Victoria Cerino
AHEC Advisory Board holds semi-annual meeting at UNMC
The statewide Area Health Education Center Advisory Board members traveled across Nebraska last week to meet at UNMC a semi-annual meetings. The centers were created through federal grants as a way in which medical schools and community centers can cooperate to recruit and train health care professionals to serve in rural areas.
Apr 27, 2004
Advanced cancer, palliative care treatment guidelines released
In recognition of Cancer Awareness Month, the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) in collaboration with the American Cancer Society has released the Advanced Cancer and Palliative Care Treatment Guidelines for Patients, the latest in a groundbreaking series for individuals and their caregivers.
The Advanced Cancer and Palliative Care Treatment Guidelines help patients and physicians understand and respond to the range of medical, psychological, and social issues they may be facing.
Apr 21, 2004
UNMC Bioinformatics Research and Training Facility hosts open house
The UNMC Bioinformatics Research and Training Facility recently hosted an open house at the Scott Technology Center to demonstrate its ability to provide services for life science researchers and train students in the use of bioinformatics tools.
Apr 21, 2004
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society honors Eppley researcher
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society has chosen Christine Eischen, Ph.D., to receive a prestigious 5-year, $500,000 scholar award. The award was based on Dr. Eischen’s contributions and dedication to the field of lymphoma research.
Apr 13, 2004
College of Nursing’s spring research colloquium
The UNMC College of Nursing held its annual Spring Research Colloquium Wednesday. The project, required for graduation, is a culmination of about a year of work and equivalent of five to six graduate credit hours.
Apr 9, 2004
Nursing professor honored for research abstract
Scottsbluff resident T. Kim Callahan Rodehorst, Ph.D., was one of three health providers who recently received awards from the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology during a conference in San Francisco. Dr. Rodehorst is an assistant professor of nursing at UNMC’s College of Nursing West Nebraska Division in Scottsbluff.
Apr 7, 2004
Nursing alum reflects on deployment to Iraq
Capt. Jeff Schrader will never forget the soldier who risked his own life to save the life of an Iraqi girl and fellow Americans. The soldier was one of many unsung heroes Schrader, a1994 graduate of the UNMC College of Nursing, cared for last year during his seven months in Iraq as an Army nurse anesthetist.
Mar 29, 2004
UNMC faculty present at international cancer conference
Two UNMC faculty members — Alison Freifeld, M.D., associate professor of internal medicine and director of the UNMC Immunocompromised Host Infectious Diseases Program, and James Armitage, M.D., Joe Shapiro Professor of Medicine and UNMC oncologist — made presentations at the recent National Comprehensive Cancer Network’s conference.
Mar 15, 2004
M. D. Anderson Cancer Center honors UNMC oncologist
James Armitage, M.D., Joe Shapiro Professor of Medicine and UNMC oncologist, has received the Heath Memorial Award at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. The award honors those who have made outstanding contributions to cancer patient care by the clinical application of basic cancer knowledge.
Mar 8, 2004
Researchers to study teen smoking cessation model
Researchers at UNMC have been awarded a grant for nearly $2.2 million to study a smoking cessation model that addresses the unique challenges of teenage smokers. The four-year grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Public Health Services.
Mar 5, 2004