Ryan Shaw
Meeting the behavioral health needs of rural communities
In order to finish her master’s degree in community counseling at Doane College, the Bruning, Neb., native needed to complete 1,000 hours of internship training to realize her goal of becoming a licensed mental health professional.
Sep 17, 2014
Eric Nagengast preferred global surgical experience to graduation
In the middle of his third year of medical school, Eric Nagengast realized he wasn’t ready to graduate just yet.
Sep 17, 2014
Brothers in nursing fulfill mom’s dream
Cramer brothers Paul, 27, and Dan, 25, both graduates of the UNMC College of Nursing’s bachelor’s degree program, are nurses and both enrolled in the college’s family nurse practitioner program.
Sep 17, 2014
Cancer research conducted in homeland
Salomon Compaore, M.D., spent the summer in his homeland, Burkina Faso, a landlocked country in West Africa, conducting research on cervical cancer.
Sep 17, 2014
Key CDC leader selected as public health dean
Ali Khan, M.D., M.P.H., looks forward to nurturing the next generation of public health innovators and leaders.
Sep 17, 2014
Alumni gift establishes first nephrology endowed chair
Troy Plumb, M.D., director of the UNMC Division of Nephrology, was named as the Dr. Dennis Ross Chair of Nephrology.
Sep 17, 2014
Pink, purple, orange, blue, green and yellow powder covered everyone and everything at the Hindu celebration of spring.
Sep 17, 2014
Preventing global blindness in Omaha
Patients at the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska’s health and wellness center in South Omaha received free eye exams for a week in June.
Sep 17, 2014
Dr. Thayer is triple threat to pancreatic cancer
Sarah Thayer, M.D., Ph.D., the new chief of surgical oncology at UNMC, excels in all three areas of academic medicine: education, research and clinical practice.
Sep 17, 2014
Native Iowan named new dean of College of Dentistry
Janet Guthmiller, D.D.S., Ph.D., an accomplished researcher, author and teacher with special interests in genetic studies of periodontal bacteria, will begin in her new position Sept. 1.
Sep 17, 2014