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UNMC, Creighton honor neurology resident physicians
For the second straight year, the joint residency program for UNMC and Creighton University honored its resident physicians with a graduation celebration at Champions Run.
Jul 27, 2004
Online chat to clarify Medicare prescription drug discount card
Confused about the Medicare approved prescription drug discount card? You’re not alone. An online chat today and Thursday will clarify the Medicare approved prescription drug discount card program and offer individuals an opportunity to ask questions. The one-hour chats, which are sponsored by UNMC, are scheduled to start today at 11 a.m. and Thursday at 7 p.m. on Omaha.com.
Jul 27, 2004
Krajicek receives Gold U Award
Joe Krajicek grew up around hogs and cattle on the family farm near 92nd and Q streets. Today, the Gretna resident is surrounded by mice and rats, which make up 99 percent of the 15,000 animals on the UNMC campus. Krajicek, assistant director for operations for UNMC’s Comparative Medicine, has received the Chancellor’s Gold “U” Award for July for his leadership and commitment in caring for the animals used in UNMC’s research enterprise.
Jul 26, 2004
To find out this month’s recipients of the Chancellor’s Silver ‘U’ Award click on Reward and Recognition (the left hand side of UNMC Today) and scroll to the Silver ‘U’ section.
Jul 26, 2004
UMA, hospital to develop medical campus in west Omaha
University Medical Associates and its partners, The Nebraska Medical Center and UNMC, are planning to develop a comprehensive, full-service medical campus on the southeast corner of 180th and Dodge Streets, just west of the new Village Pointe shopping area.
Jul 23, 2004
College of Nursing presents teaching, research, service awards
The UNMC College of Nursing recently awarded excellence in teaching, research and professional service awards. Award recipients were Lynne Farr, Ph.D., Ada M. Lindsey, Ph.D., and Barbara Piper, D.N.Sc.
Jul 23, 2004
Dr. Boust mental health care champion
Psychiatrist Susan Boust, M.D., has been appointed to the newly established state Behavioral Health and Oversight Commission. An associate professor of psychiatry at UNMC, Dr. Boust has long been a champion of the need for better public access to quality mental health care.
Jul 22, 2004
Cancer experts to participate in July 28 Internet chat
Three cancer experts from UNMC will conduct a live Internet chat sponsored by the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s patient Web site, People Living With Cancer (www.PLWC.org). The live chat will be Wednesday, July 28, from 1 to 2 p.m. (CDT) on “Understanding Leukemia, Lymphoma, and Myeloma.” The chat will provide patients, family members and caregivers an opportunity to ask questions of experts.
Jul 22, 2004
A weekly IRB message — protocol deviations
Each Wednesday, UNMC Today features an informational article about changes affecting UNMC’s Institutional Review Board (IRB) and the research community. This week’s IRB message will discuss protocol deviations.
Jul 21, 2004
Online service helps support UNMC researcher
Verlyn Veldhouse politely listened to Sandra Gunselman, Ph.D., as she spoke about her job at UNMC whenever they met at their sons’ Boy Scout meetings. Dr. Gunselman didn’t know if she was boring Veldhouse with the small talk. “He never really said anything,” she said, until last December when Veldhouse, president of the Omaha-based Internet service efanz, approached Dr. Gunselman and offered a $2,000 donation toward her research.
Jul 21, 2004