Vicky Cerino UNMC public affairs
Medical students discover benefits of National Guard membership
You can imagine how happy Rachel Blake, M.D., was when she found out her medical school student loans would be paid off about three years after graduation.
In exchange for her medical services for one weekend a month and 15 days of annual training a year, the resident and Nebraska Army National Guard member receives student loan repayment, monthly pay, low cost life insurance, credits toward a military retirement and other benefits.
Sep 9, 2002
Dr. Piper honored internationally for helping cancer patients
For Barbara Piper, D.N.S., the drive to help cancer patients manage their fatigue began in 1977. Recently, Dr. Piper, associate professor of nursing at UNMC, was honored for her significant, international contributions in cancer care.
Sep 6, 2002
UNMC physician finds pyrotechnics hobby a blast
When Tom Poulton, M.D., isn’t taking care of critically ill children, spending time with his family or planting flowers in the yard, you might find him playing with fire.
For three days, at the crack of dawn, the UNMC professor of pediatrics, critical care and anesthesiology helped build and detonate pyrotechnics that would add realism to simulated airfield strafing and bomb runs during last month’s Offutt Air Force Base air show.
Sep 5, 2002
Discovery may lead to treating aneurysms with drugs, not surgery
A new discovery by a team of researchers at UNMC will be the featured cover story in the Sept. 3 issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, a peer-reviewed biomedical research journal published by the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI). The two-year study was funded, in part, by a $1.3 million grant from the U.S. National Institutes of Health and a $300,000 grant from the American Heart Association.
Aug 28, 2002
Researchers study role of protein in multiple sclerosis
Thomas Petro, Ph.D, department of oral biology, UNMC College of Dentistry, has been awarded a $209,000, three-year grant from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society to study a cell protein called Interleukin-12 (IL-12) to determine its role in multiple sclerosis.
Aug 6, 2002
Study finds need for education on hormone replacement therapy
Susan Wilhelm, Ph.D., assistant professor in UNMC’s College of Nursing Scottsbluff Division, was as surprised as many with the recent news that the National Institutes of Health halted a hormone replacement therapy (HRT) study about three years early, citing health risks.
The news most likely will affect follow-up in Dr. Wilhelm’s recent study, which looked at the factors affecting a woman’s decision on whether to take hormone replacement therapy.
Jul 22, 2002
Dr. Froeschle chosen as ADEA 2002 scholar-in-residence
Mary Lynn Froeschle, D.D.S., associate professor, UNMC College of Dentistry Department of Adult Restorative Dentistry and director of patient care, has been selected as the American Dental Education Association’s 2002 Warner-Lambert/Enid A. Neidle Scholar-in-Residence.
Jul 1, 2002
UNMC researchers’ work may herald new anti-malarial drug
A team of researchers led by a UNMC College of Pharmacy faculty member recently received recognition for its work in the discovery of a compound that shows promise in the development of a cheaper, more effective anti-malarial drug with fewer side effects.
Jun 19, 2002
CON Lincoln Division receives $1.3 million grant to study home health device
The UNMC College of Nursing Lincoln Division has received a $1.3 million grant to study the effectiveness of a home health device in improving the management of symptoms in older patients following heart surgery. The researchers, whose grant is funded by the National Institutes of Health National Institute of Nursing Research, will recruit 284 Nebraskans for the study.
Jun 18, 2002
UNMC to host Nebraska eighth-graders at annual Health/Science Meet
UNMC will host 60 eighth-graders from 21 schools across Nebraska at its 10th Health/Science Meet, which runs through Saturday. The students qualified for the meet by submitting science projects in regional science competitions earlier this year.
Jun 7, 2002