Press Release
UNMC lands $5 million grant to collaborate with the University of Puerto Rico on HIV research
The University of Nebraska Medical Center and the University of Puerto Rico have begun collaboration on HIV research funded by a federal grant. UNMC was chosen to be a part of the Center for Research and Development for Minority Institutions from among the top institutions in the country. Other medical centers participating in the program […]
Mar 27, 2002
Lincoln, Beatrice, Grand Island, Harvard Children to Benefit
UNMC College of Dentistry to Host Childrens Dental Day; Provide 185 Underserved Children Free Dental Care on April 8 in Lincoln The University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry, located in Lincoln, will host Childrens Dental Day on Monday, April 8. The day-long event will provide 185 children from Lincoln, Beatrice, Grand Island and […]
Mar 27, 2002
UNMC researcher appointed to national toxicology advisory board
Samuel M. Cohen, M.D., Ph.D., professor and chairman of the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s department of pathology and microbiology and Havlik-Wall Professor of Oncology, has been appointed to the National Toxicology Program Board of Scientific Counselors. Tommy G. Thompson, secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, made the appointment. The National […]
Mar 27, 2002
National Alcohol Screening Day Program in North Omaha on April 11
For all the news about Americas war against drugs, the fact remains that alcohol is still the most widely abused substance in the U.S. and the most damaging. On April 11, the Center for Holistic Development, in partnership with the American Red Cross North Branch and the Heartland Counseling and Consulting Center, will sponsor a […]
Mar 26, 2002
Researchers at UNMC, University of Iowa receive $6.3 million NIH grant to study alcohol abuse, related immune system abnormalities
Researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) and University of Iowa (UI), have jointly received a five-year, $6.3 million grant from the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, one of the National Institutes of Health, to study immune system abnormalities caused by chronic alcohol abuse. The UI researchers will receive $4.85 million […]
Mar 26, 2002
UNMC Researchers Conducting Study to Determine if Home-based Cardiac Rehabilitation as Effective as Traditional Cardiac Rehab
Researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing have received a $100,000 grant from the American Heart Association to conduct a preliminary study to determine whether home-based cardiac rehabilitation is an effective alternative to traditional cardiac rehabilitation. UNMC researchers will study 50 Omaha-area study participants, age 40- to 80-years-old, whove had a […]
Mar 26, 2002
UNMC Researcher Designs Course to Teach Smoking Intervention Skills
A course has been designed at the University of Nebraska Medical Center to teach people from varied backgrounds the skills and techniques to help smokers break their cigarette dependency. Quitting smoking shouldn’t be a one-person battle, said David Daughton, a researcher in the internal medicine department and the course’s instructor. Smokers who receive adequate counseling […]
Mar 25, 2002
117 UNMC Medical Students Receive Residency Training Assignments Through Match Day Program
A total of 117 senior medical school students at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine have received their residency assignments in 27 states through the National Resident Matching Program. The program, a private, not-for-profit corporation, was established in 1952 to provide a uniform date of appointment to residency positions. Residencies last from […]
Mar 25, 2002
UNMC Mini-Medical School
UNMC, Partners Across Nebraska Sponsor Free Health Education Series; Taking Charge of Your Health Beginning April 11 The University of Nebraska Medical Center and eight sites across Nebraska invite the public to attend UNMC Mini-Medical School, a free health educational series for three consecutive Thursdays beginning April 11. The three-part series, titled, Taking Charge of […]
Mar 19, 2002
13 UNMC Students Will Split Medical Duties at Two Sioux Indian Reservations
Two groups from the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Student Alliance for Global Health (SAGH) will spend spring break serving the health needs of South Dakota Sioux Indian communities. From March 17-23, nine students from the College of Medicine and four from the Physician Assistant Education program will stay at the Rosebud Lakota Sioux and […]
Mar 15, 2002