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Research highlights

The UNMC College of Medicine received grant and funding awards representing $9.3 million in new funding in August.

Oct 26, 2021

Howard Fox, MD, PhD

UNMC receives $1.7 million NIOSH grant to study ways to negate lung injury from biohazards

The four-year grant from the National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH) aims to define the lung repair, recovery and remodeling processes.

Oct 19, 2021

Grant funds study on negating lung injury from biohazards

Four-year, $1.7 million grant aims to ameliorate damage to lungs from acute and repetitive exposure to biohazards.

Oct 15, 2021

Jill Poole, MD

Nicole Harter, MD, named chief of new UNMC, Children’s Hospital & Medical Center pediatric dermatology division

Pediatric expert will serve children with complex skin conditions, contribute to the teaching and scholarly missions of UNMC

Oct 6, 2021

Registration open for scientific meeting, research retreat

Event will be held Wednesday and Thursday.

Oct 5, 2021

UNeTech Institute receives $150,000 prize from the Small Business Administration

Startup incubator is affiliated with UNO and UNMC

Sep 28, 2021

Jace Gatzemeyer, PhD, UNeTech's innovation development strategist

Study explores potential long-acting HIV, Hep-B treatment

Benson Edagwa, PhD, and team publish study in Nature Communications.

Sep 17, 2021

Benson Edagwa, PhD

Study explores potential long-acting HIV, Hepatitis-B treatment

The article, “Transformation of tenofovir into stable ProTide nanocrystals with long-acting pharmacokinetic profiles,” is published today in Nature Communications.

Sep 16, 2021

UNMC receives $20.3 million research grant, largest in its history

The grant is a renewal of a record $20 million National Institutes of Health grant received in 2016.

Sep 15, 2021

Matthew Rizzo, MD, principal investigator of the grant.

Renewal is largest research grant in UNMC history

The Great Plains Institutional Development Award program for Clinical and Translational Research received the five-year, $20.3 million award.

Sep 14, 2021

Matthew Rizzo, MD