Research
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

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

Study: Severity of rheumatoid arthritis may affect driving
UNMC investigation was funded by the Rheumatology Research Foundation.
Sep 7, 2021

Study explores post-surgery pain management
Five-year, $2 million study examines strategies by physicians.
Sep 2, 2021

Study identifies gender factors, barriers in cardiology field
Findings appear in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
Sep 1, 2021

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

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

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
