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UNMC, NHS promote National Breastfeeding Week
Laura Wilwerding, M.D., UNMC clinical assistant professor in the department of pediatrics, and Tess Parriott, R.N., NHS lactation consultant, are two of the most visible flag wavers on campus for breastfeeding. They not only do so by medical avocation and profession, but above all, as mothers. See story for the benefits of breastfeeding infants.
Aug 9, 2002
UNMC, Fort Lewis College affiliation announced
UNMC and Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colo., have entered into an affiliation agreement that will enhance health science research and career opportunities for more Native American and Hispanic students.
UNMC Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., and Fort Lewis College President Kendall Blanchard, Ph.D., signed a formal statement of affiliation in February.
Aug 5, 2002
UNMC, Fort Lewis College affiliation to help Native American health science career opportunities
The University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) and Fort Lewis College (FLC) in Durango, Colo., have entered into an affiliation agreement that will enhance health science research and career opportunities for more Native American and Hispanic students. UNMC Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., and FLC President Kendall Blanchard, Ph.D., signed a formal statement of affiliation […]
Aug 5, 2002
UNMC dentistry researchers receive $209,000 grant to study role of protein in multiple sclerosis
Thomas Petro, Ph.D, Department of Oral Biology, UNMC College of Dentistry, has been awarded a $209,000, three-year grant from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society to study a cell protein called Interleukin-12 (IL-12) to determine its role in multiple sclerosis. The societys President and Chief Executive Officer, Mike Dugan, said the research is a promising and […]
Jul 30, 2002
Student-patients study at NHS 2 Cool Hospital School
Anyone who thinks that a hospitalized student might be happy about missing school couldn’t be more wrong. NHS has a department that responds to the educational needs of hospitalized children — Educational Support Services (ESS). But through the patient wards of the Lied Transplant Center, NHS Clarkson and University Hospitals and Ronald McDonald House, ESS is better known as the 2 Cool Hospital School. (Click to find out how you can contribute to the school’s first ever school supplies drive and possibly win a free ice cream social).
Jul 26, 2002
UNMC physician-scientist appointed to National Cancer Advisory Board
President George W. Bush has appointed Kenneth Cowan, M.D., Ph.D., director of the UNMC Eppley Cancer Center, as a member of the National Cancer Advisory Board. Members of the board provide advice to the president, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services and the director of the National Cancer Institute, with respect to […]
Jul 26, 2002
Statewide poll shows support for fetal cell research
Findings of a statewide poll released today shows more than two-thirds (70 percent) of Nebraska registered voters support fetal cell research at UNMC. Nearly three-quarters of the registered voters contacted also indicated support for embryonic stem cell research should it be conducted in the future at the University of Nebraska. The poll was commissioned by Nebraskans for Research (NFR).
Jul 25, 2002
Susan Wilhelm, Ph.D., assistant professor, UNMC College of Nursing West Nebraska Division, recently received an award for a clinical research poster and dissertation titled, Exploring the Relationship of Attitudes, Knowledge, Support and Self-efficacy on Intent to Adhere to Hormonal Replacement Therapy for Menopause. She presented the poster at the annual Association of Womens Health, Obstetric […]
Jul 25, 2002
Dreams realized with UNMC, Dillard, OPS affiliation
On June 9, five Omaha Public School (OPS) students from North Omaha flew to New Orleans, La., to attend one of the most unique pre-college programs in the United States — Dillard University’s Gilbert Academy for Young Emerging Scholars. The program ended July 20.
Jul 24, 2002
CNND celebrates fifth anniversary with symposium, dinner
UNMC’s Center for Neurovirology and Neurodegenerative Disorders (CNND) will celebrate its fifth anniversary, on July 18-19, with a symposium, a critical review of its research and a dinner.
The symposium and review will feature a blue ribbon panel of external advisors and National Institutes of Health officials who will share research perspectives and judge the progress of the center. CNND investigators will follow the panelists with reviews of their own laboratories’ research and development over the past five years.
Jul 16, 2002