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UNMC uses new technology to discover SARS-CoV-2 mutations in state

Exclusive tech enables Nebraska Public Health Lab to more precisely track COVID-19.

Feb 18, 2021

Peter Iwen, PhD, director of the Nebraska Public Health Lab, left, and Baha Abdalhamid, MD, PhD, UNMC assistant professor of pathology and microbiology, with the Clear Labs GridION nanopore sequencer

NIH director to appear on ‘Rural Health Matters’

Francis Collins, MD, PhD, will join Chancellor Gold on Monday’s program.

Feb 5, 2021

Francis Collins, MD, PhD, director of the National Institutes of Health

Digital exhibit will thank health care workers

The medical center’s Healing Arts Program works with Omaha artist to launch public digital exhibit on 42nd Street.

Feb 3, 2021

The Healing Arts exhibit will feature animated inspirational artwork.

American Society of Hematology honors Dr. Buckley

Lab’s study suggests potential therapeutic target in cases of non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

Jan 28, 2021

Shannon Buckley, PhD

COVID-19 paper is UNMC’s most-cited of 2020

The paper, co-authored by Siddappa Byrareddy, PhD, leads UNMC’s top five most-cited works of 2020.

Jan 27, 2021

Siddappa Byrareddy, PhD,

Vaccination allocation discussed at Tuesday’s forum

Chancellor Gold, Dr. Cieslak addressed questions on COVID-19 response at virtual event.

Jan 27, 2021

From left, UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, and Ted Cieslak, MD, interim executive director for health security, spoke at Tuesday's all-campus forum.

AMA president says COVID-19 is ‘war on two fronts’

Susan Bailey, MD, president of the America Medical Association, spoke at the Breakthrough Thinking Conference Series.

Jan 20, 2021

Susan Bailey, MD, president of the America Medical Association

OPS superintendent takes part in vaccine trial

Cheryl Logan, EdD, ‘rolls up her sleeves’ to join fight against COVID-19.

Jan 18, 2021

Cheryl Logan, EdD, superintendent of Omaha Public Schools, is taking part in a UNMC COVID-19 vaccine trial.

Pharmacy students help deliver vaccinations

Students take part in effort to immunize residents and patients at more than 140 facilities.

Jan 13, 2021

From left, College of Pharmacy students Sarah Stage, Kristin McLarty and Traver Pettijohn

Team explores drug-free hypertension treatment

New technology, called ‘sympathetic vasomotion,’ has been patented.

Dec 31, 2020

Renal artery pressure and flow velocity signals are used to calculate sympathetic vasomotion, to see if a non-invasive procedure is successful in removing the nerves that contribute to hypertension, thanks to an innovation created by a multidisciplinary team of UNMC researchers.