marat Sadykov, UNMC Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Vinai Thomas, Ph.D., UNMC Department of Pathology and Microbiology Tammy Kielian, Ph.D., UNMC Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Jessica Gilbertie, D.V.M., North Carolina State University, Danai Etter, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, Camilla Jensen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, and Ken Bayles, Ph.D., UNMC Department of Pathology and Microbiology; (sitting left to right) -- Lauren Hammond, University of South Florida, Anna Sommer, Robert Koch Institute-Berlin, Catherine Leasure, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Robert Ulrich, M.D., New York University School of Medicine, and Brandon Anjuwon-Foster, National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health. Attendees not pictured included: Shahad Alqahtani, Georgetown University, Dina Altwiley, University of Bristol, Bristol UK, and Christine Livingston, Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson and Johnson.

COM resident of the month

Endocrinology resident enjoys bird watching, fishing and travel.

Aug 22, 2019

Thiyagarajan (Raj) Thangavelu, MBBS

Nebraska Medicine offers executive physicals

Extensive physical goes above and beyond what person would normally receive from their primary care physician.

Aug 22, 2019

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