Press Release
A team of researchers from the University of Nebraska Medical Center and Boys Town National Research Hospital has located the gene responsible for Usher syndrome Type IIa — the leading cause of combined deafness and blindness in the industrialized world. The discovery, which could lead to an eventual cure for the genetic disorder, is reported […]
Jun 11, 1998
On Monday, June 8, from noon to 1 p.m., Omaha’s KIOS-FM radio station, frequency 91.5, will broadcast the Pubic Radio International program, "This American Life." A one-hour broadcast documentary titled, "Scenes from a Transplant" will be aired. It is a first-person story of Rebecca Perl’s diagnosis in 1995 and following treatment of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. The […]
Jun 2, 1998
Byers W. Shaw Jr., M.D., avid biker, transplant surgeon and chief of surgery at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, will carry a message to each community as he rides across Nebraska during the Bicycle Ride Across Nebraska Eighteen "Barnstormer’s Tour," June 7-13. Along the overnight stops in Gering, Oshkosh, Paxton, Arnold, Ravenna, Sutton and […]
Jun 2, 1998
The University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine is one of only eight medical schools in the country selected to receive a contract for developing undergraduate medical education for the 21st century. The contract, funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), gives the College of Medicine $125,000 each year for three years […]
Jun 2, 1998
West Point Native, UNMC Student Delivers First Bilingual Poison Control Program to Preschoolers
Lisa McDevitt, daughter of Tom and Donna McDevitt of West Point and a second-year student at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy, recently created a new audience for Pinky, the pink elephant mascot of the Children’s Hospital Poison Center. McDevitt delivered a poison control presentation in Spanish last month at the Chicano […]
May 26, 1998
The University of Nebraska Medical Center will hold informational sessions June 3 and 4 in North Platte for registered nurses interested in pursuing bachelor’s or master’s degrees in nursing. Carol Pullen, Ed.D., assistant dean for rural nursing education, for the College of Nursing in Omaha, will make the presentations. Registered nurses interested in earning bachelor’s […]
May 22, 1998
Its been more than a decade now since the former Soviet Union went from a socialist, to a democratic form of government. The United States and other governments and citizens are involved in helping strengthen Russias infrastructure, to include promoting better health for Russian citizens. Halfway around the world, people in Omaha and Kearney are […]
May 22, 1998
The University of Nebraska Medical Center will hold informational sessions June 16 and 17 in Norfolk for registered nurses interested in pursuing bachelor’s or master’s degrees in nursing. Carol Pullen, Ed.D., assistant dean for rural nursing education, for the College of Nursing in Omaha, will make the presentations. Registered nurses interested in earning bachelor’s or […]
May 22, 1998
The University of Nebraska Medical Center has received a $383,600 cardiovascular research training grant that will provide research opportunities for students and graduate fellows to study coronary heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure and other heart conditions. The five-year grant was awarded by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, which is part of the […]
May 21, 1998
UNMC’s Rural Health Education Network Awards Grants to 10 Communities
The University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Rural Health Education Network (RHEN) recently awarded a total of $23,689 to 10 health, governmental or community organizations in rural Nebraska. The grants were awarded to organizations that have developed programs, which work to educate the future health-care professionals of rural Nebraska. "One of UNMC’s goals is to educate […]
May 19, 1998