Inside UNMC

Overby appointed cancer center’s associate director for administration

Amy Overby comes to the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center from the NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center at Winship Cancer Institute.

Mar 24, 2026

Amy Overby

Applications open for next UNMC chancellor

The search currently is open only to internal NU employees, and initial applications will be reviewed starting April 3.

Mar 23, 2026

Signage and the Durham Research Center towers as seen from the campus entrance at Saddle Creek Road and Emile Street.

Drs. Wan, Johnson named 2026 Gilmore Award recipients

The award winners will be recognized at today’s UNMC College of Medicine Dean’s Research Symposium.

Mar 19, 2026

Shibiao Wan, PhD, and Tate Johnson, MD, PhD

Kathleen Moore, MD, appointed cancer center’s deputy director

Dr. Moore, a leader in gynecologic oncology, also will serve as director of Phase 1 oncology trials with the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center.

Mar 18, 2026

Kathleen Moore, MD

NU’s NSRI awarded $500 million research contract

The contract continues NSRI and USSTRATCOM’s partnership for deterrence and defense R&D.

Mar 18, 2026

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.

Dr. Shaffer named pharmacy’s senior associate dean

Chris Shaffer, PharmD, PhD, has long served as a leader within the UNMC College of Pharmacy.

Mar 17, 2026

Chris Shaffer, PharmD, PhD

UNMC leaders update digital accessibility efforts

Interim Chancellor H. Dele Davies also provided a range of updates from across UNMC.

Mar 16, 2026

Interim Chancellor H. Dele Davies, MD, and Jane Meza, PhD, UNMC's interim vice chancellor for academic affairs

‘After Covid’ author to speak at UNMC

Journalist Jason Gale will give a presentation Wednesday titled ‘Pandemic Aftermath,’ and a panel discussion of UNMC experts will follow.

Mar 16, 2026

Jason Gale, author of "After Covid: The Health Impacts That Will Last Generations"

New annual lectureship named in honor of Michael Sorrell, MD

The Dr. Sorrell Distinguished Lectureship in Hepatology hosted Northwestern’s Andres Duarte-Rojo, MD, as the inaugural lecturer.

Mar 13, 2026

Michael Sorrell, MD

Agnes Lenagh, PhD, hits ground running in new UNMC role

Dr. Lenagh, the director of strategic partnerships, sees big opportunities ahead for UNMC to partner with private industry.

Mar 12, 2026

Agnes Lenagh, PhD, speaks with an attendee at a February "Idea Pub: Morning Edition."
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