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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

Nebraska State Student Nurse of the Year named

The Nebraska State Student Nurses’ Association has presented UNMC College of Nursing student Melinda Sonderup with the Nebraska State Student Nurse of the Year Award.

Mar 5, 2004

UNMC dental researcher receives Parkinson’s disease grant

The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF) has awarded Kalipada Pahan, Ph.D., associate professor of biochemistry, UNMC College of Dentistry, a two-year, $125,000 grant to study the effectiveness of a drug to stop the destruction of cells in mouse models with Parkinson’s disease.

Mar 4, 2004

College of Nursing holds induction ceremony

The UNMC College of Nursing held induction ceremonies across the state on Feb. 22 to recognize 126 new nursing students as they commit to academic integrity and begin assimilating the values and behaviors of the professional nurse.

Feb 25, 2004

College of Nursing receives NU’s highest honor

The UNMC College of Nursing has received the University of Nebraska’s most prestigious teaching award — the 2004 University-Wide Departmental Teaching Award. The award is given in honor and recognition of a department or unit within the university system that has made a unique and significant contribution to the teaching efforts of the university.

Feb 25, 2004

MMI joins consortium to attract, retain genetic counselors

The UNMC Munroe-Meyer Institute has joined three other states to form a consortium sharing $1.3 million to establish accredited master’s degree programs in genetic counseling.

Feb 16, 2004