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UNMC reaches testing partnership with OPS

UNMC, Omaha Public Schools and One World Community Health Centers look to detect cases early, reduce transmission and improve use of resources.

Nov 6, 2020

Jana Broadhurst, MD, director of the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit's clinical laboratory

UNMC creates Division of Hospital Medicine

Chad Vokoun, MD, to serve as inaugural division chief.

Nov 5, 2020

Chad Vokoun, MD

NU, NSRI receive $10.3 million contract

UNMC will help investigate chemical, biological threats, countermeasures.

Nov 5, 2020

From left, Rick Bevins, PhD, Kaushik Patel, PhD, Daniel Monaghan, PhD, Joshua Santarpia, PhD, and Daryl Murry, PharmD

Dr. Swindells co-chairs landmark TB study

Study shows effectiveness safety of shorter-course treatment.

Nov 4, 2020

Susan Swindells, MBBS

Contaminants may increase risk of rheumatoid arthritis

UNMC, VA research shows smoking may not be only factor increasing risk.

Oct 28, 2020

Bryant England, MD

UNMC team, rural collaborators receive award for innovation

Innovative program designed for young women with breast cancer.

Oct 22, 2020

Study details effects of opioid misuse during, after pregnancy

Finding published in Translation Psychiatry.

Oct 20, 2020

From left, the UNMC Department of Anesthesiolgy's Steven Lisco MD; Katherine Odegaard, Sowmya Yelamanchili, PhD, and Gurudutt Pendyala, PhD

Dr. Pozehl receives national award for work in heart failure

Bunny Pozehl, PhD, received the award from the Heart Failure Society of America.

Oct 15, 2020

Bunny Pozehl, PhD

New leaders named at cancer center

New associate directors, co-leaders named.

Oct 15, 2020

From left, Shinobu Watanabe-Galloway, PhD, Joyce Solheim, PhD, and Surinder Batra, PhD, have been named associate directors at the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center.

Davis Global Center will transform health care education

Tuesday’s virtual dedication formally opened the Dr. Edwin G. & Dorothy Balbach Davis Global Center.

Oct 14, 2020

Pam Boyers, PhD, associate vice chancellor for clinical simulation and iEXCEL, left, and Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, took part in a simulated ribbon-cutting earlier this week for the Davis Global Center. They were joined by video compilation of other stakeholders.