Elizabeth Kumru
Too many of us have been touched by cancer. That was evident by the immense support of the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, where a creative fusion of art, science and patient care come together to fight the deadly disease. During a May 23 dedication ceremony, patients, donors and local and state dignitaries gathered […]
Sep 20, 2017
A New Way of Learning Medicine
This fall, UNMC medical students are learning medicine a new way – the 21st century way and they are learning to think like a physician from the start. Phase I of Training the Physicians of Tomorrow (TPT) was launched in August for incoming medical students. It is an active learning-based curriculum that emphasizes hands-on learning […]
Sep 20, 2017
SIM-NE Trucks in a Rural Town Near You
Medical emergencies require the response of highly trained health professionals. Now, four high-tech rolling classrooms deliver training free to emergency medical service agencies and critical access hospitals in every corner of Nebraska. In June, Simulation in Motion Nebraska trucks (SIM-NE) were sent to four cities – Kearney, Norfolk, Lincoln and Scottsbluff – to provide real-life […]
Sep 20, 2017
Disease detective brings it home
Ebola, sars, anthrax, mers, smallpox, plague, a multitude of viruses and mosquito-borne illnesses and health hazards in post-natural disasters.
Oct 11, 2016
Dr. Phil Smith takes on a new role
One Last Thing: Dr. Phil Smith becomes a principal investigator of the National Ebola Training and Education Center.
Oct 22, 2015
Nebraska’s Biocontainment Unit answers the call
Decades of planning prepares team to respond.
Jun 11, 2015
UNMC’S unprecedented building boom continues
Tower cranes dot the landscape on UNMC’s Omaha campus as work continues on the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, the Lauritzen Outpatient Center, and the Lozier Center for Pharmacy Sciences and Education/ UNMC Center for Drug Discovery.
Jun 11, 2015
Eric Nagengast preferred global surgical experience to graduation
In the middle of his third year of medical school, Eric Nagengast realized he wasn’t ready to graduate just yet.
Sep 17, 2014
Cancer research conducted in homeland
Salomon Compaore, M.D., spent the summer in his homeland, Burkina Faso, a landlocked country in West Africa, conducting research on cervical cancer.
Sep 17, 2014
Medical research is a numbers game
Most of us know BMI as body mass index.
But, for medical researchers, it represents the evolving world of “biomedical informatics,” which is transforming science before our eyes.
Jan 15, 2014