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Women’s magazine lists UNMC/NHS surgeon among leading breast cancer specialists
James Edney, M.D., professor of surgery at UNMC and Nebraska Health System, is the only breast cancer specialist in Nebraska to be included on the list of “Top Doctors for Women” in the April issue of Ladies Home Journal.
Apr 24, 2002
UNMC has success in legislative session
UNMC shared in several successes this year in the Nebraska Legislature, said Bob Bartee, executive assistant to the chancellor.
“We owe a thank you to the numerous state senators who showed tremendous courage and vision as they voted on the bills that affected UNMC,” Bartee said Tuesday. “I thought that in strategic areas, we fared well during the session.”
Apr 24, 2002
Harris scholarships awarded to UNMC graduate students
Seven UNMC students recently were named recipients of the 2002 Norman and Bernice Harris Graduate Student Scholarships. The Harris Graduate Scholarship is a cancer research fund of seven, $500-stipends a year for UNMC graduate students doing research related to cancer.
Apr 23, 2002
HR professionals take employability tips to high-schoolers
Twice a year, UNMC employees Sandra McKenzie and Marlene Schneider visit the employability class at Girls and Boys Town to spread the word about UNMC and to offer tips for joining the workforce.
Apr 23, 2002
UNMC researcher honored for pioneering work on aging
It was a magazine article titled “Tomorrow You May Be Younger” that first led Denham Harman, M.D., Ph.D., to ponder the cause of aging. The year was 1945.
Since then, the Millard Professor and emeritus professor of internal medicine at UNMC has gained international acclaim for his widely accepted aging theory. Known as the father of the free radical theory of aging, Dr. Harman also discovered the role of antioxidants (vitamins C, E and beta-carotene) in fighting heart disease and cancer.
In recognition of his pioneering work, family and friends of Dr. Harman, through the University of Nebraska Foundation, established the Denham Harman, M.D., Ph.D., Lectureship in Biomedical Gerontology.
Apr 22, 2002
UNMC/NHS help kick off Race for the Kids with April 24 campus event
On Wednesday, April 24, UNMC/NHS Community Partnership and the UNMC/NHS Employee Diversity Network will co-sponsor a presentation of performances by children from Omaha Public Schools. The event will be from noon to 1 p.m., in the grassy area east of the link between NHS Clarkson Hospital and UNMC.
The program will publicize the May 11 city wide ConAgra Foods “Race for the Kids” — a benefit race for All Our Kids Foundation, Inc. — on the ConAgra Foods campus. Ward Chambers, M.D., executive director of UNMC/NHS Community Partnership, is a member of the board of directors for the All Our Kids Foundation, Inc.
Apr 22, 2002
CityMatCH helps cities translate infant mortality data into action
An infant mortality report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) underscores the need for cities to define and execute data-driven strategies to eliminate racial and ethnic differences in infant mortality.
“Every city must be ready and able to translate its data into action to safeguard the health and well-being of its youngest residents,” said Magda Peck, Sc.D., one of the report’s co-authors and chief executive officer/executive director of CityMatCH, a national public health organization based at UNMC. “That is what CityMatCH is all about.”
Apr 19, 2002
Dillard University faculty member shares campus’ tradition, diversity
Go ahead and ask Cathy Bernosky de Flores how it feels to be a white faculty member at the historically black Dillard University in New Orleans? It’s OK, she actually loves the question. It’s just another opportunity for her to explain why “Dillard feels just like home.” De Flores is studying for her doctorate at UNMC’s College of Nursing.
Apr 19, 2002
Dr. Ghorpade receives 2002 Vada Kinman Oldfield Alzheimer’s Research Award
Anuja Ghorpade, Ph.D., chief of Laboratory for Cellular Neuroimmunology at UNMC’s Center for Neurovirology and Neurodegenerative Disorders and the scientific director of the Rapid Autopsy Program, is the 2002 recipient of the Vada Kinman Oldfield Alzheimer’s Research Fund Award. The Oldfield Award will be presented Monday, April 22, at 11:30 a.m. in the Healing Gardens of the Lied Transplant Center.
Apr 19, 2002
Ice cream social kicks off COM anniversary
On a warm and windy Thursday, more than 1,500 people celebrated the kick off of the UNMC College of Medicine’s 100th anniversary of joining the University of Nebraska. Click for photos.
Apr 19, 2002