Tom O'Connor
Helping HIV patients navigate the system and access resources is key role for UNMC social worker.
Feb 28, 2018
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Hospitalist for UNMC/Nebraska Medicine appointed to Patient Experience Committee for Society of Hospital Medicine
Feb 28, 2018
![Sarah Richards, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/SarahRichards.jpg)
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.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Brunelli1.jpg)
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](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Marvin_Welstead_2014_horizontal.jpg)
ABC News’ Ginger Zee to headline 2018 Nebraska Science Festival
‘Good Morning America’ meteorologist will discuss natural disasters
Feb 7, 2018
![Ginger Zee](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Ginger_Zee_HeadshotHorizontal.jpg)
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.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/GendelmanTeam.jpg)
Huge state budget shortfall likely will result in difficult decisions for College of Medicine
Jan 30, 2018
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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.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/CaryFamily.jpg)
Sasha Shillcut, MD, will speak during the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce’s YP Summit
Jan 26, 2018
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