Ryan Shaw

Coming events

April 14 – May 2 – Campus food drive. April 21 – Distinguished Scientist event, 4 p.m., Durham Research Center Auditorium. April 24 – Annual Faculty Awards event, 4 p.m., Durham Research Center Auditorium. April 24-27 – Nebraska Science Festival. Jeff Corwin, host of “Animal Planet,” will be the featured presenter on April 25 at […]

Apr 21, 2014

Laughter is widely prescribed as good medicine

Laughter is widely prescribed as good medicine, so keep reading if you want to see if the funniest joke in the world helps you feel better.

Apr 21, 2014

COM Student of the Month – Amir (Ali) Khan, fourth-year student

Editor’s Note: Each month, InterCOM will highlight a “Student of the Month” from the College of Medicine. Students will be featured for their participation in activities outside of medical school and for making a difference in the community. The goal is to recognize students for what they are doing and to encourage other students to […]

Apr 21, 2014

Amir (Ali) Khan

Construction update – Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center

A flurry of construction activity is under way at the intersection of 45th Street and Dewey Avenue (Durham Research Plaza).

Apr 21, 2014

News Briefs

The College of Medicine is considering implementing a chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society. This society is dedicated to recognize, support and promote the values of humanism and professionalism in medicine. Faculty, students, and residents would be honored for their humanistic qualities. Interested faculty should email Gerald Moore, M.D. Rachel Bonnema, M.D., internal medicine-general internal medicine, […]

Feb 19, 2014

New faculty

Thirty-one new faculty have joined the College of Medicine. The new additions include one associate professor, 24 assistant professors and six instructors.

Sep 6, 2013

OneTeam initiative – Setting the foundation for effective enterprise leadership

Editor’s Note: The medical center has hired Deloitte to provide consulting services in an effort to better integrate and coordinate the activities and planning of our clinical enterprise. Each week, the group leading this effort, deemed OneTeam, will send out a newsletter updating progress on the initiative. Here is the July 15 update. In the […]

Jul 12, 2013

Research highlights

Several new research awards representing more than $2.2 million in new funding were received by College of Medicine faculty during the month of May. They included: Cyrus Desouza, M.D., internal medicine-diabetes, endocrinology & metabolism, will be the UNMC lead for a National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) funded […]

Jul 12, 2013

Relentless researcher takes on deadly disease

When it comes to pancreatic cancer,
UNMC’s seventh Scientist Laureate is as
serious and relentless as. unfortunately,
as is pancreatic cancer.

Jun 19, 2013

Surinder Batra, Ph.D.

University-wide honors go to UNMC faculty

The University of Nebraska has recognized
two UNMC physician-scientists for their
achievements.

Jun 19, 2013