Vice Chancellor Research

$20 million research grant is largest ever for UNMC

Noon event today will examine impact of new funding.

Oct 24, 2016

Some of the steering committee members of the Great Plains IDeA-CTR Network include: (left-right) Ted Mikuls, M.D., Ann Fruhling, Ph.D., Ashok Mudgapalli, Ph.D., Fang Yu, Ph.D., Jim McClay, M.D., Matt Rizzo, M.D., Mary Cramer, Ph.D., Shinobu Watanabe-Galloway, Ph.D., Risto Rautiainen, Ph.D., Howard Fox, M.D., Ph.D., and Karla Klaus. NOTE: Dr. Fruhling is from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. All others in the photo are from UNMC. Those UNMC steering committee members missing from the photo are: Paul Estabrooks, Ph.D., Lani (Chi Chi) Zimmerman, Ph.D., Jane Meza, Ph.D., and Babu Guda, Ph.D.

Grant to fund clinical trials for children statewide

Healthier children the goal as UNMC, Children’s team for program investigating exposures from conception through early childhood.

Oct 21, 2016

Jessica Snowden, M.D., associate professor of pediatric infectious diseases at UNMC and Children's Hospital & Medical Center

Orthopaedic research relocating to new lab space

Team to move to a 4,100-square-foot laboratory space in the Lauritzen Outpatient Center & Fritch Surgery Center.

Oct 20, 2016

Hani Haider, Ph.D.

Exploring virus as delivery system for gene therapy

Tammy Kielian, Ph.D., collaborators, publish study in The Journal of Neuroscience.

Oct 19, 2016

From left, Tammy Kielian, Ph.D., and her lab: Maria Burkovetskaya, Nikolay Karpuk, Ph.D., Rachel Fallet, Megan Bosch, and Amy Aldrich. Not pictured: Jessica Odvody.

Spinoff company may aid research efforts

Partnership with the state may help advance David Oupicky, Ph.D.’s cancer-treatment research.

Oct 14, 2016

David Oupicky, Ph.D.

New partnership, NIH grant push research forward

Shelby Kutty, M.D., Ph.D., explores ultrasound mediated microbubbles as agent against staph bacteria biofilm.

Oct 3, 2016

Shelby Kutty, M.D., Ph.D.

Innovation and Research Month marked with events

Variety of events scheduled during October.

Sep 30, 2016

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

United Way: The home stretch

In this don’t-miss video, we go inside the board room as campus leaders discuss the closing week of the United Way drive.

Sep 26, 2016

UNMC for the record

News and notes from the UNMC community.

Sep 9, 2016

Don Klepser, Ph.D.

New Health Disparities Pilot Grant launched

Applications due on Sept. 15 for grant supporting the Healthy People 2020 Initiative.

Sep 6, 2016

Vice Chancellor for Research Jennifer Larsen, M.D.