{"id":45551,"date":"2014-01-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-01-24T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2014\/01\/24\/news-briefs-8\/"},"modified":"2014-01-24T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-01-24T06:00:00","slug":"news-briefs-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2014\/01\/24\/news-briefs-8\/","title":{"rendered":"News briefs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p>\nThe Nebraska Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation raised nearly $1.14 million in 2013 thanks in large part to combined events, new donors and increased momentum for the organization. Shannon Gubbels, the Nebraska Chapter&rsquo;s executive director, said the chapter has set a goal of raising $1.3 million in 2014. The chapter provided $240,000 to UNMC and The Nebraska Medical Center in 2013 to help fund research studies and other activities involving CF patients.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\nMembers of the <strong>UNMC Department of Emergency Medicine <\/strong>donated a SonoSim ultrasound training model to Thai Binh Medical University (TBMU) in Vietnam. With this donated gift, students at TBMU will be able to participate in the same training modules delivered by UNMC faculty to UNMC students.<\/p>\n<!-- <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"\/secure-location.php\" title=\"  xZUkPz ma\">  xZUkPz ma<\/a> --><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nebraska Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation raised nearly $1.14 million in 2013 thanks in large part to combined events, new donors and increased momentum for the 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