UNMC Today
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has awarded the University of Nebraska Medical Center a $1.9 million grant to create Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) in Omaha and southeastern Nebraska and to continue funding the three existing AHECs based in Grand Island, Norfolk […]
Sep 20, 2005
Staphylococcus infections used to be associated with hospitalization, recent surgery, and residence in long-term-care facilities. But now, the infections are striking healthy individuals locally and nationally. The experts aren’t sure why. Complicating the rise of infection is the organism’s growing resistance to antibiotic treatment — considered to be one of the most urgent priorities […]
Sep 20, 2005
Annual golf tournament to benefit UNMC student-run clinics
The sixth annual “SHARING The Green” golf tournament, which benefits three clinics run by University of Nebraska Medical Center students, will take place on Thursday, Sept. 29, at the Players Club at Deer Creek, 12101 Deer Creek Drive in Omaha. Metro Health Services Federal Credit Union is the presenting sponsor for the tournament, which […]
Sep 19, 2005
Wyoming to contract with UNMC’s Health Professions Tracking Center
The Health Professions Tracking Center at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, a unique service for tracking health professionals, received approval today from the University of Nebraska Board of Regents to start providing its services to the Wyoming Health Care Commission. The one-year contract is renewable on an annual basis. “This is a landmark […]
Sep 16, 2005
The University of Nebraska Medical Center continues to benefit from the provisions of the 2001 Tobacco Settlement Biomedical Research Initiative (LB692). Over the next two years, the state’s four biomedical research institutions, including Creighton University Medical Center, will receive $12 million, of which UNMC will receive about half. As part of the most recent […]
Sep 15, 2005
Minority youth seminar set for Sept. 14
More than 70 minority middle school and high school students are expected to attend the sixth annual Stepping Forward/Reaching Back youth mentoring seminar on Wednesday, Sept. 14, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at UNMC. This year’s keynote speaker is Pfizer, Inc. District Manager James Anthony “Tony” Gates.
Sep 13, 2005
Nebraska students earn place on UNMC College of Nursing dean’s list
Students from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing were named to the deans list following the spring semester 2005. To qualify for the deans list, students must have a grade point average of 3.5 or above. The UNMC College of Nursing, based in Omaha, with divisions in Lincoln, Kearney and Scottsbluff, […]
Sep 13, 2005
Dental Museum open house set for Sept. 26 through Oct. 1 at UNMC’s College of Dentistry in Lincoln
The University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry’s museum of dental artifacts will be open to the public for free tours beginning Sept. 26 and lasting six days. The collection will be displayed in Room 31 on the lower level of the UNMC College of Dentistry at 40th and Holdrege streets in Lincoln. […]
Sep 13, 2005
The eighth annual Omaha Women’s Health and Wellness Conference will be held Friday, Oct. 14, from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., at the DC Centre in Omaha, 11830 Stonegate Circle, located three blocks south of 120th & Maple Streets. The conference, titled “Navigating the Hormone Highway” will feature talks about the effect of hormones during […]
Sep 12, 2005
Audio clips Susanna Von Essen, M.D., talks about The free lung screenings offered and their value A rare disorder called Farmer’s Lung Some of the problems found through the screenings What physicians will provide during Husker Harvest days. Amid the latest farm machinery, technology, information and education at Husker Harvest Days in Grand Island Sept. 13-15, […]
Sep 8, 2005