Lisa Spellman
Study focuses on Seasonal Affective Disorder
Each year numerous people are affected by Seasonal Affective Disorder, a debilitating depression that comes in late autumn to early winter and leaves a person feeling blue, listless and socially withdrawn. William J. Burke, M.D., would like to change that. See article for more details on the study.
Nov 5, 2003
Mayor to address concerns at Nov. 5 town hall meeting
Mayor Mike Fahey will host a town hall meeting Nov. 5 from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Field Club of Omaha, Inc., clubhouse, 3615 Woolworth Ave. He will address concerns presented by residents at previous Destination Midtown meetings.
Nov 3, 2003
UNMC reports progress in gender equity
Significant improvements in gender equity have been made at UNMC, said Myrna Newland, M.D., director of the equity office and professor of anesthesiology.
Oct 24, 2003
College advisors return to the classroom
More than 30 college advisors from across the state recently attended Advisors Day, a one-day symposium to learn more about what UNMC offers a student interested in a health career.
Oct 13, 2003
Residents, physicians, nurses paint Turner Park
The dirty white stucco and brick building at 2955 Farnam St. was beginning to look pretty shabby, until Jennifer Brown, M.D., ambulatory chief resident and Turner Park Health Center medical director, had an idea.
Oct 10, 2003
Pediatrician shares lessons with students
Terry Wooldridge, M.D., hopes third-year medical students who rotate through his pediatric clinic remember three primary lessons. Dr. Wooldridge is one of this year’s College of Medicine Volunteer Faculty of the Month award recipients.
Oct 7, 2003
Graduate training coordinator retires after 35 years
Mary Ann Casey will give a bittersweet farewell to friends and colleagues at UNMC — a place she has called her second home for the past 35 years. She retires today as coordinator of graduate training in UNMC’s family medicine department.
Oct 3, 2003
Williams honored with Lifetime Achievement award
When Bud Shaw, M.D., came to UNMC in 1985 from Pittsburgh to establish the liver transplant program, he knew of no better person to bring along than Laurel Williams, R.N., M.S.N., manager of the Liver and Intestinal Coordinators Organ Transplantation Program. Earlier this year, Williams was given the Novartis Lifetime Achievement award from the North American Transplant Coordinator’s Organization.
Oct 3, 2003
Partnership brings Armenian nurses to campus
Two master’s level nursing students from Erebouni College of Medicine in Yerevan, Armenia, recently spent a whirlwind week in Omaha touring UNMC, several health clinics and taking in some of the local culture.
Oct 1, 2003
Hot dogs and colon cancer – is there a link?
Can eating too many hot dogs contribute to colon cancer? That’s what Sidney Mirvish, Ph.D., a professor in the Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, would like to know.
Oct 1, 2003