Research

Study: Severity of rheumatoid arthritis may affect driving

UNMC investigation was funded by the Rheumatology Research Foundation.

Sep 7, 2021

Ted Mikuls, MD

Study explores post-surgery pain management

Five-year, $2 million study examines strategies by physicians.

Sep 2, 2021

Karsten Bartels, MD, PhD

Study identifies gender factors, barriers in cardiology field

Findings appear in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Sep 1, 2021

Edward O'Leary, MD

Trial explores hyperoxygen therapy in brain injuries

The Hyperbaric Medicine Center is one of 11 units around the nation to take part in new trial.

Aug 26, 2021

Jeffrey Cooper, MD, director of hyperbaric medicine for Nebraska Medicine and associate professor of emergency medicine at UNMC

UNMC team confirms COVID-19’s airborne transmission in leading scientific journal

UNMC’s findings on airborne transmission have passed scientific peer review and been accepted for publication by Nature’s Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology.

Aug 26, 2021

Joshua Santarpia, PhD

Big Ten Augemented Intelligence Bowl

The Institute for Augmented Intelligence in Medicine (I.AIM) at Northwestern University hosted the First Annual Big Ten Augmented Intelligence Bowl to address health disparities.

The goal was to bring together talent in medicine and computer science to raise the profile of augmented intelligence (AI) across the 14 institutions representing the Big Ten Academic Alliance.

The University of Nebraska multi-disciplinary team was composed of students from UNMC and UNL. Students came together to address health disparity in hypertension diagnosis and management in African Americans.

Aug 11, 2021

NIH grant to help migrant agricultural workers, families stay healthy

The team will work through the state of Nebraska Migrant Education Program to help migrant families in central Nebraska living primarily in Adams, Hall and Buffalo counties.

Aug 9, 2021

Russell McCulloh, MD

Nursing’s Lesiak is awarded Gold U

Lesiak is the administrative coordinator in the Niedfelt Nursing Research Center.

Aug 5, 2021

Lauren Lesiak

Study explores reduction in airway inflammation in lung diseases

$1.9 million grant funds study that challenges common thinking on secretory cells.

Aug 5, 2021

John Dickinson, MD, PhD

Implant shows extreme promise for regenerating bone

Experiments suggest design may outperform state-of-the-art counterparts.

Aug 4, 2021

Jingwei Xie, PhD