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New psychiatry residency program approved at UNMC

Daniel Gih, M.D., and Jeana Benton, M.D., will lead the new residency program.

Mar 4, 2019

Daniel Gih, M.D., and Jeana Benton, M.D., will lead the new residency program within the UNMC Department of Psychiatry as program director and assistant program director.

Hope Tower cited by national architectural firm as iconic artwork

Architectural firm of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP honors the UNMC landmark.

Mar 4, 2019

The "Hope Tower" in the Ruth and Bill Scott Student Plaza at UNMC

Retirement reception Monday for Simon Sherman, Ph.D.

Dr. Sherman spent more than 25 years as a UNMC faculty member.

Mar 1, 2019

Simon Sherman, Ph.D.

Tickets for Grant Imahara released March 2

Imahara will headline this year’s Nebraska Science Festival on April 5.

Feb 28, 2019

Grant Imahara

Chancellor Gold, Dr. Liu to appear on RFD-TV tonight

Behavioral health in rural America focus of national TV show.

Feb 28, 2019

Howard Liu, M.D., chairman of the UNMC Department of Psychiatry, and UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D., will appear on RFD-TV tonight.

University of Nebraska’s budget hearing is March 4

Members of the university community and public are welcome at the hearing.

Feb 27, 2019

(Photo by Mawhamba.net/Wikimedia Commons)

Research highlights

College of Medicine investigators bring in 29 research grants for nearly $6 million in new funding.

Feb 27, 2019

Babu Padanilam, PhD, cellular & integrative physiology, received a $425,000 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health.

Program aims to streamline prior authorizations

Stephen Salzbrenner, M.D., created Breezmed, a program which solves many of the problems patients deal with when it comes to prior authorizations.

Feb 27, 2019

Stephen Salzbrenner, M.D., discusses his new Breezmed program with the UNMC Department of Psychiatry Leadership Team. Dr. Salzbrenner recently received a $75,000 prototype grant to create the software, which is designed to help patients, providers and pharmacies deal with prior authorization forms.

UNMC grad student selected as Early-career Hill Day participant

This marks second straight year she has been selected to participate in event which connects her to members of Congress and their staffs.

Feb 27, 2019

Kimiko Krieger

Chancellor: ‘UNMC must keep growing’

Dr. Gold calls university’s mission “critically important to the economic prosperity of the state.”

Feb 27, 2019

Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D., addresses the UNMC community Monday at a forum.