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State Sen. Wayne tours UNMC campus

Sen. Wayne impressed with UNMC’s innovative use of technology to facilitate active learning.

Jan 31, 2017

From left, State Sen. Justin Wayne and Bill Glass, director of visualization and technology for iEXCEL?.

Compound may offer new deterrent to mosquitoes

Corey Hopkins, Ph.D., is collaborating on a project that may decrease spread of mosquito-borne diseases.

Jan 27, 2017

Tammy Kielian, Ph.D., honored as Scientist Laureate

Dr. Kielian and other UNMC researchers will be honored at a ceremony today.

Jan 17, 2017

Tammy Kielian, Ph.D.

Dr. Varghese seeks to minimize ventilator usage

Joby Varghese, M.B.B.S., and team recently had a study published in the journal Annals of Thoracic Surgery.

Nov 28, 2016

Joby Varghese, M.B.B.S.

Dr. Vetro aims to improve treatment for cancer patients

Joseph Vetro, Ph.D., hopes startup company can bring practical application to promising research.

Nov 18, 2016

Joseph Vetro, Ph.D.

Rural men use technology to improve fitness

Pilot study provided Fitbits for 12 men in rural northeast Nebraska.

Nov 15, 2016

Chris Johnson of Bloomfield, Neb., was one of 12 rural northeast Nebraska men who took part in a recent UNMC pilot study to test the feasibility and acceptability of the use of health-related text messages and an activity monitor with its companion app to self-monitor eating and activity.

UNMC’s history of support for training PAs in military

More than 2,000 military physician assistants have earned their PA degrees from UNMC.

Nov 11, 2016

Michael Huckabee, Ph.D., director of PA education, and Kyle Meyer, Ph.D., dean of the College of Allied Health Professions, center, with IPAP faculty, from left, Commander Ron Perry, IPAP director; Maj. Nouansy Wilton, M.D.; Maj. Sharon Rosser; Maj. Christopher Pase; Col. George Cunningham, M.D., IPAP medical director; and Maj. Vincent Antunez.

For pharmacy’s Dr. Knoell, a homecoming

Fremont native, University of Nebraska-Lincoln grad, returns to Nebraska to become UNMC’s chair of pharmacy practice.

Nov 2, 2016

Daren Knoell, Pharm.D.

Exploring virus as delivery system for gene therapy

Tammy Kielian, Ph.D., collaborators, publish study in The Journal of Neuroscience.

Oct 19, 2016

From left, Tammy Kielian, Ph.D., and her lab: Maria Burkovetskaya, Nikolay Karpuk, Ph.D., Rachel Fallet, Megan Bosch, and Amy Aldrich. Not pictured: Jessica Odvody.

UNMC’s opioid conference called ‘unprecedented’

More than 300 people from Nebraska’s public health, medical, and law enforcement communities attended Friday’s summit.

Oct 18, 2016

From left, UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D., Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts, and U.S. Attorney Deb Gilg