Elizabeth Kumru UNMC public relations

Biocontainment Unit team publishes protocols

Protocols are published in the March issue of the American Journal of Infection Control.

Mar 10, 2015

John Lowe, Ph.D.

Annual faculty award nomination deadline March 13

Faculty members are recognized for meritorious teaching, service or mentoring.

Feb 24, 2015

UNMC sets the gold standard for Ebola care

The 2014 Ebola outbreak has been one of the most devastating public health crises in recent history.

Feb 13, 2015

How Ebola works

Get inside the killer virus and learn how it succeeds in disrupting the immune system.

Feb 13, 2015

An electron micrograph (25,000x magnification) of Ebola virus particles (green) attached to, and budding from, an infected cell (blue). Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

Time travel with a disease detective

His first time in Africa, Dr. Khan’s job was to identify patient zero and attempt to determine the natural reservoir – from which the disease had come. He had one major drawback – he couldn’t speak French and would need an interpreter. Fortunately, two other teammates knew the language.

Feb 13, 2015

Ali S. Khan, M.D., M.P.H., (center) in this 1995 photo reviews information gathered by medical students who visited households in the Kikwit area to track people who have Ebola. (Photo courtesy of NOVA and WGBH Boston.)

Farm-fresh produce available to UNMC community

Deadline to sign up for the weekly service is March 31.

Feb 12, 2015

Singapore delegation tours campus

Group is seeking to learn more about the Biocontainment Unit and best practices.

Jan 30, 2015

Members of the delegation from Singapore visit the Biocontainment Unit Thursday. They continue their campus tour today.

UNMC dean to work with WHO in Sierra Leone

College of Public Health Dean Ali S. Khan, M.D., M.P.H., will provide epidemiologic assistance in response to the Ebola outbreak.

Jan 28, 2015

Ali S. Khan, M.D., M.P.H.

Nominations sought for annual faculty awards

Names will be accepted until March 13 for awards ceremony on April 23.

Jan 26, 2015

Faculty Senate President Gay Canaris, M.D., will speak at the April awards ceremony.

WHO partners with UNMC in global response network

UNMC joins more than 300 institutions and networks that react rapidly to outbreaks of international importance.

Jan 26, 2015

UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D.