Pediatrics

NU DEAL cohort announced for 2026-28

Program helps participants develop leadership skills and explore issues and challenges facing the university.

Sep 14, 2026

Clockwise from top left: Ann Anderson-Berry, MD, PhD; Russell McCulloh, MD; Sheri Rowland, PhD, and Meghan Wolever

Medical research highlights, September 2026

The college recently received grants and awards representing more than $11 million in new funding.

Sep 8, 2026

From left, Kate Hyde, PhD, and Kathleen Moore, MD

Medical research highlights, summer 2026

The UNMC College of Medicine recently received grants and awards representing nearly $16 million in new funding in July.

Aug 18, 2026

Paul Sorgen, PhD

CHRI, pediatrics welcome partners to career day at UNMC

Completely KIDS, NorthStar Foundation and Girls Inc. members visited UNMC’s campus for a look at careers in medicine and science.

Aug 14, 2026

Participants got hands-on laboratory experience in the Physiology Lab of Bryan Hackfort, PhD, faculty member in the UNMC Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology. With guidance from Dr. Hackfort and members of his lab, the group examined a sheep heart and eye, created a DNA sample and explored heart rate and the diving reflex.

UNMC for the record, July 31, 2026

UNMC anesthesiologists named to national roles, and a list of recent and upcoming retirements.

Jul 31, 2026

Cale Kassel, MD, and Lauren Costello, MD

Register for the Pediatric Cancer Research Group Symposium

The symposium will be held Aug. 19 at the Truhlsen Campus Events Center.

Jul 21, 2026

A graphic image of cancer cells

Article underscores fetal brain development risks

Review calls attention to brain development risks associated with certain medications during pregnancy.

Jul 20, 2026

Karoly Mirnics, MD, PhD, dean and director of the Munroe-Meyer Institute, and Eric Peeples, MD, PhD, assistant professor in the UNMC Division of Neonatology

Faculty-led innovation highlighted at iLEAD graduation

Forty-two faculty participants from across UNMC graduated from iLEAD at June 4 event.

Jun 12, 2026

Chittalsinh Raulji, MBBS, associate professor in the UNMC Department of Pediatrics, presents an iLEAD graduation certificate to cohort-mate Brandi Flagg, MD, assistant professor in the UNMC Department of Internal Medicine.

A ‘trusted presence,’ Phillips is retiring from pediatrics

Priscilla Phillips joined UNMC in 1994 and is credited for a career marked by professionalism and dedication.

Jun 2, 2026

Priscilla Phillips

Medical research highlights, May 2026

The UNMC College of Medicine recently received grants and awards representing more than $5.6 million in new funding.

May 14, 2026

Sias Scherger, MD