Lisa Spellman
Lack of primary care doctors presents a major challenge
When people talk about the health care crisis in the United States, they often refer to the rising costs or the number of people who lack adequate insurance or have no insurance at all.
Dec 3, 2008
Toy drive to benefit American Indian children
It all started with a simple offer of help. Three years ago on a drive with a friend to an American Indian reservation in South Dakota, Mike Cieciorka, a nurse in the cardiology clinic at UNMC, agreed to help raise money to buy toys for Christmas for the children who live there.
Nov 25, 2008
Dr. Peng to receive Badami Award for HIV/AIDS research
Hui Peng, M.D., an instructor in the UNMC Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, will receive the 2008 Nicholas Badami Fellowship Award for Excellence in HIV/AIDS research at a dinner held tonight in her honor.
Nov 20, 2008
UNMC students to hold free health fair on Sunday
UNMC students will hold a community health fair on Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m., at the Campfire USA headquarters, 2566 St. Mary’s Ave. in Omaha.
Nov 11, 2008
Noon lecture to focus on Kennedy presidency
Historians have passionately debated John F. Kennedy’s legacy ever since he was assassinated in November 1963. Join the Durham Museum at noon today in the College of Nursing, Room 1010 for a lecture titled, “The Kennedy Assassination: History’s Greatest Turning Point?” as Smithsonian scholar and professor Peter Kuznick, Ph.D., takes a fresh look at the Kennedy presidency.
Nov 11, 2008
Western Nebraska to access to UNMC cancer clinical trials
A formal affiliation agreement with hospitals in Grand Island, North Platte and Scottsbluff will expand all cancer clinical trials at UNMC to people in those communities.
Nov 6, 2008
Noon lecture to focus on Kennedy Assassination
John F. Kennedy’s presidency was tragically cut short by one or more assassins’ bullets. Historians have passionately debated his legacy ever since.
Nov 5, 2008
Mission of mercy provides dental care in western Nebraska
UNMC dental faculty and students took part in the fourth annual Nebraska Mission of Mercy in Mitchell, Neb. The UNMC volunteers, together with area dentists and hygienists, treated 1,065 people during the two-day event and provided $571,515 in dental care.
Oct 30, 2008
UNMC researchers awarded $10.6 million NIH grant
UNMC received $10.6 million from the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to research nanomedicine, drug delivery, therapeutics and diagnostics.
Oct 24, 2008
Dentistry faculty member receives $50,000 teaching fellowship
The American Academy of Periodontology (AAP) Foundation has awarded a $50,000 AAP Teaching Fellowship to Matthew Byarlay, D.D.S., assistant professor in the department of surgical specialties at the UNMC College of Dentistry.
Oct 15, 2008