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Ryan Shaw

Social Skills 101

Nine-year-old Noah Legros sits on one foot and deals out UNO cards to a group of four boys around the table. But this isn’t your average after-school gathering. The participants in the group have all been diagnosed with high-functioning autism, Asperger’s disorder or ADHD. Noah is in social skills class at UNMC’s
Munroe-Meyer Institute (MMI).

Apr 7, 2012

Answers Delivered Before Delivery

Kourtney Case knew she’d find out the sex of her baby at her 20-week ultrasound. She didn’t know she’d learn her baby boy would be born without a hand.

Apr 7, 2012

Needed Relief

The Guatemalan woman’s rheumatoid arthritis so incapacitated her that she couldn’t get around her house to handle the most common tasks. She came to the clinic in Antigua where Kevin Garvin, M.D., and others from UNMC provided relief.

Apr 7, 2012

Lookin’ at U – Nikki Hackendahl

This week, we learn more about Nikki Hackendahl, a Marketing Specialist in the Human Genetics Lab at the Munroe-Meyer Institute.

Mar 22, 2012

RSVP today for Social Life of Health Care talk

A talk on the social life of health care will be featured during the 23rd Visiting Nurse Scholar event on March 28 at Field Club of Omaha.

Mar 22, 2012

UNMC researchers to study role of tumor microenvironment in pancreatic cancer

Hope to develop better therapeutics by learning more about pancreatic cancer cells

Oct 10, 2011

Surinder Batra, Ph.D.

United Way 2011 – The 3:33 report, Day 5

Winners of Friday’s prize drawing announced.

Sep 26, 2011

Research Notes – Dr. Thoreson published in Nature Neuroscience

UNMC researcher Wallace Thoreson, Ph.D., is one of the lead investigators of a study designed to better understand how signals are transmitted in the brain.

Aug 1, 2011

Salzinger named to new post

Will work on health planning, policy and finance

Jul 27, 2011

Dr. Peck plays key role in developing women’s health recommendations

National committee recommends eight preventive health services

Jul 21, 2011