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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to award UNMC $1.13 million grant to create Panhandle Area Health Education Center in Scottsbluff; will include 14 counties

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 $1.13 million grant to create the Panhandle Area Health Education Center (AHEC) in Scottsbluff and provide continued support for the two Nebraska AHECs formed in 2001 and 2002. The […]

Aug 5, 2004

UNMC College of Pharmacy Students Earn Dean’s List Honors

Students from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy were named to the dean’s list following the spring 2004 semester. To qualify for the dean’s list, students  must place in the top 20 percent of their class and maintain a grade point average of 3.5 or above. The students that qualified for this distinction […]

Aug 3, 2004

UNMC to boost geriatric, gerontology training across the state with $2 million grant

The University of Nebraska Medical Center has received a five-year, nearly $2 million grant from the Department of Health and Human Services to educate and train health professionals and faculty members across the state in geriatrics and gerontology. The grant will create the Nebraska Geriatric Education Center (NEBGEC) to improve the health care and health […]

Aug 2, 2004

Howard Gendelman, M.D., named chair of UNMC department of pharmacology

Howard Gendelman, M.D., David T. Purtilo Distinguished chair of pathology and microbiology and director of the Center for Neurovirology and Neurodegenerative Diseases (CNND), has been named chair of the department of pharmacology in the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s College of Medicine. The appointment is effective Sept. 1, 2004, according to John Gollan, M.D. Ph.D., […]

Jul 30, 2004

Nebraska Center for Bioterrorism Education invites health professionals to bioterrorism symposium August 25-26 in Kearney

Speakers will address a variety of topics, including the emotional toll of bioterrorism events, working with the media, backup communications, prions and Mad Cow disease, and a recap of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) experience in Toronto. The symposium’s target audience is emergency medical technicians, nurses, physicians, laboratory and infection control employees, and public […]

Jul 29, 2004

UNMC faculty member to lead national pediatric ethics review board

Bruce Gordon, M.D., associate professor of pediatrics and co-chairman of the Institutional Review Board (IRB) at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, has been named chairman of the newly constituted Pediatric Central Institutional Review Board (PedCIRB). The National Cancer Institute (NCI) made the announcement recently. “This is a wonderful honor and yet another recognition that […]

Jul 29, 2004

University Medical Associates and The Nebraska Medical Center to develop comprehensive medical campus near 180th & Dodge Streets

University Medical Associates and its partners, The Nebraska Medical Center and the University of Nebraska Medical Center, are planning to develop a comprehensive, full-service medical campus on the southeast corner of 180th and Dodge Streets, just west of the new Village Pointe shopping area. The West Omaha medical campus will be a key component of […]

Jul 23, 2004

Arts for Hearts Show, silent auction tops $3,200

The third annual Arts for Hearts Show and Silent Auction in May raised more than $3,200.

Jul 20, 2004

Local students make 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 2004. 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, is […]

Jul 20, 2004

UNMC-led international anti-malarial drug discovery progresses to first phase of human trials

A University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy-led team of scientists is celebrating with cautious optimism as the drug it developed has taken another step toward success. The anti-malarial drug candidate is now being tested in phase I clinical trials in London, where it is being evaluated for safety in a small group of […]

Jul 20, 2004