Lisa Spellman
UNMC students help fight the Tar Wars
For the third year in a row the Nebraska Academy of Family Physicians sponsored the Omaha Tar Wars poster contest. The winner will represent the state at the national contest in July in Washington.
Apr 9, 2008
Family medicine receives university-wide teaching award
LINCOLN — The UNMC Department of Family Medicine will receive the university-wide departmental teaching award, University President James B. Milliken announced Monday.
Apr 1, 2008
Matching memories
A video montage from last week’s Match Day ceremony at Joslyn Art Museum.
Mar 28, 2008
Former VA regional director Birdzell dies
Samuel H. Birdzell, former regional director of the Veteran’s Administration hospital in Omaha, died Feb. 1 at his home in Champaign, Ill. He was 91.
Mar 24, 2008
NU names associate vice president of academic affairs and research
Richard Hoffmann, Ph.D., has been named associate vice president of academic affairs and research for the University of Nebraska effective May 1.
Mar 24, 2008
UNMC Off the Clock – Dr. Baldwin loves the scouting life
Jeffrey Baldwin, Pharm.D., associate professor of pharmacy practice in the College of Pharmacy, has a lot of fond memories of his work with the Boy Scouts over the past 25 years.
Mar 12, 2008
UNMC team studies HIV and alcohol combo affect on brain
The combined effects of alcohol and HIV on the brain are the focus of a $1.6 million grant two UNMC researchers recently received from the National Institute of Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse — a division of the National Institutes of Health.
Mar 11, 2008
UNMC to seek new addition for College of Nursing
Communities across the nation are in the midst of a nursing shortage, one that is only expected to intensify as baby boomers age and the need for health care grows. On March 7, UNMC will seek approval from the University of Nebraska Board of Regents for the construction of an addition to the College of Nursing.
Feb 29, 2008
Getting to the root of medication error issues
Admitting when you’re wrong is hard enough.
Admitting you made a mistake that could have meant giving a person the wrong medication is even harder.”It’s easy to blame an individual health care professional for a medical error, but most of the time it’s not their fault,” said Katherine Jones, Ph.D., associate professor in the School of Allied Health Professions. “Ninety-percent of the time the root cause of the error is in the system.”
Feb 28, 2008
Noon seminar to focus on research support opportunities
Research support opportunities provided by the Center for Collaboration on Research Design and Analysis in the College of Public Health will be the topic of a monthly clinical and translational research seminar today.
Feb 18, 2008