UNMC Today - Today's Headlines

A message from Nebraska Medicine CEO

James Linder, M.D., was announced as the new CEO of Nebraska Medicine this week.

Aug 9, 2018

Dr. Betts named assistant dean of nursing in Scottsbluff

Kelly Betts, Ed.D., will assume new role on Aug. 13.

Aug 9, 2018

Kelly Betts, Ph.D.

New faculty spotlight: Arun Swaminathan, M.B.B.S.

Dr. Swaminathan, an expert on epilepsy, joins the UNMC Department of Neurological Sciences.

Aug 9, 2018

Arun Swaminathan, M.B.B.S.

New faculty spotlight: Arthur Kornitsky, D.O.

Dr. Kornitsky is an assistant professor in the UNMC Department of Internal Medicine, Division of General Medicine.

Aug 8, 2018

Arthur Kornitsky, D.O.

Registration open for premier education event

Deadline to register for Aug. 28 event is Aug. 21.

Aug 8, 2018

Nebraska Medicine Board of Directors names new CEO

James Linder, M.D., will lead the health care system.

Aug 8, 2018

James Linder, M.D.

UNMC solves big data problem in EHRs

Scott Campbell, Ph.D., and Jim Campbell, M.D., develop system to codify and name the multitude of facts that come from cancer gene testing.

Aug 7, 2018

From left, Scott Campbell, Ph.D., associate professor of pathology and microbiology, and Jim Campbell, M.D., professor of internal medicine-general medicine

Biocontainment research, training conducted for DoD

UNMC teams are evaluating equipment, procedures used in airlifting patients in isolation systems.

Aug 7, 2018

Airmen from the 628th and 375th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadrons transport a simulated highly infectious patient during a training exercise with UNMC-led investigators. (Photo by Airman 1st Class Joshua Maund)

Great Plains IDeA-CTR taking grant applications

$50,000 pilot grants are available for clinical/translational research projects.

Aug 7, 2018

LiveGreen: Energy curtailment

As warm, humid weather returns, simple actions make a difference.

Aug 7, 2018