Tom O'Connor

Children’s, UNMC to participate in neonatal/pediatric genome sequencing trial

Technology should provide complete genetic information on newborns within two weeks rather than three months it currently requires.

Feb 28, 2018

Luca Brunelli, M.D., Ph.D., is the lead investigator on the clinical study.

COM resident program director of the month

Urology residency director has passion for teaching surgery, training new urologists

Feb 28, 2018

News briefs

Hospitalist for UNMC/Nebraska Medicine appointed to Patient Experience Committee for Society of Hospital Medicine

Feb 28, 2018

Sarah Richards, MD

Coming events

Match Day on March 16 will be highlight event for College of Medicine

Feb 28, 2018

Marvin Welstead will receive UNMC Community Service to Research Award

Fremont man has devoted his life to finding cure for Alzheimer’s disease

Feb 9, 2018

Marvin Welstead

ABC News’ Ginger Zee to headline 2018 Nebraska Science Festival

‘Good Morning America’ meteorologist will discuss natural disasters

Feb 7, 2018

Ginger Zee

Chemically modified drug shows promise for HIV treatment and elimination

UNMC discovery reported in Nature Communications

Feb 6, 2018

The four key researchers on the breakthrough that could eventually lead to an HIV cure were (left-right) Benson Edagwa, Ph.D., Aditya Bade, Ph.D., Brady Sillman, and Howard Gendelman, M.D.

A message from the dean

Huge state budget shortfall likely will result in difficult decisions for College of Medicine

Jan 30, 2018

UNMC Skate-a-thon for Parkinson’s brings in more than $20,000

More than 600 skaters participate in 24-hour event

Jan 27, 2018

Ryan Cary (center) is flanked by his father, Stephen, and his mother, Jeanne, after completing the UNMC Skate-a-thon for Parkinson's. Cary recruited 42 skaters for the event and brought in $2,600. His LeaseTeam, Inc. competed in the Rock the Clock category, which required the team to have at least one skater on the ice throughout the 24-hour event. Stephen Cary, a retired property manager for NP Dodge, has had Parkinson's disease for the past 12 years.

New faculty

Three new faculty have joined the College of Medicine. They include a cardiologist, a pediatric endocrinologist and a urologic surgeon.

Jan 26, 2018

Richard Gumina, MD, is a new cardiologist for UNMC/Nebraska Medicine.