Lisa Spellman
IHS celebrates 10 years of international growth
It has been nine years since the International Healthcare Services (IHS) program began at The Nebraska Medical Center. Since then the program has grown from just three partnerships to 118 agreements with major medical institutions in 44 countries.
Sep 25, 2008
Home Instead Center fast facts
Some quick facts about the Home Instead Center for Successful Aging,
Sep 18, 2008
Ground to break on Home Instead Center — UPDATED
UNMC breaks ground this morning on the only geriatric center in the state that offers comprehensive care for older adults.
Sep 17, 2008
Dr. Batra receives grant from Komen Foundation
The Nebraska affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Foundation has awarded UNMC researcher, Surinder Batra, Ph.D., a $50,000 grant for breast cancer research.
Sep 10, 2008
Philanthropist honored for support of neuroscience research
Harriett Singer was there, on the ground floor, supporting UNMC’s neuroscience research at a time when seeing a world-class program was simply a dream and one with a very uncertain future.
Sep 5, 2008
Undergraduate students receive Holland Future Scientist Awards
Six undergraduate students from Nebraska colleges and universities recently received the 2008 Richard Holland Future Scientist Award from the Nebraska Coalition for Lifesaving Cures.
Sep 2, 2008
Renowned neurodegenerative researcher finds a home at UNMC
Like many young boys, Howard Fox, M.D., Ph.D., liked catching frogs and salamanders in the ponds near his home in Elk Grove Village, Ill.
Aug 27, 2008
CHIRS, Go Local Nebraska offer quality health information for Nebraskans
Need information to guide decisions about your health or the health of a family member or friend? The McGoogan Library of Medicine at UNMC provides such information to every Nebraska resident free of charge through the Consumer Health Information Resource Service (CHIRS).
Aug 26, 2008
Courtship letters offer glimpse of 1930s medicine
Researchers of Nebraska history and early 20th century medicine have a compelling new source of information. “The Holoubek-Baker Letters, 1937-1939: An Annotated Collection,” edited by veteran journalist Martha Holoubek Fitzgerald of Shreveport, La., presents first-hand accounts of doctors in training in Nebraska and Louisiana.
Aug 7, 2008
UNMC docs part of myeloma study in New England Journal
There are some families that, for whatever reason, have higher incidences of myeloma than others. Researchers from UNMC, Creighton University School of Medicine and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences want to know why.
Aug 5, 2008