research

Resident studies outcomes of neoadjuvant therapy for UNMC breast cancer patients

Nila Jones, MD, a second-year resident in UNMC’s Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, is taking a comprehensive look at patient outcomes of neoadjuvant breast cancer therapy for UNMC patients between 2014 and 2024.

Jun 25, 2025

Nila Jones, MD, a second-year anatomic and clinical pathology resident in UNMC's Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

NU remains among world’s best for earning patents

Researchers at UNMC and across the NU System are turning their innovations into real-world impact.

Jun 18, 2025

Signage and the Durham Research Center towers as seen from the campus entrance at Saddle Creek Road and Emile Street. Photos from my last photo stroll across campus on Tuesday, July 23, 2024.

Residents and fellows present findings at quality improvement symposium

Residents and fellows in UNMC’s Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology share the findings of five quality improvement projects.

Jun 17, 2025

Drs. Chunyi Zhou and Scott Stevenson, clinical microbiology fellows in UNMC's Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

UNMC research town hall to be held today

UNMC’s Howard Fox, MD, PhD, who is involved in a national task force on indirect cost funding, will be the featured guest.

Jun 12, 2025

Howard Fox, MD, PhD, and Ken Bayles, PhD

Resident seeking to better understand primary gastrointestinal melanomas

Pauline Xu, MD, PhD, a first-year resident in UNMC’s Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, is researching primary gastrointestinal melanomas.

Jun 10, 2025

Pauline Xu, MD, PhD, a first-year anatomic and clinical pathology resident in UNMC's Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

UNMC research town hall to feature important updates

UNMC’s Howard Fox, MD, PhD, who is involved in a national task force on indirect cost funding, will be the featured guest June 12.

Jun 9, 2025

Howard Fox, MD, PhD, and Ken Bayles, PhD

Department announces new publications

Research work by faculty and students in our department has generated nearly three dozen manuscript publications. New publications (April 2025-current): Decoding Ribosome Stress: How NAT10 Influences Pancreatic Acinar Cell Survival and Cancer Development. Bailey-Lundberg JM. Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2025 Apr 30:101516. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmgh.2025.101516. Online ahead of print.PMID: 40318699 Identification of Potential Prophylactic Medical Countermeasures Against […]

Jun 2, 2025

Woman working in lab

IPID and department graduate student awards for 2024-25 are presented

Students in the Immunology, Pathology & Infectious Disease (IPID) Graduate Studies Program were honored at a recent ceremony for their achievements in 2024-25. The Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center hosts the IPID program, which is part of the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences. Dr. Joseph Khoury, […]

Jun 2, 2025

Award-winning IPID graduate students, from left: Francis Fontanilla, Dylan George, Reegan Sturgeon, Arif Sadi, Madison Love, Gabrielle Schulze, and Taylor Burke

Summer at UNMC: MMI welcoming research scholars

The Munroe-Meyer Institute is preparing for its fourth year participating in UNMC’s Summer Undergraduate Research Program.

May 14, 2025

Katelyn Kelley, clinical research program manager and director of the MMI SURP program

Pathology residents and fellows share work at seventh annual GME research symposium

Attendees at the Graduate Medical Education Research Symposium this week got a good look at some of the amazing research being done at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. More than 130 research abstracts—in both oral and poster formats—were presented in all at the seventh annual event in the Sorrell Center’s Truhlsen Events Center. UNMC […]

May 2, 2025

Thomas Auen, DO, a third-year pathology resident, explains his research at Tuesday's GME research symposium.