UNMC for the record

Matthew Zimmerman, Ph.D., associate professor, cellular and integrative physiology, has assumed the role of chairperson of the American Heart Midwest Affiliate Research Committee for a one-year term.

Monnie Lindsay

Parkinson’s Action Network (PAN) will honor Parkinson’s advocate and prominent UNMC supporter Monnie Lindsay with the 2013 Milly Kondracke Award for Outstanding Advocacy at this year’s Morris K. Udall Awards Dinner on Oct. 8.
Monnie is the Nebraska State Director in PAN’s volunteer grassroots network and serves on PAN’s Grassroots Advisory Board. She has been involved with PAN since 2005, serving on PAN’s Board of Directors from 2006 through 2012 and as the vice chair from 2009 through 2012. Previous to her board service, she served on PAN’s Grassroots Policy Committee. Monnie also co-authored the Parkinson’s community’s suggested new definition of Parkinson’s disease for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.