Tom O'Connor

Coming events

The next month brings exciting changes and events, including the Emile Street skywalk opening Feb. 29; a presentation by Thomas Nasca, M.D., CEO of Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, on competency-based education on March 10; and Match Day on March 18.

Feb 18, 2016

Research Highlights

UNMC College of Medicine faculty received 14 grant awards representing more than $2 million in new funding in December, including a $500,000 award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to Irving Zucker, Ph.D.

Feb 18, 2016

Irving Zucker, Ph.D.

COM employee spotlight

Helping others is a theme in both her professional and personal lives for Crystal Miller, who works as a department administrator in the Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy.

Feb 18, 2016

Vanderbilt administrator named director of Munroe-Meyer Institute at UNMC

Karoly Mirnics, M.D., Ph.D., will assume position in July

Feb 4, 2016

UNMC Skate-a-thon for Parkinson’s raises nearly $16,000

More than 500 skaters participate in 24-hour event

Jan 27, 2016

UNMC neurologist John Bertoni, M.D., Ph.D. (left) with one of his Parkinson's patients Roger Palmer, who skated a lap around the UNMC Ice Rink as part of the opening ceremonies.

Department Profile – Radiation Oncology

The department includes a total of 69 employees, including UNMC and Nebraska Medicine, and is chaired by Charles Enke, M.D.

Jan 25, 2016

News briefs

Kevin Garvin, M.D., chair of the UNMC Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, will serve as president of The Hip Society for 2017-2018.

Jan 22, 2016

Sixth annual UNMC Skate-a-thon to raise funds for Parkinson’s

24-hour skate will take place Jan. 22-23 at UNMC Ice Rink

Jan 15, 2016

Ted Wuebben (blue plaid shirt) skates at 2015 UNMC Skate-a-thon for Parkinson's.

Former ‘Star Trek’ actor, LeVar Burton, headlines 2016 Nebraska Science Festival

Literacy advocate to present keynote on merging technology, storytelling, science fiction

Jan 13, 2016

LeVar Burton

Pioneering neuroprotective results achieved in Parkinson’s preclinical studies

Allows immune system to repair brain damage; results reported in Journal of Neuroscience

Dec 16, 2015

Howard Gendelman, M.D.