UNMC Today
UNMC, UMA primary health providers at Multicultural EXPO
UNMC and the University Medical Associates (UMA) joined forces Oct. 4-5 to create a strong health component at the first Nebraska Multicultural EXPO.
Oct 10, 2003
The University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing held induction ceremonies across the state Oct. 12 to recognize about 140 new nursing students as they commit to academic integrity and begin assimilating the values and behaviors of the professional nurse. The ceremony also reiterated some the most important values for the professional nurse and […]
Oct 10, 2003
Hundreds pass through drive-thru flu shot clinic
Car after car this morning, they lined up, signed up and rolled up their sleeves for a flu shot that got right to the point. The Nebraska Medical Center’s drive-thru flu shot clinic at Clarkson West Medical Center kept a team of nurses busy for more than four hours. In the end, more than 600 people received the flu shot.
Oct 9, 2003
234 students from 49 Nebraska high schools participate in UNMC Health Professions Career Day
The University of Nebraska Medical Center hosted 234 high school students from 49 high schools across Nebraska during its seventh Rural Health Professions Career Day. The event, sponsored by UNMC and the Rural Health Education Network, introduced students to the health professions. Students learned about opportunities in medicine, nursing, pharmacy, dentistry, physician assistant, physical therapy, […]
Oct 3, 2003
Perchlorate symposium concludes in Omaha with several basic assumptions questioned
The 2003 Perchlorate State-of-the-Science Symposium concluded Wednesday in Omaha, with leading scientists verbally presenting their consensus reports on some of the most recent scientific studies on perchlorate. The significance of these results is that it questions the basic assumptions of a number of recent and influential government efforts to assess the safe level of perchlorate […]
Oct 2, 2003
Track club honors UNMC, UMA for assisting team to nationals
The Midwest Striders Track Club recently sent its largest team ever to the USATF National Junior Olympic Track & Field Championships, thanks, in part, to support from University Medical Associates and UNMC’s Community Partnership.
Sep 30, 2003
Shrike-Hlavac Memorial Trust distribution goes toward UNMC cancer research
The Eppley Cancer Center has been chosen as the recipient of the 2003 distribution of the Shrike-Hlavac Memorial Trust. Money from the trust will go toward seed money for innovative research ideas. These funds are essential in obtaining larger grants from such national funding agencies as the National Cancer Institute, said Ken Cowan, M.D., Ph.D., […]
Sep 23, 2003
UNMC receives almost $9.9 million to study cell signaling, cancer
The University of Nebraska Medical Center has received a five-year grant totaling almost $9.9 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to further the understanding of cell signaling — the biochemical response of cells to their environment in relation to study a variety of cancers. The grant establishes an NIH-designated Nebraska Center for Cellular […]
Sep 19, 2003
Epilepsy program brings new level of expertise to Nebraska
After its first year of operation, the Nebraska Epilepsy Program at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and its hospital partner, The Nebraska Medical Center, has been a huge success with more than 300 epilepsy patients presently being treated. The program is under the direction of Sanjay Singh, M.D., who joined UNMCs neurological sciences department […]
Sep 17, 2003
The Panhandle Community Services of Gering has received a three-year, $221,690 grant from the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services System Nebraska Healthcare Cash Fund (tobacco settlement fund) which has allowed the University of Nebraska Medical Center to expand its dental hygiene program in western Nebraska. PCS, located in Gering, has subcontracted with the […]
Sep 16, 2003