Lisa Spellman
Program allows middle schoolers to enjoy a day at UNMC
Edwin Chavez wants to be a doctor. Leticia Lopez wants to be a registered nurse. Aimee Ramos wants to be a pediatrician. All of these students represent the future of medicine, even thought it will probably be another nine years before any of the seventh- and eighth-graders set foot in medical school.
Dec 13, 2007
Music as Medicine to feature holiday tunes from Burke ensemble
Sounds of the holidays will fill the Durham Outpatient Center atrium Thursday when the Burke High School ensemble performs.
Dec 12, 2007
Special two-hour edition of ‘Shrink Rap’ to air Sunday
“Shrink Rap,” a weekly radio show that provides a forum for adolescents and young adults to anonymously discuss their problems, will feature a special two-hour program this week devoted strictly to the Westroads Mall shootings.
Dec 7, 2007
SAHP’s Latshaw helps develop new TB curricula
Tuberculosis (TB) is often thought of as a disease that happens to people in other countries, but national statistics tell a different story. … “It has become apparent that we need to raise awareness of TB among our students and faculty,” said Sandra Latshaw, assistant professor and curriculum coordinator for the School of Allied Health Professions Clinical Laboratory Science Program.
Nov 30, 2007
Distinguished dentistry alumnus Dr. Dixon dies at 84
UNMC College of Dentistry alumnus, F. Eugene Dixon, D.D.S., who helped make dental insurance accessible to millions of Americans with the 1955 founding of the company now known as Delta Dental of California, died Oct. 26 in San Mateo, Calif. He was 84.
Nov 28, 2007
UNMC’s Dr. Linder and Linda Fell honored by ASCP
UNeMed President, James Linder, M.D., and Linda Fell, director of the clinical laboratory science program in the UNMC School of Allied Health Professions, have received awards from the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP).
Nov 28, 2007
UNMC employees honored at Latino leadership conference
Two UNMC employees recently received the Heartland Latino Community Leadership Award in Health and Human Services.
Nov 27, 2007
Seven receive awards at nursing’s fall research colloquium
The UNMC College of Nursing held its bi-annual Fall Research Colloquium last week. The event was co-sponsored by the College of Nursing Graduate Program and Sigma Theta Tau International Gamma Pi Chapter-At-Large.
Nov 20, 2007
SAGH headshaving fund raiser aimed at fighting malaria
Every 30 seconds, a child in Africa dies from malaria. Members of UNMC’s Student Alliance for Global Health (SAGH) want to change that.
Nov 15, 2007
Music as Medicine concert to honor Dr. Wiltse
The Durham Outpatient Atrium will once again be filled with music today at noon as musicians from the Omaha Symphony and Omaha Chamber Music Society perform a concert in honor of the memory of the late Hobart Wiltse, M.D., former professor pediatrics at UNMC.
Nov 15, 2007