{"id":72532,"date":"2021-12-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-28T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2021\/12\/28\/state-sen-vargas-visits-unmc-research-lab\/"},"modified":"2022-08-22T11:36:52","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T16:36:52","slug":"state-sen-vargas-visits-unmc-research-lab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2021\/12\/28\/state-sen-vargas-visits-unmc-research-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"State Sen. Vargas visits UNMC research lab"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p>State Sen. Tony Vargas recently visited the lab of Todd Wyatt, PhD, professor in the UNMC Department of Environmental, Agricultural and Occupational Health in the College of Public Health and also in the pulmonary division within the UNMC College of Medicine. Throughout the pandemic, Dr. Wyatt has directed research into the pulmonary effects of COVID-19. 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