Victoria Cerino
Harman lecture to focus on exercise’s effect on the brain
Exercise and its effect on the brain will be the focus of the 2008 Denham Harman, M.D., Ph.D., Lectureship in Biomedical Gerontology at UNMC on Friday.
Mar 31, 2008
SHARING clinic to celebrate 10th anniversary on April 4
The UNMC campus is invited to come to the Durham Outpatient Center’s West Atrium on Friday, April 4 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the SHARING Clinics.
Mar 28, 2008
Mary Ann Linder scholarship founded for nursing students
An endowment named for the mother of UNMC’s James Linder, M.D., has been established to benefit students at the UNMC College of Nursing.
Mar 27, 2008
Dr. Vose named to Leukemia and Lymphoma Society board
The Nebraska Chapter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society recently named UNMC’s Julie Vose, M.D., to its board of trustees, a two-year term.
Mar 24, 2008
John J. Ratey, M.D., to present April 4 Harman lecture
John J. Ratey, M.D., associate clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, will be the guest speaker April 4 at noon for the 2008 Denham Harman, M.D., Ph.D., Lectureship in Biomedical Gerontology at UNMC.
Mar 14, 2008
Agreements approved for proposed Norfolk nursing division
The University of Nebraska Board of Regents approved two agreements Friday that marked significant steps toward the establishment of a UNMC College of Nursing division in Norfolk.
Mar 10, 2008
UNMC student receives Student Nurse of the Year award
Carrie Davidson, a student at the UNMC College of Nursing Lincoln Division, recently was named the Student Nurse of the Year at the Nebraska State Student Nurses Association conference in Norfolk.
Mar 7, 2008
World Glaucoma Day a reminder to get screened early
Sally Hileman wishes she’d had a glaucoma test earlier. About 16 years ago, eye redness and irritation caused her to see an optometrist, who initially thought Hileman was suffering from allergies. But as the she symptoms persisted, she was tested for glaucoma. The test results came back and at age 39, with no family history of the ailment, Hileman was diagnosed with glaucoma. The late diagnosis allowed for significant damage and substantially reduced vision in her left eye.
Mar 6, 2008
Dr. Beidler named director of Morehead Center
Susan Beidler, Ph.D., has been appointed as the new director for the UNMC College of Nursing Morehead Center for Nursing Practice. Dr. Beidler, recruited last fall from Florida Atlantic University, brings more than 30 years of nursing experience to UNMC.
Feb 28, 2008
UNMC researchers co-author Science journal article
A UNMC research team has helped scientists from Vanderbilt University Medical Center in discovering a protein that starves staphylococcus bacteria to death by hiding the metals they crave. The findings are published in Science.
Feb 15, 2008