Tom O'Connor
Alena Balasanova, M.D., psychiatry, “How does substance use disorder lead to an addiction to drugs or alcohol?” Watch Ask UNMC Nebraska Medicine: Husband donates kidney to stranger.
Jan 26, 2018
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Second-year med student uses daily self-care time and wide range of hobbies to stay balanced
Jan 26, 2018
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Pharmacist for HIV patients enjoys developing relationships with patients and helping them navigate medical care challenges
Jan 26, 2018
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Resident program director of the month
Emergency medicine residency director takes pride in program providing extraordinary clinical experience
Jan 26, 2018
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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.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Richard_Gumina_Cardiology_2018.jpg)
Sasha Shillcut, MD, will speak during the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce’s YP Summit
Jan 26, 2018
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CDC provides $900,000 in funding for bioterrorism preparedness research for Nebraska Public Health Laboratory
Jan 25, 2018
![Peter Iwen, PhD, heads the Nebraska Public Health Laboratory at UNMC. The lab received $900,000 in funding from the CDC.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Pete_Iwen.jpg)
The UNMC Ice Rink will close Feb. 4, while Carnival of Contagion exhibition runs through April 27.
Jan 25, 2018
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UNMC, UNL collaborating in search for new drugs to counteract radiation exposure
Two-year Department of Defense contract could provide nearly $8 million in funding
Jan 22, 2018
![Ken Bayles, Ph.D](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/BaylesCropped1.jpg)
UNMC Skate-a-thon for Parkinson’s set for Jan. 26-27
24-hour ice skating event – now in its 8th year at UNMC – has raised more than $170,000
Jan 17, 2018
![Six skaters skated all 24 hours at the 2017 UNMC Skate-a-thon for Parkinson's. They celebrated their accomplishment by chilling out on the ice at the end of the event.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Skaters_24hours.jpg)