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Ghada Soliman, associate professor of health promotion, social & behavioral health, College of Public Health, was surprised Wednesday morning to find a new student trying to get into the building. Staff at the college looked for a faculty member who could “talk turkey” to it, said Robin Jaeckel, administrative associate for associate deans.
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Fausto Loberiza, M.D. |
Fausto Loberiza, M.D., professor of medicine, in collaboration with the Center for Continuing Education, was awarded an unrestricted educational grant in the amount of $361,314 to implement a weekly community-based multidisciplinary case conference (also known as tumor board) with members of the Nebraska Lymphoma Study Group throughout the state of Nebraska. The goal of the grant is to improve lymphoma care in rural Nebraska through increased use of evidenced based-guidelines and expert panel recommendations. UNMC’s grant was one of six awarded through a collaborative effort between the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) and Pfizer to improve care for patients with rare types of cancer such as renal cell carcinoma and certain hematologic malignancies because treatment options are complex and rapidly advancing. Other grantees included: Duke University, East Carolina University, National Marrow Donor Program, The Research Institute of Fox Chase Cancer Center and the University of Colorado-Denver. All grants submitted were peer-reviewed by a panel of national expert clinicians and educators identified by the NCCN.
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David Sinclair, Ph.D., a professor at Harvard Medical School and the person who delivered the Denham Harman, M.D., Ph.D., Lectureship in Biomedical Gerontology at UNMC on April 4, was honored last week as one of Time Magazine’s Most Influential 100 People for 2014. An aging expert, Dr. Sinclair was cited for identifying a chemical known as NAD that actually reverses the aging process in cells. Dr. Sinclair (second from left) is pictured during his Omaha visit with (from left-right): Helen Harman, wife of Dr. Harman; Mark Harman, M.D., physician in Tulsa, Okla., and son of Dr. Harman; and Jane Potter, M.D., chief of geriatrics and gerontology at UNMC.
Roger Wells, a 1987 graduate of UNMC’s physician assistant program in the School of Allied Health Professions, is a member of the National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services. Wells, who works at Howard County Medical Clinic in St. Paul, Neb., was instrumental in bringing the committee to UNMC this week for one of its annual meetings. He also was featured in an Omaha World-Herald story.
Baxter Bell, M.D., will be speaking on “How Modern Yoga Can Help Our Patients: The Studies, the Theory and the Practices,” at noon today at the Sorrell Center, Room 4053. Dr. Bell is a physician, medical acupuncturist and a Yoga Alliance certified educator. Dr. Bell is passionate about sharing the emerging benefits of yoga for a wide variety of health conditions, including heart disease, diabetes and other chronic diseases.