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Leading Breast Cancer Specialist to Deliver a Public Lecture at UNMC
Director of one of the nations largest and most preeminent breast cancer research programs, Marc E. Lippman, M.D., will speak at the University of Nebraska Medical Center on Thursday, Oct. 8. Molecular Therapies for Breast Cancer, is part of the Henry Lemon, M.D., Memorial Lectureship in Breast Cancer. The 4 p.m. lecture is open to […]
Oct 6, 1998
UNMC Doctoral Student Awarded $133,000 Grant to Study Quality of Life After Lung Cancer Surgery
A University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing doctoral student has been awarded a $133,400 grant from the Department of Defense to study 100 patients following lung cancer surgery. The study’s goal is to use research results to develop better before and after surgery treatment and home care therapies to promote quality and extension […]
Oct 6, 1998
Area Health Professionals to Offer Free Depression Screenings for National Depression Screening Day
Mental health professionals from the Nebraska Psychiatric Society and the Creighton-University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Psychiatry will offer local residents the opportunity to learn about the signs and symptoms of depression and manic-depression, and to participate in a free screening as part of National Depression Screening Day on Thursday, Oct. 8, from 7 […]
Oct 5, 1998
UNMC College of Dentistry Dean To Retire in 13 Months
Stephen Leeper, D.D.S., dean of the University of Nebraska College of Dentistry for the past decade, announced today that he will step down effective Oct. 31, 1999. His leaving the position will come soon after the culmination of the college’s centennial year celebration. The college celebrates its 100th anniversary on Sept. 17, 1999. “Dean Leeper […]
Oct 1, 1998
UNMC Researchers Identify Gene Causing Rare Fatal Immunological Problem in Males
An international team of scientists, including several University of Nebraska Medical Center researchers, has identified the gene involved in X-linked lymphoproliferative syndrome (XLP). The disorder, also known as Duncan’s disease, is marked by an extreme vulnerability to the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), a member of the herpes virus group that infects the majority of individuals by […]
Oct 1, 1998
Reservations Now Being Taken for Nov. 6 Dinner in Omaha Honoring Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf
Reservations are now being taken for the Nov. 6 dinner at the Strategic Air Command Museum to present Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, Commander in Chief of the U.S. Army Central Command during Operation Desert Storm in 1990, with the first Ambassador of Hope Award from the University of Nebraska Medical Center Eppley Cancer Center. The […]
Sep 25, 1998
UNMC NHS To Hold Sept. 30 Tree Planting in Ainsworth To Raise Awareness for Organ Donation
A tree-planting ceremony to honor organ donors and recipients will be held Sept. 30 in Ainsworth as part of “The Tree of Life” campaign being sponsored by the University of Nebraska Medical Center and the Nebraska Health System. A total of 24 Nebraska cities will hold tree-planting events over the next 12 months as part […]
Sep 21, 1998
Carol Bell Lectureship Program at UNMC Hopes to Heighten Cancer Awareness
One of the countrys leading prostate cancer experts, Donald S. Coffey, Ph.D., will come to the University of Nebraska Medical Center on Sept. 16 to deliver the first lecture in honor of a prominent Omaha woman who died of cancer last year. The noon lecture, to be held in the Wittson Hall Amphitheater on the […]
Sep 14, 1998
UNMC Eppley Cancer Center Receives More Than $95,000 from Cattlemen’s Ball Proceeds
The University of Nebraska Medical Center Eppley Cancer Center has received more than $95,000 in proceeds from the 1998 Cattlemens Ball. Windmills Against the Sandhills Sky, was the theme for the first ball, which was held June 6 at the Graff/Snover Ranch in Ainsworth. More than 2,000 people attended the fundraising event and more than […]
Sep 11, 1998
UNMC Eppley Cancer Center Joins Local Organizations to Host Cancer Awareness Rally
Approximately 496,000 Americans died in the five wars fought in this century. But cancer takes the lives of 550,000 Americans each year. In an attempt to help win the war against cancer, THE MARCH, a national campaign to make cancer the nations number one health priority, has been organized. The University of Nebraska Medical Center […]
Sep 11, 1998