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Partnership for Community Wellness sponsors health fair in south Omaha Aug. 16

Partnership for Wellness a collaboration of ConAgra Foods, University of Nebraska Medical Center and The Nebraska Medical Center will sponsor the largest community health fair to be held in South Omaha in 2003. The fair will be Saturday, August 16, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Metropolitan Community College Industrial Training Center, 2909 […]

Aug 1, 2003

UNMC hosts Holdrege Summer Honors students

Last month, UNMC’s Youth Learning Center hosted the annual Holdrege Summer Honors program. The 10 select students from the Holdrege area participated in an extensive schedule of biomedical science and health career education and enrichment opportunities.

Jul 30, 2003

UNMC Community Academy honors Union Bank & Trust

Thanks to a generous contribution from the Union Bank and Trust, UNMC’s Community Academy recently purchased several CPR training manikins, a video camera and career assessment devices and other learning tools.

Jul 29, 2003

Wisconsin woman recognized as 3,000th transplant patient

Twenty years, 3,000 transplants. It almost sounds like a new car warranty. But for the University of Nebraska Medical Center and its clinical hospital partner, The Nebraska Medical Center it represents a significant milestone in the treatment of cancer patients who come to Omaha from all over the world. On July 3, the medical center […]

Jul 18, 2003

UNMC The Nebraska Medical Center transplant program among the best

Having performed 3000 transplants over the past 20 years, the bone marrow/peripheral stem cell transplant program at UNMC and The Nebraska Medical Center is firmly established among the elite programs in the country. In terms of transplants performed, we have done more transplants than anyone for non-Hodgkins lymphoma, said Julie Vose, M.D., professor and chief […]

Jul 18, 2003

UNMC School of Allied Health Professions Held 2003 Faculty and Student Awards Ceremony

The University of Nebraska Medical Centers School of Allied Health Professions held its 2003 Student and Faculty Awards Ceremony and 16th Annual Student Research Forum in May. The annual year in review was highlighted by the announcement that Darwin Brown, instructor in Physicians Assistant Program, received the 2003 Teacher of the Year Award and Adam […]

Jul 18, 2003

UNMC and UNeMed sponsor 2003 Inventor Recognition Reception

Intellectual property in the form of patents acquired from advanced research is an increasingly integral part of UNMC’s strategic plan to increase revenue.

Jul 16, 2003

Omaha Inventors Club founder attends reception

The quiet gentleman sitting in the back of the room at the 2003 Inventor Awards Reception came only to see other inventors honored for work well done.

Jul 16, 2003

NIH executive keynotes UNMC-hosted regional BRIN conference

UNMC hosted a regional conference of state administrators in May for the Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network (BRIN). The BRIN Central Region Meeting allowed BRIN coordinators from Nebraska, Kansas, North Dakota, South Dakota and Oklahoma to review their respective state programs with Fred Taylor, Ph.D., director of the Institutional Development Award (IDeA) Program.

Jul 10, 2003

Gov. Johanns announces partnership to retain poison center in Nebraska

Continuing an ongoing tradition of collaboration, the State of Nebraska has partnered with Creighton University Medical Center, the University of Nebraska Medical Center and Nebraska Health System to create a new poison center in Nebraska – the Nebraska Regional Poison Center. Nebraska Gov. Mike Johanns announced the partnership at a news conference at the University […]

Jul 10, 2003