research
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Pathology resident researching ways to detect hypoglycemia caused by pet insulin
Some people bent on causing harm to themselves or others take insulin in a behavior known as factitious hypoglycemia. Medical professionals have developed tests to help uncover this, but a new area of concern has emerged: the use of insulin meant for pets. Kristina Sevcik, MD, a second-year anatomic and clinical pathology resident in UNMC’s […]
Apr 16, 2025
Pathology fellow studies ways to help guide treatment of bladder tumors
Bladder tumors (urothelial carcinomas) are graded using a two-tier system into low-grade and high-grade types. However, some tumors may have mixed features with a large component of low-grade carcinoma and a minor component of high-grade tumor, causing difficulty in grading and therapeutic decision-making. What is the biologic behavior of such tumors and how does one […]
Apr 8, 2025
