Sandy Goetzinger-Comer UNMC public affairs

UNMC sponsors YWCA Omaha Face Forward poster

Rubens Pamies, M.D., vice chancellor for academic affairs at UNMC, was on hand Wednesday for the YWCA Omaha’s unveiling of its Omaha Face Forward poster. UNMC was one of the project sponsors.

Oct 14, 2005

Chairman of UNMC Department of Pharmacology announced

Howard Gendelman, M.D., David T. Purtilo Distinguished Chair of Pathology and Microbiology and director of the Center for Neurovirology and Neurodegenerative Diseases (CNND), has been named chairman of the department of pharmacology in the UNMC’s College of Medicine. The appointment is effective Sept. 1, according to John Gollan, M.D. Ph.D., College of Medicine dean.

Jul 30, 2004

Radio commercials spotlight UNMC’s education, outreach

UNMC will launch its spring series of radio commercials today in Omaha, Lincoln and select stations across Nebraska. The three commercials will focus on UNMC’s education and outreach missions by highlighting the College of Nursing’s Distance Learning Program, the College of Dentistry’s Dental Day and the GOODLIFE Clinic, which is operated by an interdisciplinary team of students.

May 24, 2004

Radio commercials highlight UNMC research

As a continuation of UNMC’s fall/winter image commercials, a two-week flight of radio commercials can be heard on radio stations in Omaha, Lincoln and across the state. The commercials, which highlight UNMC’s research, began airing Monday.

Jan 6, 2004

Employees discuss accessing UMA services

Accessing University Medical Associates (UMA) Services was the topic of the first Employee Roundtable sponsored Oct. 22 by Human Resources and Public Affairs. UMA leaders heard employee’s concerns and suggestions.

Dec 9, 2002

UNMC chancellor travels to Cozad, Lexington, Holdrege

UNMC Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., recently visited the Nebraska communities of Cozad, Lexington and Holdrege. Sandy Goetzinger-Comer, director of public affairs, and Dan Chambers, program coordinator for the Rural Health Education Network, joined him on the July 31 and Aug. 1 trip.

Aug 12, 2002

Have you heard? New set of UNMC radio commercials begin

On Monday, UNMC kicked off its second round of radio ads. The ads, which will air the weeks of March 11, 18 and 25, feature the following topics and individuals:

• Research on diabetes — Jennifer Larsen, M.D., with comments from patient Richard McConnell of Omaha;
  
• Research in the genetics of learning disabilities — Shelley Smith, Ph.D., and;
  
• Research on rheumatoid arthritis — James O’Dell, M.D., with comments from patient Anne Ivey of Omaha.

To hear the new commercials, go to www.unmc.edu/future/.

Mar 13, 2002