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From UNMC Today

Chad Vokoun, MD, is the first chief of the new UNMC Division of Hospital Medicine.

Here are some College of Medicine stories from this past month’s UNMC Today that you might have missed.

UNMC creates Division of Hospital Medicine

Debra Romberger, MD, Henry J. Lehnhoff Professor and chair of the department of internal medicine, announced a new division of hospital medicine, effective immediately, within the UNMC Department of Internal Medicine. Dr. Romberger has named Chad Vokoun, MD, the first division chief for the UNMC Division of Hospital Medicine. Dr. Vokoun has served as the interim hospital medicine section leader in GIM. Read more.

Dr. Swindells co-chairs landmark TB study

Susan Swindells, MBBS, professor in the UNMC Department of Internal Medicine, co-chaired a landmark study for new treatments for tuberculosis. Read more.

Contaminants may increase risk of rheumatoid arthritis

UNMC researchers set out to determine the association between inhalant exposures with rheumatoid arthritis-related autoantibodies and severity in U.S. veterans. Read more.

Kirk Grauf newest Gold U recipient

Kirk Grauf is a workstation specialist III in the UNMC Department of Pediatrics and the Child Health Research Institute.Read more.

Study details effects of opioid misuse during, after pregnancy

Researchers at UNMC have found significant detrimental generational impacts of the prescription opioid oxycodone on offspring exposed during and after pregnancy. Read more.

UNMC History: Embalming

Times change, and so do the courses offered by the colleges at UNMC. In the early 20th century, the University of Nebraska College of Medicine offered a course on embalming. Read more.