{"id":113778,"date":"2024-08-02T01:54:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T06:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=113778"},"modified":"2024-08-01T10:09:26","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T15:09:26","slug":"unmc-for-the-record-aug-2-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/08\/02\/unmc-for-the-record-aug-2-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"UNMC for the record, Aug. 2, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dr. Bagher invited to present before NIH commission<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pooneh Bagher, PhD, an associate professor in the UNMC Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, recently joined a panel of experts who participated in the quarterly meeting of the National Commission on Lymphatic Diseases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Bagher was invited to participate as president of the Microcirculatory Society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The commission is part of the National Institutes of Health National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. According to the commission, the discussions, which involved almost two dozen representatives from different areas of health care, will help improve knowledge and practice guidelines, while helping address gaps in care for lymphatic disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Bagher said the NIH is moving forward with a number of initiatives to explore lymphatic diseases and lymphatic function, and many of the members of the Microcirculatory Society are active in this area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-Jeff Robb, UNMC strategic communications<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Anderson Berry named one of NMA\u2019s 2024 Physician Advocates of Year<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Nebraska Medical Association has named Ann Anderson Berry, MD, PhD, a Physician Advocate of the Year. The award recognizes physicians who play, “a crucial role in enhancing the NMA’s public policy priorities, in addition to proven and successful outcomes with national and\/or state-level advocacy initiatives.” Dr. Anderson Berry, chief of the UNMC Division of Neonatology and vice chair of research for the UNMC Department of Pediatrics, is a trusted resource for the NMA and government leadership on perinatal conditions and disparities in the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-Chuck Koster, Children’s Nebraska<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Campus food vendors<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Food vendors are available on both the east and west sides of the UNMC Omaha campus, serving from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. daily. The current schedule is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

East end of campus (Sorrell Center, Alumni Commons area):<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n