Press Release
UNMC holds Youth Expression of Health (YEOH) workshop
Banquet and community sexual education forum will close workshop on July 29 The annual Youth Expression of Health (YEOH) workshop will be held July 26 to 29 at Omaha North High School. One of the most successful health education and personal development youth programs in north Omaha, the workshop is sponsored by the […]
Jul 27, 2011
Dr. Peck plays key role in developing women’s health recommendations
National committee recommends eight preventive health services
Jul 21, 2011
UNMC physician co-authors new recommended mammogram guidelines
Jennifer Griffin, M.D., co-authored guidelines that change annual recommendations for mammography for women beginning at age 40
Jul 21, 2011
UNMC receives grant to better prepare future health professionals
A grant will help faculty at the University of Nebraska Medical Center better educate Nebraska’s future health professionals. The Fred J. Kelly Fund, established by Mabel Elizabeth Kelly in memory of her late husband, is an endowed fund to foster research that improves teaching. Administered by the University of Nebraska, the grant will help UNMC […]
Jul 19, 2011
UNMC lab assistant receives research fellowship from Society for Vascular Surgery® Foundation
Will be studying abdominal aortic aneurysms in UNMC surgery laboratory CHICAGO – John Mitchell, a laboratory assistant at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, is one of eight students to receive a $3,000 stipend from The Society for Vascular Surgery® Foundation for a research fellowship. The stipends were awarded at the Vascular Annual Meeting® held […]
Jul 19, 2011
Core lab facility helps UNMC secure $3 million NIH grant
Scientists to study how methamphetamine affects immune system
Jul 18, 2011
UNMC seeks nominations for 2012 J.G. (Jack) Elliott Award for significant contributions in health of Nebraskans
The University of Nebraska Medical Center is currently accepting nominations for the 2012 J.G. (Jack) Elliott Award. The award is given annually to an individual who has made significant contributions to medicine and health programs for the state of Nebraska. The award is given in memory of Elliott, a former Scottsbluff resident who served on […]
Jul 15, 2011
President Milliken announces 2011-12 Presidential Graduate Fellows
University of Nebraska President James B. Milliken has announced the eight recipients of 2011-12 Presidential Graduate Fellowships. These prestigious fellowships honor NU graduate students – four at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, two at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and two at the University of Nebraska Medical Center – on the basis of high scholastic […]
Jul 15, 2011
West Nebraskans invited to July 26 forums in Scottsbluff to share ideas to improve behavioral health
The Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska (BHECN) is hosting three forums to solicit feedback and ideas on July 26 in Scottsbluff on improving behavioral health in western Nebraska. The forums will review BHECN activities in the last year, behavioral health workforce outcomes, and provide a forum to provide input on behavioral health concerns. Susan […]
Jul 15, 2011
UNMC camp boosts science literacy among American Indian youth
Twenty-one American Indian youths from reservations in Nebraska and South Dakota, as well as Omaha, participated in the recent Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) camp hosted by the University of Nebraska Medical Center June 5-9. The camp is part of a $1.3 million grant received by UNMC in 2006 from the National Center for […]
Jul 11, 2011