Vice Chancellor Research

Dr. Gundry named UNeMed’s Emerging Inventor

UNeMed also named its Startup of the Year and the Most Promising New Invention of 2023.

Nov 13, 2023

Rebekah Gundry, PhD, in her lab on the 12th floor of the Lied Transplant Center

UNMC 2023 Scientist Laureate: Michele Balas, PhD

‘The thing that makes me the happiest is that a nurse is getting recognized with this award, and that people will start thinking of nursing as a science.’

Nov 9, 2023

Michele Balas, PhD

Community Service to Research: Carolyn T. Williamson

Williamson is a community leader in North Omaha who sits on numerous advisory boards for UNMC, including for the Child Health Research Institute.

Nov 8, 2023

Carolyn T. Williamson

Community Service to Research: Amanda McGill Johnson

McGill Johnson is executive director of Nebraska Cures, where she raises public awareness of research.

Nov 7, 2023

Amanda McGill Johnson

Research Leadership: John Davis, PhD

Dr. Davis is a professor and director of the Nebraska Center for Women’s Health Research.

Nov 6, 2023

John Davis, PhD

Research Leadership: Carol Casey, PhD

Dr. Casey is a professor in the UNMC Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology.

Nov 3, 2023

Carol Casey, PhD

UNMC for the record, Nov. 3, 2023

Items updating Dr. Hetland’s work, the Billy Mills documentary, a postdocs award event and food vendors.

Nov 3, 2023

Breanna Hetland, PhD

Distinguished Scientist: St. Patrick Reid, PhD

Dr. Reid is an associate professor in the UNMC Department of Pathology and Microbiology.

Nov 2, 2023

St. Patrick Reid, PhD

UNMC leaders break ground on CORE Building

Construction on the ‘game changer’ of a facility at the corner of Saddle Creek Road and Farnam Street should take until early 2026.

Nov 1, 2023

From left, Rebekah Gundry, PhD, director, UNMC Center for Heart and Vascular Research; Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert; UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD; Ken Bayles, PhD, vice chancellor for research at UNMC; and Michael Dixon, PhD, president and CEO of UNeMed Corporation, break ground on the CORE (Campus Operations and Research Excellence) Building, which will serve as a cornerstone of UNMC’s new Saddle Creek Campus at the corner of Saddle Creek Road and Farnam Street.

Distinguished Scientist: Daren Knoell, PharmD

Dr. Knoell is the Lewis E. and Antonia E. Harris Professor and Chair of the UNMC Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science.

Nov 1, 2023

Daren Knoell, PharmD