Tom O'Connor

College of Medicine Student of the Month – Anthony White, second-year medical st

Editor’s Note: Each month, InterCOM will highlight a "Student of the Month" from the College of Medicine. Students will be featured for their participation in activities outside of medical school and for making a difference in the community. The goal is to recognize students for what they are doing and to encourage other students to get […]

Jul 23, 2015

Anthony White

Five goals established by curriculum change group

The Curriculum Innovations Work Group (CIWG) was formed in October 2014 by the College of Medicine Curriculum Committee. The group’s task was to investigate and recommend a new framework for the medical school curriculum. In April, the Curriculum Committee approved the three-phase framework. The CIWG has identified five overarching goals for UNMC curricular redesign:  Integration […]

Jul 23, 2015

3 kickstarters for your morning

By Michael Huckabee, Ph.D., professor and director of the University of Nebraska Medical Center Division of Physician Assistant Education. Dr. Huckabee has more than 30 years’ experience as a physician assistant, mostly in rural Nebraska. His columns appear on livewellnebraska.com, a health and wellness website published by the Omaha World-Herald. Sunrise Stooling The benefits of […]

Jul 23, 2015

Research highlights

UNMC College of Medicine faculty received 17 grant awards representing more than $2 million in new funding during the month of May. Highlights included: Kaushik Patel, Ph.D., cellular & integrative physiology, has received more than $500,000 through a National Institutes of Health R01 award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute for a study on […]

Jul 23, 2015

Kaushik Patel, Ph.D.

News briefs

Dr. Frankel named president of the Nebraska Medical Association Harris Frankel, M.D., associate professor of neurological sciences at UNMC and chief medical director and senior vice president of medical affairs at Nebraska Medicine, will be installed as president of the Nebraska Medical Association during its House of Delegates and Inaugural Banquet Sept. 18, at the […]

Jul 23, 2015

Harris Frankel, M.D., associate professor of neurological sciences

First pediatric hematologist/oncologist in Nebraska dies at age 81

Rashid Al-Rashid, M.D., was on UNMC faculty for 25 years

Jul 23, 2015

Rashid Al-Rashid, M.D.

Department Profile: Cellular and Integrative Physiology

Chair:  Irving H. Zucker, Ph.D., (Currently the longest running chair in the College of Medicine)    No. of people in department (faculty/staff): Faculty                         17 Courtesy                        7 Postdocs                        6 Grad Students              13 Staff                             14 Total                           57 New faculty: Erika Boesen, Ph.D., assistant professor Ph.D. 2005, Monash University Specialty: Renal Physiology Major Interest: The endothelin system […]

Jul 23, 2015

Irving H. Zucker, Ph.D.

Dr. Ali Khan called back to Sierra Leone

UNMC College of Public Health dean returns for four-week stint

Jul 20, 2015

Ali S. Khan, M.D., M.P.H.

New faculty

Kristen Baus, M.D., assistant professor, psychiatry Ronald Zolty, M.D., Ph.D., professor, internal medicine-cardiology

Jun 29, 2015

A message from the dean

We were pleased this month when the University of Nebraska Board of Regents approved the establishment of a department of physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R) within the College of Medicine. Our next step in the process of creating the new department will come on August 20 when we will seek approval of the Coordinating Commission […]

Jun 29, 2015