Lisa Spellman

UNMC Grants – NIH award to power study of meth/HIV connection

Researchers at the UNMC are investigating the damage to the human body from the combined effects of meth use, HIV and the antiretroviral drugs used to treat the disease.

Nov 19, 2010

Snapshot — The meaning of SHARING, dentistry style

LINCOLN — Daniel Kreis thought the Dental SHARING Clinic started at 5 a.m. on Nov. 11, so he rode his beat-up mountain bike nearly five miles from downtown Lincoln to the UNMC College of Dentistry about an hour before sunrise. He was 12 hours early.

Nov 16, 2010

UNMC Grants — Grants help UNMC expand its rural dental care

Driving two hours to see a dentist is not unusual for some people who live in rural parts of Nebraska.

Nov 4, 2010

Dental clinic gets a facelift

A story and a before and after photo slide show about the College of Dentistry’s renovated clinic.

Sep 10, 2010

Survey to assess health needs of Nebraska/Iowa LGBT population

An anonymous community needs assessment by researchers at UNMC and the University of Nebraska at Omaha will gauge the health needs of the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender population in Nebraska and Iowa.

Sep 3, 2010

UNMC investigators eye link between gum disease, rheumatoid arthritis

Two investigators at the UNMC believe the same bacteria cause both periodontis and rheumatoid arthritis.

Aug 19, 2010

Looking back on 20 years of RHOP with Niki Salomon

Since its inception in 1990, 356 students have graduated from the Rural Health Opportunities Program (RHOP).

Jul 30, 2010

Management series participants graduate

Forty-eight UNMC employees have graduated from the 2010 UNMC Management Series.

Jul 27, 2010

2010 Foundations for Success class graduates

Armed with new tools to advance careers at UNMC, 44 UNMC employees have graduated from the eighth session of the Foundations for Success program.

Jul 26, 2010

Science Cafe presents: Treating tobacco use and dependence

Tobacco use continues to be the leading cause of preventable morbidity and mortality in the United States and causes approximately 435,000 deaths annually. Treating tobacco use and dependence is the topic of the July 15 Science Cafe in Lincoln.

Jul 12, 2010