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Goal: Path to new treatments for vision-destroying disease

Christopher Conrady, MD, PhD, received a National Institutes of Health grant to explore innate immune responses to acute retinal necrosis.

Aug 9, 2023

Christopher Conrady, MD, PhD

Dr. Are named first CEO of global cancer forum

Chandra Are, MD, MBBS, helped create the Global Forum of Cancer Surgeons in 2017.

Aug 3, 2023

Chandra Are, MBBS

Chancellor Gold visits South Omaha to build connections

A wide-ranging discussion with community leaders gives the chancellor topics to explore.

Aug 3, 2023

From left, Albert Varas, president and CEO of Latino Center of the Midlands, UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, and Emiliano Lerda, co-founder of co-warehousing and community space Elevator. Varas is a UNMC board of counselor member, and Lerda is board chair.

‘Heart to Heart’ podcast talks with Kari Simonsen, MD

UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, hosts the chair of the UNMC Department of Pediatrics.

Aug 3, 2023

Kari Simonsen, MD

Resident finds smooth transition as house officers arrive

The Office of Graduate Medical Education onboarded more than 200 house officers this summer.

Aug 2, 2023

Chydubem Nwaiwu, MD

UNMC extends partnerships in west central Nebraska

On a visit to North Platte, Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, signed a master affiliation agreement with GPHealth.

Aug 2, 2023

UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, with Ivan Mitchell, Great Plains Health CEO

State to match $15 million in funding for fight against pancreatic cancer

Support from the state and community puts Nebraska in the forefront of the battle against the deadly disease.

Jul 27, 2023

UNMC, C-STARS use expertise to develop new biocontainment unit

The Negatively Pressurized Conex unit will offer high-level-isolation patient movement on military aircraft.

Jul 26, 2023

UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, left, tours the new Negatively Pressurized Conex unit with Lt. Col. Elizabeth Schnaubelt, MD.

Grant to aid in brain screenings for intimate partner violence survivors

UNMC’s Shireen Rajaram, PhD, will work with Brain Injury Alliance of Nebraska, other partners on NIH-funded effort.

Jul 26, 2023

Shireen Rajaram, PhD

Global medical simulation conference coming to UNMC

The Davis Global Center and iEXCEL will host the SimGHOSTS 2023 USA conference from Aug. 1-4.

Jul 24, 2023

Pamela Boyers, PhD, associate vice chancellor of clinical simulation at UNMC