Sophia Ibrahimi

News Briefs

Surinder Batra, Ph.D., professor and chairman of biochemistry and molecular biology, will deliver the keynote address at the University of Missouri Health System’s Health Science Research Day on Nov. 14 and the 75th Annual Congress of the Japan Surgical Association on Nov. 22. Dr. Batra was named UNMC’s seventh Scientist Laureate in 2012.

Nov 13, 2013

Surinder Batra, Ph.D.

New leadership structure announced for OneTeam

As part of a clinical integration project that began in 2012, The Nebraska Medical Center, Bellevue Medical Center and UNMC Physicians have formed a new, unified leadership structure which leaders say is “built for the future.”

Nov 13, 2013

UNMC one of four institutions selected for primary care pilot project

The University of Nebraska Medical Center has been selected as one of four institutions to participate in a pilot program designed to transform the way resident physicians are trained in primary care.

Nov 13, 2013

Kelly Caverzagie, M.D.

UNMC lands $4.4 million grant to study emphysema

The University of Nebraska Medical Center will lead a clinical research study that will evaluate if a common, over-the-counter drug has potential to reverse the devastating effects of emphysema.

Nov 13, 2013

Stephen Rennard, M.D.

UNMC, Omaha VA researchers to study if vitamin D prevents diabetes

The Department of Veterans Affairs Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System and UNMC are taking part in the first definitive, large-scale clinical trial to investigate if a vitamin D supplement helps prevent or delay type 2 diabetes in adults who have prediabetes and at high risk of developing diabetes.

Nov 13, 2013

Cyrus Desouza, M.D.

UNMC study seeks to improve outcomes for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma

UNMC researchers have discovered that patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma don’t respond well to the standard drug therapy used to treat this type of cancer if they have high levels of a gene called STAT3.

The findings are published in the November issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology, the medical journal of the American Society for Clinical Oncology.

Nov 13, 2013

Kai Fu, M.D., Ph.D.

UNMC partners with Chinese university, hospital for glaucoma study

A UNMC ophthalmology research team is partnering with a Chinese university and hospital in a study aimed at improving understanding of glaucoma, the leading cause of irreversible blindness in the United States and worldwide.

Nov 13, 2013

Shan Fan, M.D.,Carol Toris, Ph.D., Tao Guo, M.D.

UNMC skating event to help support Ronald McDonald House

The University of Nebraska Medical Center and the Ronald McDonald House Charities in Omaha will present Freezin’ for a Reason on Dec. 7 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the UNMC Ice Rink, 42nd Street between Emile and Dewey.

Nov 13, 2013

Division Profile: Internal Medicine – Infectious Diseases

Chief: Mark E. Rupp, M.D.

Personnel:
Faculty-12, fellows-2, mid-level practitioners-6, research & administrative personnel-19

Nov 13, 2013

Mark E. Rupp, M.D.

Crews begin excavation on Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center

Excavation work is underway and expected to last through the end of December on the future site of the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center.

Nov 13, 2013

Photo by Pete Iwen, Ph.D.