{"id":119596,"date":"2025-02-21T01:50:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T07:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=119596"},"modified":"2025-02-20T12:21:35","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T18:21:35","slug":"unmc-for-the-record-feb-21-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2025\/02\/21\/unmc-for-the-record-feb-21-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"UNMC for the record, Feb. 21, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
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NIH to spotlight UNMC nursing study<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

UNMC\u2019s Michele Balas, PhD, has been invited to present her clinical research at a national level on Feb. 28. The UNMC College of Nursing associate dean of research and Dorothy Hodges Olson Distinguished Professor of Nursing is a featured speaker for one of the National Institutes of Health\u2019s Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory Grand Rounds<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pragmatic clinical trials address questions of major public health importance and provide proof of concept for innovative pragmatic research designs. Dr. Balas\u2019 12 p.m. CST presentation is titled \u201cBehavioral Economic and Staffing Strategies to Increase Adoption of the ABCDEF Bundle in the Intensive Care Unit (BEST ICU): Protocol, Challenges, and Major Updates.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watch the presentation via Zoom.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a landmark study for UNMC, Dr. Balas leads the med center\u2019s first multisite, PCORnet\u00ae Study to assess strategies on how best to implement these evidence-based practices, known as the ABCDEF Bundle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe ABCDEF Bundle is considered the standard of care and should be given to\u00a0every\u00a0<\/em>single patient,\u00a0every<\/em> single day in the ICU whether or not they are on the ventilator,\u201d she said in a 2024 UNMC Today story<\/a>. Her study will help answer how best to get evidence-based research \u2013 in this case the effective but underutilized ABCDEF Bundle \u2013 more quickly into clinical practice.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Lydia Kang, MD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Dr. Kang has new book on pseudoscience<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lydia Kang, MD, assistant professor in the UNMC Division of General Internal Medicine, has a new book coming out this month. “Pseudoscience: An Amusing History of Crackpot Ideas and Why We Love Them,\u201d co-written with Nate Pederson, tackles the subject why people insist on believing in things such as Bigfoot and Mothman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The authors recently discussed the book on NPR<\/a>, noting that it takes a lighthearted look at topics such as astrology and aliens, as well as exploring why people like to believe in things that they probably know aren\u2019t true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Dr. Kang told the interviewer, \u201cI don’t think it’s appropriate to take a lighthearted tone when it comes to hitting some really seriously horrible situations that are surrounded in pseudoscience.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Kang is the New York Times bestselling author of nonfiction works such as \u201cQuackery: The Worst Way to Cure Everything,\u201d also co-written with Pederson, and fiction such as \u201cOpium and Absinthe\u201d and \u201cCataclysm,\u201d a \u201cStar Wars\u201d novel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Disclosure form can be completed<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

UNMC Campus Compliance has been working to resolve issues with the UNMC Annual Disclosure of Financial Interest \u2013 COI Smart. Users have reported previous entries missing and new entries not saving and the vendor has reported that these issues have been resolved.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Staff who still have disclosures to make are encouraged to complete the disclosure at their convenience and report any issues or questions via email to Sara Ward<\/a>, associate director, UNMC Campus Compliance.\u00a0The compliance office apologizes for the inconvenience and appreciates respondents’ patience and understanding.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Campus food vendor schedule<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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