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Emphasis on ‘mega’ grants pays off
In the fiscal year 2009-2010, UNMC investigators received 11 grants that paid more than $1 million each, for an average of $2.8 million.
Jul 28, 2010
Wellness Wednesday – Discounted ice skating lessons for UNMC personnel — CORRECTED DISCOUNT
Here’s a cool thought for you as we head into the “Dog Days of Summer.”
Jul 28, 2010
UNMC Grants – Organization awards opthalmology department $100K grant
The UNMC Department of Opthalmology has received a $100,000 grant from Research to Prevent Blindess (RPB) to support investigations into the causes, treatment and prevention of blinding diseases.
Jul 28, 2010
College of Public Health names epidemiology chairman
Dana Loomis, Ph.D., was named chairman of the epidemiology department in UNMC’s College of Public Health. He was formerly the director of the School of Community Health Sciences at the University of Nevada-Reno.
Jul 27, 2010
Management series participants graduate
Forty-eight UNMC employees have graduated from the 2010 UNMC Management Series.
Jul 27, 2010
Home Instead and UNMC: ‘A match made in heaven’
Toby Fellman is 74 and a second generation patient of UNMC’s Jane Potter, M.D. Fellman’s mother also saw Dr. Potter, division chief of geriatrics, and for many years Fellman has had a front row seat to view the passion Dr. Potter brings into her work with older patients.
Jul 27, 2010
The Home Instead Center – by the numbers
Two minutes, 42 seconds. That’s how long it took a healthy, 33-year-old male to walk from the Durham Outpatient Center parking lot to the current geriatric clinic in University Tower. Ten seconds. That’s how long it took …
Jul 26, 2010
Fellowships launched to nix shortage of genetic professionals
People who analyze genetic diseases — clinical cytogeneticists and clinical geneticists — are in short supply.
Jul 26, 2010
2010 Foundations for Success class graduates
Armed with new tools to advance careers at UNMC, 44 UNMC employees have graduated from the eighth session of the Foundations for Success program.
Jul 26, 2010
Construction to hinder 40th Street foot traffic
Major construction is underway on both sides of 40th Street from Dewey Avenue to Emile Street, which will affect foot traffic in the area for the next few months.
Jul 26, 2010