John Keenan UNMC strategic communications

UNMC teams exploring extended-release COVID vaccine

Studies show proof-of-concept for new viral antigen delivery system.

Jan 17, 2023

From left, UNMC researchers Bhavesh Kevadiya, PhD, Farah Shahjin, PhD, and Howard Gendelman, MD

UNMC names new Faculty Diversity Fund recipients

Funding began Jan. 1 for efforts by Jasmine Marcelin, MD, Ali Nawshad, PhD, and Brian Armstrong, MD.

Jan 12, 2023

Jasmine Marcelin, MD, Ali Nawshad, PhD, and Brian Armstrong, MD

MMI’s adaptive toys program keeps spreading skills

A special toy adapting event was funded through a grant by the Munroe-Meyer Guild.

Jan 11, 2023

Monica Pleiss, Jamie Gehringer, PhD, and Korey Stading

Study shows proof-of-concept efficacy for a long-acting hepatitis B treatment

Lab findings for study at UNMC show therapy outperformed the existing standard of care, authors say.

Jan 6, 2023

From left, corresponding authors Benson Edagwa, PhD, Natalia Osna, MD, PhD, and Larisa Poluektova, MD, PhD

UNMC researcher tracks changing liver cancer trends

Evi Farazi, PhD, of the UNMC College of Public Health, publishes a multiyear study on hepatocellular carcinoma.

Jan 6, 2023

Evi Farazi, PhD

Diana Florescu, MD, named UNMC Scientist Laureate

Dr. Florescu, UNMC Distinguished Scientists and other researchers will be honored during a ceremony March 9.

Jan 5, 2023

Diana Florescu, MD

Pathology services and Kearney Regional mark 5 years

The institutions joined up in 2017 to improve access to pathology services in rural Nebraska.

Jan 5, 2023

Representatives from the UNMC and Kearney Regional Medical Center during their visit

Informatics in medical research focus of conference

October’s Biomedical Research and Healthcare Informatics Conference was held by the college, the Great Plains IDeA-CTR and the Center for Intelligent Health Care.

Jan 4, 2023

Howard Fox, MD, PhD

Vicki Hamm ‘helped a lot of people’

In December, colleagues and residents — past and present — gathered to celebrate UNMC’s Vicki Hamm.

Jan 3, 2023

Vicki Hamm greets two of the many friends who came out on Dec. 13 to wish her well.

New scholarship hopes to draw nursing students to Nebraska

UNMC introduces ‘Nebraska Neighbors: UNMC Nursing Rural Advantage Program’ for out-of-state students.

Jan 3, 2023

Juliann Sebastian, PhD, dean of the UNMC College of Nursing