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Tom O’Connor UNMC public affairs

Bob Lahue, Ph.D., makes people feel comfortable. It starts with his name – he prefers Bob, not Robert – and extends to all he does as a cancer researcher and teacher of graduate students at UNMC’s Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases. Dr. Lahue is one of four faculty members being honored with the UNMC Outstanding Teaching Award at the Annual Faculty Meeting on Tuesday, April 20. This is the second in a series of profiles on the award recipients.

Apr 15, 2004

Grandsons provide Easter present for UNMC faculty members

William Gust, M.D., and Rowen Zetterman, M.D., have been close friends for more than 30 years. But, the longtime faculty members from the UNMC Internal Medicine Department will always look back on Easter week 2004 as one of their fondest memories. The two physicians added new grandsons to their families with both babies being born at University Tower earlier this week.

Apr 8, 2004

Gene therapy being used in cystic fibrosis study

UNMC and its hospital partner, The Nebraska Medical Center, have been selected as one of 12 sites participating in a study using gene therapy techniques to treat cystic fibrosis, a genetic disease affecting approximately 30,000 children and adults in the United States.

Mar 26, 2004

UNMC researcher studies promising nicotine vaccine

Sam Sanderson, Ph.D., knows all about serendipity. A biochemist, Dr. Sanderson was conducting some experiments several years ago to determine how certain tiny molecules called peptides interact with the immune system. One peptide surprisingly jumped out at him in the experiments.

Mar 22, 2004

UNMC vice chancellor has harrowing experience in Haiti

For Rubens Pamies, M.D., vice chancellor for academic affairs and dean for graduate studies at UNMC, the past two weeks have been like a bad dream. Fortunately, this dream had a happy ending – thanks in large part to the efforts of the staff of U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson and several UNMC administrators.

Mar 8, 2004

Retired faculty member updates history of College of Medicine

F. Miles Skultety, M.D., Ph.D., knows that there is no such thing as a free lunch. That’s why he was suspicious in May 2000, when James Armitage, M.D., then dean of the UNMC College of Medicine, and Irene Klintberg, Ph.D., associate dean of the College of Medicine, invited him to lunch.

Jan 21, 2004

UNMC physician strives to improve end-of-life care in Nebraska

Ed Vandenberg, M.D., is on a mission to improve end-of-life care in Nebraska. As president of the Nebraska Medical Directors Association (NMDA), a group of physicians who direct care in nursing homes, Dr. Vandenberg feels he is in a unique position to make a difference.

Dec 1, 2003

Dr. Gollan selected as new dean of UNMC College of Medicine

John Gollan, M.D., Ph.D., the individual who has led the department of internal medicine the past two years, has been named dean of the UNMC College of Medicine. The appointment, which is subject to approval of the University of Nebraska Board of Regents, would be effective Dec. 15.

Nov 18, 2003

Sgt. Pratt’s death strikes home for emergency staff

The Omaha community mourns the loss of Omaha Police Sgt. Jason Pratt, but the death is especially difficult for the emergency room staff at UNMC and its hospital partner, The Nebraska Medical Center.

Sep 24, 2003

Epilepsy program brings new level of expertise to Nebraska

After its first year of operation, the Nebraska Epilepsy Program at UNMC and its hospital partner, The Nebraska Medical Center, has been a huge success with more than 300 epilepsy patients presently being treated.

Sep 18, 2003