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Study shows discharge barriers for hospitalized patients 

UNMC’s Chad Vokoun, MD, is part of a cross-sectional, nationwide study of how these barriers contribute to the length of a hospital stay.

Aug 29, 2023

Chad Vokoun, MD

Farmer’s Market yields health benefits

Increased consumption of fruits, vegetables is worthwhile goal.

Jul 30, 2019

Journal publishes results of UNMC/Vanderbilt study

Combination of infection, diabetes in mother could predispose children to psychiatric disorders in later life.

Sep 27, 2017

Wigton Archives Dedicated at McGoogan Library

After decades of serving as the well-respected but “unofficial” historian for UNMC, Robert Wigton, M.D., became an official part of the university’s archives and the McGoogan Library of Medicine last week as the library cut the ribbon on the newly named Wigton History of Medicine Archives.

Sep 12, 2017

Summer program highlights career options

Expanded opportunities mean
undergrad students can learn about all
health professions.

Mar 31, 2017

Science Laureate Searches for Ways to Reverse HIV-Mediated Neuronal Injury

UNMC’s 10th Scientist Laureate seeks to understand the toxic effects of drug abuse on neurocognition in HIV patients.

Jul 19, 2016

Dr. Dunaevsky’s brain work

Research explores possible autism link to infections during pregnancies.

Feb 2, 2016

Aging and the HIV-infected brain

Interdisciplinary study focuses on how aging affects cognition.

Feb 2, 2016

‘Raise That Beam!’

Three-year-old Emily Stephenson and her 5-year-old sister, Julia, order the first signed beam to be raised to the top of the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center.

Oct 22, 2015

Computers help physicians determine best treatment plan

IBM Watson searches millions of data points to improve care for cancer patients.

Aug 20, 2015

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