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Buehler to step down as MMI director, UNMC pediatrics chairman
Bruce Buehler, M.D., the man whose leadership helped elevate the Munroe-Meyer Institute into one of the top programs in the country for genetics work and treating people with developmental disabilities, plans to step down from his dual role as MMI director and chairman of the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Department of Pediatrics on Oct. […]
Feb 15, 2007
UNMC’s College of Public Health names External Advisory Council
The newly formed College of Public Health at the University of Nebraska Medical Center has formed an External Advisory Committee made up of 34 people from around the state with public health expertise. “The committee will bring together a diverse group of people who will be able to provide critical input in helping […]
Feb 14, 2007
Local students make UNMC College of Nursing dean’s list
Students from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing were named to the deans list following the fall semester 2006. To qualify for the deans list, students must have a grade point average of 3.5 or above. The UNMC College of Nursing, based in Omaha, with divisions in Lincoln, Kearney and Scottsbluff, […]
Feb 12, 2007
UNMC researcher makes important discovery in cause of Alzheimer’s disease
Knowing the cause of any disease is the biggest boon to finding ways to fight and treat it. UNMC researcher, Tsuneya Ikezu, M.D., Ph.D., is trying to do just that in the case of Alzheimer’s disease. In an article published this month in The American Journal of Pathology, Dr. Ikezu and his team explain how […]
Feb 12, 2007
Holdrege couple donates $200,000 for UNMC vision loss research
There was a time when Mary Pearson thought she would have to stand by and watch her husband Roy slowly lose his sight to macular degeneration. Then she learned she could do something about it. A federal law known as the Pension Protection Act was passed in August and allows people ages 70 ½ […]
Feb 2, 2007
Keith Mueller, Ph.D., named associate dean for UNMC College of Public Health
One of the leading rural health policy experts in the country, Keith Mueller, Ph.D., has been named associate dean for academic affairs in the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s newly formed College of Public Health. The position is the second highest post in the college ranking only behind the dean. “Keith has an outstanding […]
Feb 2, 2007
UNMC symposium examines adults who survived childhood heart defects
Years ago, children with congenital heart defects often didn’t survive into adulthood. Now, with new pediatric surgical techniques perfected over the past 50 years, about 90 percent live to be adults. Despite corrective surgery, it is important for adults with congenital heart defects to have regular follow-up care with cardiologists familiar with the […]
Jan 31, 2007
UNMC College of Nursing professor appointed to federal agency charged with improving health care quality in U.S.
Rita Snyder, Ph.D., associate professor, UNMC College of Nursing, has been appointed to a three-year term with the lead federal agency charged with improving the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care in the United States. Dr. Snyder, UNMC College of Nursing associate professor, was appointed to the Healthcare Quality and Effectiveness Research […]
Jan 31, 2007
UNMC College of Pharmacy students earn dean’s list honors for Fall 2006
Students from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy were named to the Fall 2006 dean’s list. To qualify for the dean’s list, students must place in the top 20 percent of their class and maintain a grade point average of 3.5 or above. The students that qualified for this distinction are listed […]
Jan 29, 2007
UNMC College of Dentistry to provide $100,000 in services during one-day Children’s Dental Day event Friday, Feb. 2
February is Children’s Dental Health Month The UNMC College of Dentistry celebrates with its annual Children’s Dental Day event expecting to draw 220 kids from seven Nebraska communities The University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry plans to provide $100,000 in services to needy children at its 11th annual Children’s Dental Day on Friday, […]
Jan 29, 2007