Tom O'Connor
UNMC College of Nursing to hold three events for prospective doctoral students
Several factors make this perfect opportunity for students to pursue graduate degree
Sep 25, 2015
UNMC, partners receive $3 million NIH grant to study ‘snail fever’
Will collaborate with Australian, Swiss researchers to seek new drug therapies
Sep 17, 2015
With the beginning of the new school year, the energy on campus has no doubt risen a few levels. The adrenaline is especially flowing for the nearly 130 first-year medical students, most of whom are gracing our campus for the first time. My first week of medical school is something that I know I’ll never […]
Aug 26, 2015
Joseph Baus, M.D., assistant professor, anesthesiology Amy Beethe, M.D., assistant professor, anesthesiology David Tingley, M.D., associate professor, anesthesiology Charles Walcutt, M.D., instructor, anesthesiology Muzafar Macha, Ph.D., assistant professor, biochemistry & molecular biology Parthasarathy Seshacharyulu, Ph.D., instructor, biochemistry & molecular biology Adam Case, Ph.D., instructor, cellular & integrative physiology Andrew Barnett, M.D., instructor, emergency medicine Erica […]
Aug 26, 2015
UNMC College of Medicine faculty received 20 grant awards representing more than $1.5 million in new funding during the month of June. Highlights included: UNMC bone marrow transplant program begins collaboration with KUMC Julie Vose, M.D., internal medicine – oncology/hematology, received more than $500,000 in combined support from multiple funded projects. Dr. Vose is the UNMC […]
Aug 25, 2015
UNMC cancer researcher, Dr. Sidney Mirvish, dies at age 86
His research led to changes in way lunch meats, hot dogs, sausages were made
Aug 25, 2015
$8 million program project grant renewed for fourth cycle
UNMC research team has brought in $32 million since 1999 in studying chronic heart failure
Aug 25, 2015
Name/Title: Judy Houfek, administrative coordinator, Dean’s Business Office, College of Medicine Hometown: Omaha Talk about your job and what you like best about it: My position includes a variety of duties, so that no one day is the same as the next. I spend a large amount of time working with COM department administrators and […]
Aug 25, 2015
Cincinnati pediatric surgeon named CEO for Children's Hospital & Medical Center Richarad Azizkhan, M.D., surgeon in chief and senior vice president of surgical services at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, has been named CEO for Children's Hospital & Medical Center. The appointment is effective Oct. 19. In 2007, UNMC and Nebraska Medicine implemented an affiliation […]
Aug 24, 2015
Nebraska Medicine feature video: “Leslie’s Healing Garden”
The University of Nebraska Medical Center and Nebraska Medicine announced in July that the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center will include an outdoor healing garden – Leslie’s Healing Garden – as part of its Healing Arts Program. Learn more here about this tribute by Marshall and Mona Faith to their late daughter Leslie.
Aug 24, 2015