Research

UNMC achievements: Sept. 12, 2025

Two NIH grants of note, a distinguished mentor of graduate students award and an award for a glycobiology leader.

Sep 12, 2025

Brittney Dickey, PhD

Bob and Helen Bartee Family Lectureship is today

Suzanne Ortega, PhD, will present the science advocacy lecture at noon at the Maurer Center for Public Health.

Sep 11, 2025

Suzanne Ortega, PhD

UNMC researchers unveil ‘smart bandage’ that heals wounds faster

Lab research shows progress in moving beyond a passive wound dressing into a more beneficial healing system.

Sep 10, 2025

Sangamesh Kumbar, PhD, and Sama Abdulmalik, PhD

One in three can’t escape anxiety and depression of early sobriety

Study co-author Jennifer Blackford, PhD, suggests tracking emotions in early alcohol treatment could help prevent relapse.

Sep 8, 2025

Jennifer Blackford, PhD

Abbott representatives visit UNMC

Guests from the global health care company met UNMC leaders to discuss shared interests and toured the med center’s latest facilities.

Sep 8, 2025

UNMC's Bethany Lowndes (at right), PhD, led a tour of the Innovation Design Unit’s bridge space for representatives of the global health care company Abbott.

Medical research highlights, September 2025

The UNMC College of Medicine recently received grantsĀ and awards representing more than $7.5 million in new funding.

Sep 8, 2025

Siwei Zhao, PhD

Anesthesiology launches new clinical and translational research program

The UNMC Department of Anesthesiology has appointed Peter Pellegrino, MD, PhD, as the inaugural director of the newly established Anesthesiology Clinical and Translational Research Program (ACTRP).

Sep 2, 2025

Peter Ricci Pellegrino, MD, PhD

Leading the charge against breast cancer

The Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center has a goal to create an endowed chair with a special legacy: the Kenneth Cowan, MD, PhD, Distinguished Chair in Breast Cancer Clinical Research.

Sep 2, 2025

Ken Cowan, MD, PhD

NSRI spotlights UNMC’s Multiomics Mass Spectrometry Core

The core facility offers a cutting-edge resource for molecular level, game-changing discoveries at UNMC.

Aug 29, 2025

The Multiomics Mass Spectrometry Core at UNMC is equipped with state-of-the-art mass spectrometry instrumentation, sample preparation equipment and data analysis tools.

Bob and Helen Bartee Family Lectureship set for Sept. 11

Suzanne Ortega, PhD, past president of the Council of Graduate Schools, will present her science advocacy lecture at the Maurer Center for Public Health.

Aug 28, 2025

Suzanne Ortega, PhD