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Fred Simon leaves legacy of support for UNMC

Services will be Wednesday for man who led efforts to raise funds to build the Harold M. and Beverly Maurer Center for Public Health.

Sep 29, 2015

Fred Simon with his wife, Eve, at the opening ceremonies of the College of Public Health in 2011.

Berggren Lectureship Series debuts Wednesday

Gretchen Berggren, M.D., will give the inaugural presentation of the first endowed lectureship for the College of Public Health.

Sep 28, 2015

From left, Gretchen Berggren, M.D., and Warren Berggren, M.D.

Researchers present at military health symposium

Seven UNMC investigators presented on topics related to combat casualty care and rehabilitation of warfighters.

Sep 21, 2015

From left to right: Dong Wang, Ph.D; Marsha Morien; Yulong Li, M.D., Ph.D.; Valeriya Kettelhut, M.D., M.P.H.; Keely Buesing, M.D.; Marilynn Larson, M.D.; Joseph Siu, Ph.D.

International experts to join panel on global health

College of Public Health hosts public health practitioners from Togo and Mali as part of a Sept. 17 panel discussion.

Sep 14, 2015

From left: Daniel Thera, advisor to the Ministry of Religion and Cultural Affairs of the government of Mali, and Ian Vickers, co-founder and chief executive officer of Global Partners in Hope.

Speaker to discuss resource allocation and health disparities

Sridhar Venkatapuram, Ph.D., of King’s College London will speak at noon.

Sep 8, 2015

Sridhar Venkatapuram, Ph.D.

Collaboration eyes improved cancer drug delivery

Tatiana Bronich, Ph.D., will work with University of North Carolina researchers on nanomaterials study.

Aug 24, 2015

Tatiana Bronich, Ph.D.

Designer peptides to fight superbugs

Engineered peptides may soon be the therapy of choice against nasty bacterial and viral infections and even cancer.

Aug 20, 2015

Guangshun (Gus) Wang, Ph.D. starts with this structural template when he designs potent compounds against superbugs. The magenta-colored area is where positively charged amino acids are located for optimal bacterial recognition. The green area is where oil-like amino acids are situated to catch or grasp and stick to the superbug surface.

The genesis of cancer mutations

The vicious cycle of DNA mutation is revealed.

Aug 20, 2015

Polina Shcherbakova, Ph.D.

Distinguished Scientists Honored

Each year, when UNMC’s emerging and top researchers are recognized, it is clear that the depth and breadth of their work continues to expand.

Aug 20, 2015

2014 Scientist Laureate, Tatiana Bronich, Ph.D.

Dr. Feilmeier a semifinalist for ‘Outstanding Young Person’ honor

Click on the link above to vote for Mike Feilmeier, M.D., as one of JCI’s Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World.

Aug 18, 2015

Mike Feilmeier, M.D., medical director of the Prevention of Global Blindness Division at the Truhlsen Eye Institute.