Jeff Robb UNMC strategic communications
Division supports hospice and palliative care training
Melissa Teply, MD, knows many practitioners go into health care wanting to keep people healthy and to save lives. But once in practice, new doctors frequently care for patients with serious illnesses that will eventually take their life in spite of the best medical efforts. Death and dying, Dr. Teply said, are realities that young […]
Nov 21, 2022
Researchers work to understand chemo brain
In the flurry around cancer treatment, patients often find themselves feeling a fog. Cancer already can come with chemotherapy, radiation and a series of tests and procedures. Side effects such as nausea are readily anticipated and often treatable. But “chemo brain” is different. Patients might find their thinking is off, their memory not quite the […]
Nov 21, 2022
A discussion with MMI’s Alice Shillingsburg, PhD
Dr. Shillingsburg is the new director of the integrated Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders at the Munroe-Meyer Institute.
Nov 14, 2022
Keith Allen, PhD, will step aside as psychology director
The Munroe-Meyer Institute has started a national search for a replacement. Dr. Allen will remain at MMI part-time.
Nov 9, 2022
Dr. Gold praises 24-7 med center response to leak
The chancellor commends the well-organized response to an unpredictable, unforeseen event.
Nov 9, 2022
Keith Allen, PhD, will step aside as psychology director
The Munroe-Meyer Institute has started a national search for a replacement. Dr. Allen will remain at MMI part-time.
Nov 2, 2022
Med center leaders proclaim National Disability Employment Awareness Month
UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, and Nebraska Medicine CEO James Linder, MD, signed the proclamation.
Oct 27, 2022
Robert Wigton, MD, remembered for what he gave to the world
A celebration of life for Dr. Wigton was held Oct. 17 in the Wigton Heritage Center.
Oct 20, 2022
Celebration of life for Bob Wigton, MD, is Monday
Dr. Wigton will fittingly be remembered in the Wigton Heritage Center, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Oct 13, 2022
Thursday forum will support UNMC’s Iranian community
The online discussion, held via Zoom, will be from 4 to 5 p.m.
Oct 12, 2022