{"id":48848,"date":"2009-08-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-14T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2009\/08\/14\/unmc-climbs-in-national-institutes-of-health-research-funding\/"},"modified":"2022-08-28T19:23:32","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T00:23:32","slug":"unmc-climbs-in-national-institutes-of-health-research-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2009\/08\/14\/unmc-climbs-in-national-institutes-of-health-research-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"UNMC climbs in National Institutes of Health research funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">UNMC has been climbing in the research funding rankings of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The NIH is the primary federal agency for conducting and supporting medical research.<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">Since the last federal fiscal year that ended September 2008, UNMC has received $46.4 million, or 12.9 percent more, from the NIH than the year before.<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">All the colleges also are well within or near the desired goal of ranking in the 50<sup>th<\/sup> percentile or better, said Thomas Rosenquist, Ph.D., vice chancellor for research. &ldquo;All the colleges are getting close.&rdquo;<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">The rankings compare a college with all similar colleges in the United States. The lower number, the better the ranking.<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">UNMC&rsquo;s College of Medicine showed the biggest improvement by moving from 62.3 percent to 55.5 percent. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s the best rank the College of Medicine has had in 30 years,&rdquo; Dr. Rosenquist said.<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">Rankings of other colleges:<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">College of Pharmacy, 24.6 percent<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">College of Dentistry, 53.3 percent<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">College of Nursing, 48.8 percent<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><i><span style=\"font-size: 9pt\">UNMC is the only public health science center in the state. Its educational programs are responsible for training more health professionals practicing in Nebraska than any other institution. Through their commitment to education, research, patient care and outreach, UNMC and its hospital partner, The Nebraska Medical Center, have established themselves as one of the country&#8217;s leading centers in cancer, transplantation biology, bioterrorism preparedness, neurodegenerative diseases, cardiovascular diseases, genetics, biomedical technology and ophthalmology. UNMC&rsquo;s research funding from external sources now exceeds $100 million annually and has resulted in the creation of more than 3,200 highly skilled jobs in the state. UNMC&#8217;s physician practice group, UNMC Physicians, includes 513 physicians in 50 specialties and subspecialties who practice primarily in The Nebraska Medical Center. For more information, go to UNMC&rsquo;s Web site at www.unmc.edu<\/span><\/i>.<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" align=\"center\">-30-<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"\/secure-location.php\" title=\"g mhgYd jBYmL t xgvfneW  uvfJRcx\">g mhgYd jBYmL t xgvfneW  uvfJRcx<\/a> --><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; UNMC has been climbing in the research funding rankings of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). 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