Ryan Shaw

Dr. LaGrange named chief of UNMC’s Division of Urology

Will play key role as UNMC moves forward with Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Jan 7, 2013

New smartphone app helps children with autism communicate better

A smartphone application that has potential to help children with autism communicate more effectively is now available for download.

Jan 7, 2013

Accreditation process continues in College of Medicine

Q: I saw in the Educational Support Office newsletter blog that the designated “faculty lead” for our LCME accreditation visit is leaving UNMC. How will this affect our self-study and our site visit?

Jan 7, 2013

Research Highlights

A list of research awards received by College of Medicine faculty during November. These seven awards represent more than $2 million in new funding to UNMC.

Jan 7, 2013

Briefs

Carl Greiner, M.D., professor, psychiatry, will become a fellow in the American College of Psychiatrists in February. The ACP comprises more than 800 psychiatrists who have demonstrated excellence in the field of psychiatry and achieved national recognition in clinical practice, research, academic leadership, or teaching. Becoming a fellow is a major accomplishment, as potential fellows must […]

Jan 7, 2013

Don’t interrupt the nurse

Study reveals ways to reduce medication errors in rural hospitals.

Dec 18, 2012

A Pyxis medication system, similar to the one shown here, was installed recently at Brown County Hospital in Ainsworth, Neb., to help streamline the medication dispensing process. Dorotha Rohlfsen, a registered nurse at The Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, is shown in the photo.

A bright smile drives genetic research

A 9-year-old with Juvenile Batten disease
motivates her aunt, a UNMC scientist.

Dec 18, 2012

Tammy Kielian, Ph.D., hopes that her research will help children like her niece, Olivia, who has Juvenile Batten disease.

Pregnancy hormone may save lives, limbs

Naturally occurring hormone may yield
therapies for liver, kidney and diabetes-related vascular problems.

Dec 18, 2012

Robert Bennett, Ph.D.

The way of viral infections

Mice, multiple sclerosis and mutual
interest spur this collaboration.

Dec 18, 2012

The UNMC/UNL viral immunology collaborative team at work in
Dr. Petro’s lab at the UNMC College of Dentistry. From left, Ph.D. student Tyler Moore; Tom Petro, Ph.D.; Deb Brown, Ph.D.; and research technician Elizabeth Cody.

Nanomedicine may help prolong life of artificial joints

Researchers look for ways to combat
inflammation, the bane of synthetic joints.

Dec 18, 2012

Dong Wang, Ph.D.