Vice Chancellor Research

Researchers team to explore space’s effect on heart cells

Study in conjunction with the University of Chicago showed cells weren’t affected by space travel.

Sep 8, 2026

Pooneh Bagher, PhD

All-campus forum set for noon today

Chancellor Davies will be joined by guests Rusty McCulloh, MD, and Agnes Lenagh, PhD.

Sep 8, 2026

H. Dele Davies, MD

UNMC College of Dentistry research funding tops $5 million

Extramural funding is up more than 500% since 2021-22 as the college makes research a priority.

Sep 1, 2026

UNMC College of Dentistry Dean Gerry Kugel, DMD, PhD

All-campus forum set for Sept. 8

Chancellor H. Dele Davies, MD, will be joined by Rusty McCulloh, MD, and Agnes Lenagh, PhD, to discuss research and strategic partnerships.

Sep 1, 2026

H. Dele Davies, MD

UNMC, Omaha Public Radio partner to talk science

KIOS, UNMC aim to help listeners understand research and how it impacts our daily lives.

Aug 31, 2026

KIOS host Michael Lyon and a UNMC researcher will discuss science and health-specific research topics.

2025 Turpen Award: Brigid Toomey

University of Nebraska-Lincoln grad Toomey will be attending Washington University to study cancer biology.

Aug 27, 2026

Brigid Toomey

2026 Turpen Award: Hannah Pflum

Creighton grad Pflum will study microbiology, immunology and cancer biology at the University of Minnesota.

Aug 27, 2026

From left INBRE PI Paul Sorgen PhD, Hannah Pflum, 2026 Turpen Award winner, and Juliane Soukup Strauss, PhD, of Creighton University

Ted Mikuls, MD, named UNMC’s 21st Scientist Laureate

Dr. Mikuls will be honored, along with 23 other researchers, at an awards event on Oct. 29 at the Omaha campus.

Aug 26, 2026

Ted Mikuls, MD

NSRI and federal partners tour UNMC, other NU campuses

Leaders from the Defense Health Agency and Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute recently visited the university.

Aug 24, 2026

Front row from left: Oleg Korzyukov, PhD, UNMC; Brianna McGhee, 55 CONS; Tiffany Arizmendi, 55 CONS; Capt. Gerald Burke, AFRRI; Neal Woollen, PhD, NSRI; David Evans, DHA; Dr. Emily Luteran, PhD, DHA; Valentina Gumenyuk, PhD, UNMC. Back row from left: Maj. Gen., USAF (Ret.) Rick Evans, NSRI; Martin LaFrance, PhD, DHA; Ryan Hartung, PhD, ARS Steering Committee; Chad Briscoe, PhD, ARS Steering Committee; Vijay Singh, PhD, AFRRI; Terry Thiem, PhD, NSRI; Ken Bayles, PhD, UNMC; Jim Miller, UARC Program Manager, USSTRATCOM.

Annual Medical Student Research Showcase set for today

The event will be from 8:30-11 a.m. at the Davis Global Center.

Aug 21, 2026

Night shot of the Dr. Edwin G. & Dorothy Balbach Davis Global Center take on Wedneday, February 1, 2023