Vice Chancellor Research

Pediatric Research Forum seeking abstracts

Forum will be held May 11-12, and abstracts are due April 12.

Mar 15, 2017

Retirement reception set for Renee Cook

Campus invited to March 14 event.

Mar 9, 2017

Renee Cook

Wellness: Annual Lymphoma Walk set for April 22

Registration now open for event, which is sponsored by UNMC and Nebraska Medicine.

Mar 8, 2017

Missy Givens and her son, Landon

Under the microscope: College rankings by NIH funding

Chancellor Gold talks with Jennifer Larsen, M.D., vice chancellor for research, about UNMC’s outstanding rankings in terms of research funding from the National Institutes of Health.

Mar 7, 2017

UNMC seeking COBRE proposals

Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research will evaluate proposals to submit to the Center of Biomedical Research Excellence program.

Feb 28, 2017

Vice Chancellor for Research Jennifer Larsen, M.D.

Aspirin study will draw on electronic health records

Nationwide study, comparing the effects of two dosages of aspirin in patients who have a history of vascular disease, will use EHR information for recruitment, data collection.

Feb 27, 2017

UNMC seeking COBRE proposals

Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research will evaluate proposals to submit to the Center of Biomedical Research Excellence program.

Feb 23, 2017

Jennifer Larsen, M.D., vice chancellor for research

‘Valley of Death’ funding program lifts UNMC innovations

Grants focus on research innovations and discoveries in danger of slipping into an academic research limbo.

Feb 22, 2017

A new simulator invented at UNMC uses video game technology to teach laparoscopic surgery to residents pressed by work hour restrictions. (Photo courtesy Charlie Litton/UNeMed)

Rural Futures Institute requests proposals

Deadlines for the 2017 RFI Competitive Awards are March 1 and 15.

Feb 10, 2017

UNMC Associate Vice Chancellor for Clinical Research Chris Kratochvil, M.D., served as principal investigator on the RFI Competitive Award project, "Nebraska Primary Care Practice-Based Research Network." The project helped develop the strategies and resources to involve rural Nebraskans in research and served as a foundation for future projects Dr. Kratochvil and his colleagues are pursuing.

Ebola grant expanded from $12 million to $24 million

New funds will allow additional site visits, more education and training courses and will establish special pathogens research network.

Feb 3, 2017

The grant will expand preparedness training and site visits of health care providers and facilities on strategies to manage Ebola and other emerging contagious infectious diseases.