Internal Medicine
Medical research highlights, October 2025
The UNMC College of Medicine recently received grants and awards representing more than $10 million in new funding.
Oct 9, 2025

Message from the Interim Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine
Dear Department of Internal Medicine colleagues: These are trying times – the headlines are truly alarming: How should we approach these challenging times? First, although there is a natural impulse to withdraw, focus on our own personal lives and relationships, and hope for the best, I encourage you to stay engaged. You are fully within your […]
Oct 7, 2025

Dr. O’Dell stepping aside as rheumatology chief
The division chief for 35 years, James O’Dell, MD, will continue to serve as professor of internal medicine.
Oct 2, 2025

Julie Vose, MD, to assume new leadership role in lymphoma research
With Dr. Vose’s shift, the UNMC Division of Oncology/Hematology will be split into two units effective Nov. 1.
Oct 1, 2025

UNMC research finds better method of testing for dog allergy
Allergy researchers compared three products to see which was superior in detecting dog sensitization.
Sep 26, 2025

New faculty spotlight: Jalpa Devi, MBBS
Dr. Devi is an assistant professor with the UNMC Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology.
Sep 19, 2025

New faculty spotlight: Priyanjali Pulipati, MBBS
Dr. Pulipati is an assistant professor with the UNMC Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology.
Sep 16, 2025

UNMC achievements: Sept. 12, 2025
Two NIH grants of note, a distinguished mentor of graduate students award and an award for a glycobiology leader.
Sep 12, 2025

Study aims to improve diagnosing, treatment of ILO
The research, led by UNMC’s Jen Luedders, MD, is looking at the throat disorder known as inducible laryngeal obstruction.
Sep 11, 2025

Dr. Tate Johnson receives K23 Award from NIH
Tate Johnson, MD, PhD, assistant professor of rheumatology at UNMC, recently received a K23 award from the National Institutes of Health. The five-year grant is for his research titled “Inflammatory Responses, Fibrotic Mediators, and Comorbidity Burden as Determinants of Myocardial Dysfunction and Heart Failure in Rheumatoid Arthritis.” Dr. Johnson’s research studies the determinants of cardiovascular […]
Sep 8, 2025
