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Dr. Hopkins appointed chair of pharmaceutical sciences

Corey Hopkins, PhD, brings more than 20 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry and academic drug discovery.

Sep 29, 2025

Corey Hopkins, PhD

UNMC iLEAD program invests in future faculty leaders

The new cohort of UNMC’s Interprofessional Leadership for Excellence and Academic Development began the immersive training.

Sep 29, 2025

The program's latest cohort got underway earlier this month with an immersive training and retreat at the Lied Lodge in Nebraska City.

Nursing’s new emergency care program receives full validation

With recognition by the American Academy of Emergency Nurse Practitioners, the ENP program will have its first cohort in January.

Sep 26, 2025

Haley Hays, DNP, UNMC College of Nursing, leads an intubation exercise with nursing students Laura Rogers and Jamie Granatowicz in the simulation lab at the Davis Global Center on the Omaha campus. The exercise will be part of the Emergency Nurse Practitioner Post-Graduate Certificate program, which welcomes its first cohort in January 2026.

New med students praise preparedness program

The weeklong program tackles identified areas of need for new students.

Sep 23, 2025

The program is designed to provide advice on how to succeed in medical school.

UNMC research awards hold steady as funding landscape shifts

UNMC’s research enterprise grew its funding from industry grants and contracts, as well as from other extramural sources.

Sep 17, 2025

Ken Bayles, PhD, UNMC vice chancellor for research

UNMC’s diagnostic cytology program leads the field

Over the last three years, UNMC has produced more than one in five of the nation’s cytology graduates.

Sep 16, 2025

Manju Mukherjee, PhD

UNMC hosts leadership from ASPR

The Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response is a key partner in UNMC and Nebraska Medicine’s biopreparedness efforts.

Sep 16, 2025

John Lowe, PhD, director of the UNMC Global Center for Health Security, showcases the Isolation System for Treatment and Agile Response for High-Risk Infections, or ISTARI, portable negative pressure containment patient care system to John Knox, ASPR's principal deputy assistant secretary for preparedness and response.

Cunningham named permanent HR director

Linda Cunningham, who joined UNMC in 1998, brings strong experience and understanding of human resources issues.

Sep 15, 2025

Linda Cunningham, assistant vice chancellor and director of UNMC Human Resources

Siddappa Byrareddy, PhD, named UNMC Scientist Laureate

Dr. Byrareddy is known as a prolific researcher who strives for scientific discovery in the areas of HIV, COVID-19 and emerging viral threats.

Sep 12, 2025

Siddappa Byrareddy, PhD

Abigail Lowe, PhD, is inaugural Aita Professorship recipient

Dr. Lowe will hold the Drs. Virginia and John F. Aita Professorship Integrating the Humanities and Arts in Health Promotion.

Sep 12, 2025

Abigail Lowe, PhD