Lisa Spellman

She sits in a seductive pose on the barstool, wearing knee-length, black, leather boots and a short skirt. Sitting next to her is a girl, in blue-jean overalls with braided pigtails and a broad smile. The photo of the two cousins is unremarkable. The story behind it is disturbing.

May 18, 2005

Dental hygiene rotation at Pine Ridge

Four dental hygiene students from the UNMC College of Dentistry West Division in Scottsbluff, Neb., reflect on their rotation on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, in S.D.

May 12, 2005

UNMC researchers tackle most lethal form of cancer

UNMC researchers Tony Hollingsworth, Ph.D., and Surinder Batra, Ph.D., received a $3.3 million, five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health and the National Cancer Institute, to make earlier diagnosis of pancreatic cancer a reality. Drs. Hollingsworth and Batra are two of many investigators at UNMC who received a total of more than $17 million in research grants in the last three months of 2004. That’s a 76 percent increase over the same period in 2003.

May 10, 2005

Data gives oral health picture of state’s third-graders

In an effort to determine the prevalence of dental disease in Nebraska’s third-graders, the state Health and Human Services System, in cooperation with the UNMC pediatric dentistry residency program, conducted a dental surveillance screening at select schools across the state.

May 6, 2005

First dental hygiene students to graduate in Scottsbluff

The first class of dental hygiene students at the UNMC College of Dentistry West Division will graduate Saturday (May 7). Click to meet the four graduates.

May 6, 2005

Heart walk May 7 to honor survivors, raise funds

The 2005 Omaha-Metro American Heart Walk is set for Saturday, May 7 at Chalco Hills Recreation area around Wehrspann Lake. Approximately 2,000 people are expected to participate in the 10th annual event.

May 3, 2005

UNMC physicians extend mission of service

Part of UNMC’s mission is to better the lives of Nebraskans. Edward O’Leary, M.D., and Ward Chambers, M.D., have taken this concept a step further. One might say a leap further. The cardiac specialists spent the first part of December in separate countries, trying to do what they could to help improve the health of the citizens there and the delivery of health care services.

Mar 29, 2005

Pediatric dental clinic stresses oral health

Dentist Jane Bennett, D.D.S., giggled at the question. “Are you really the tooth fairy?” a curious third-grader wanted to know. Read more about the UNMC Pediatric Dental Clinic located in the Munroe-Meyer Institute.

Feb 23, 2005

Scenes from Children’s Dental Day VII

On Feb. 4, the faculty, staff and students of the UNMC College of Dentistry provided more than $60,000 in dental care for 163 children who attended the seventh annual Children’s Dental Day. Read about one 8-year-old boy from Lexington, Neb., who was determined to attend the event.

Feb 9, 2005

Researchers to focus on technology transfer

UNMC researchers interested in learning about how new inventions transfer from the bench to the bedside will have the opportunity to do so on Thursday. The Heartland Conference for Free Enterprise at the Cornhusker Convention Center in Lincoln, will focus on how to empower small business growth and success; technology transfer and intellectual property licensing; and new venture creation and expansion.

Feb 8, 2005