Press Release
UNMC announces new location, name change for South Omaha Clinic
The University of Nebraska Medical Center announced today that its South Omaha Neighborhood Association (SONA) clinic is moving into bigger space and changing its name. The move and name change will occur this week as the SONA Clinic at 31st & Q Streets will close its doors Feb. 1 and move all health care services five […]
Jan 31, 2006
Chadron student, Dan Connealy, sworn in as UNMC Student Senate president
Dan Connealy, a third-year medical student from Chadron, recently was sworn in as the 2006 University of Nebraska Medical Center Student Senate president. As president, he also will serve as the UNMC student representative on the University of Nebraska Board of Regents. “This is a very exciting time to be a student at UNMC,” Connealy […]
Jan 31, 2006
Childhood cancer survivor becomes 6th heart transplant recipient
As a child, 25-year-old Chris Collins won a hard fought battle with cancer. Now, as an adult, the Council Bluffs, IA man is doing well in the days after receiving a new heart. Collins was transplanted in the early morning hours of Thursday, January 26th at The Nebraska Medical Center. His wait lasted less […]
Jan 30, 2006
UNMC College of Nursing in Scottsbluff to host open houses Feb. 14, March 14, April 11
The University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing West Nebraska Division in Scottsbluff, will host open houses in February, March and April, for those interested in nursing careers, including high school students, college students and others with degrees who may be interested in nursing. It is also for nurses interested in pursuing advanced degrees. […]
Jan 24, 2006
UNMC participating in multi-center international study to promote earlier identification of type 1 diabetes, find new and better treatments
Preventing or delaying the onset of diabetes could prevent or delay blindness, heart disease, nerve and kidney disease. Researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center are participating in the Type 1 Diabetes TrialNet, a multi-center, international research study, with hopes of accomplishing just that. The study aims to prevent or delay the onset of […]
Jan 24, 2006
UNMC Munroe-Meyer Institute invites public to participate in Feb. 19 ‘Walk & Roll for Disabilities’
The University of Nebraska Medical Center Munroe-Meyer Institute and the C. Louis Meyer Foundation, invites the public to participate in its second annual “Walk & Roll for Disabilities.” The event will be held inside Westroads Mall, 102nd & West Dodge Streets, on Sunday, Feb. 19. Serving as honorary co-captains of the event will be Rep. Tom […]
Jan 23, 2006
Board of Regents approve agreement to allow UNMC, city to begin project to reduce 42nd Street traffic volume
By 2007, fewer Fords, Hondas and Jeeps will cut through the UNMC campus or travel down 42nd Street to reach their destination. The University of Nebraska Board of Regents today approved an agreement with the City of Omaha for the modification of public streets in the campus vicinity. The project calls for improving the intersection […]
Jan 20, 2006
Board of Regents approve completion of construction of Center for Health Science Education at UNMC
The University of Nebraska Board of Regents today approved the completion of construction of the Center for Health Science Education at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. The Center for Health Science Education will be located on the northeast corner of the intersection of 42nd and Emile streets at the former site of the Computing […]
Jan 20, 2006
UNMCs Munroe-Meyer Institute to create new center for autism, pediatric feeding disorders
The Munroe-Meyer Institute at the University of Nebraska Medical Center has added two former Johns Hopkins University researchers and plans to remodel the former Brace Place into state-of-the-art clinical and research facilities. Wayne Fisher, Ph.D., has been appointed director of the MMI Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders and Hattie B. Munroe Professor of Behavioral Research. […]
Jan 19, 2006
College of Dentistry scientist receives $330,000 grant to study whether statin drugs may stop progression of Parkinson’s
Kalipada Pahan, Ph.D., associate professor of biochemistry, oral biology and pharmacology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry in Lincoln, has received a two-year, $330,750 grant to study the effectiveness of statins in stopping the destruction of neurons in mouse models with Parkinson’s disease. Parkinson’s disease is a progressive, incurable neurological disorder […]
Jan 18, 2006