{"id":116665,"date":"2024-10-30T12:53:14","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T17:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=116665"},"modified":"2024-12-27T14:49:22","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T20:49:22","slug":"mmi-continues-to-see-growth-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/10\/30\/mmi-continues-to-see-growth-change\/","title":{"rendered":"MMI continues to see growth, change"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Director Karoly Mirnics, MD, PhD, spoke about growth and changes to the Munroe-Meyer Institute over past year during his annual \u201cState of the Institute\u201d address to MMI faculty and staff on Oct. 10. Dr. Mirnics presented to community members a week later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are growing, and we are doing well,\u201d Dr. Mirnics said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Annual clinical visits, grant funding and community engagement involvement all have grown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One positive sign, he said, is the recent opening<\/a> of an Autism Care for Toddlers Clinic in Fremont. This is the first clinic to open outside of the Omaha metro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Mirnics credited staff with getting the clinic up and running, noting the efforts ran the gamut from arranging for furniture and internet to organizing philanthropic support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The broader goal, he said, is to open ACT Clinics across the state to \u201cprovide services where our clients live.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The past year has seen a boost in philanthropic donations to the institute, including a donation of $7.5 million made available as matching funds. These funds will support programming and endowments as MMI looks to the future, Dr. Mirnics said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Mirnics pointed to other events of the past 12 months, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n