The Nebraska Neuroscience Alliance (NNA) was formed in 2011 to drive translational research in neuroscience. A permanent endowment was established through the University of Nebraska Foundation and will put the NNA is a position to fund pilot studies at the bench and more importantly in the clinic.
Besides funding pilot projects, the NNA's mission is to educate the next generation of researchers and clinicians. To fulfill this mission, a special lecture series was established to bring national and international speakers to UNMC to share the most up-to-date research in the neurosciences. These lectures are recorded and available to view:
2015
October 22
Ted Dawson, MD
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
"Unlocking the Secrets of Parkinson's Disease"
February 13
David Standaert, MD, PhD
The University of Alabama at Birmingham
"Innate and adaptive immunity in Parkinson disease”
May 1
Steve Goldman, MD, PhD
University of Rochester
Title: TBA
May 7
Etty Benveniste
The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Title: TBA
May 22
Stanley Appel, MD
Methodist Neurological Institute
Title: TBA
June 5 – Nebraska Neuroscience Alliance Annual dinner
Robert C. Gallo, MD
University of Maryland
2014
James Surmeier
Northwestern University
"Selective neuronal vulnerability in Parkinson’s disease and neuroprotective therapies"
$80,000 for COVID-19 Neuroscience Research
Research teams studying COVID-19 and neurological disease complication, apply to doug.meigs@unmc.edu; direct questions to hegendel@unmc.edu.