{"id":97812,"date":"2023-03-29T09:18:39","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T14:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=97812"},"modified":"2023-04-04T17:11:01","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T22:11:01","slug":"com-employee-of-the-month-april-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2023\/03\/29\/com-employee-of-the-month-april-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"COM employee of the month, April 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p><em>UNMC College of Medicine employees of the month are nominated by college leaders. Melinda Wojtkiewicz was recognized for exemplary work by Rebekah Gundry, PhD, interim chair of the UNMD Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Name:<\/strong> Melinda Wojtkiewicz&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Title:<\/strong> Research coordinator<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hometown:<\/strong> Humphrey, Nebraska<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Talk about your job and what you like best about it:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m in charge of the mass spectrometers in our lab but also do a lot of method development and collaborator work. I gain satisfaction in solving problems. 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