UNMC Today
Trade Commission to investigate ‘knock-offs’ of UNMC creatine product
An investigation into nutraceutical products falsely advertised as containing raw creatine ethyl ester, a creatine pronutrient with increased solubility, was initiated earlier this summer in an effort to protect a University of Nebraska Medical Center invention and consumer confidence in a dietary supplement. UNMC is the owner and UNeMed Corporation is the exclusive sublicensee of […]
Aug 10, 2009
UNMC receives more than $3 million in Recovery Act funds
The University of Nebraska Medical Center has been awarded more than $3.1 million in Stimulus (American Recovery Act and Reinvestment) funding for biomedical research. A large number of other UNMC proposals are still pending. The award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will provide funding for up to 67 jobs within the […]
Aug 4, 2009
UNMC names new chairman for biochemistry and molecular biology
One of the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s top researchers, Surinder Batra, Ph.D., has been named chairman of the College of Medicine’s Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (BMB). Dr. Batra, who also serves as senior associate dean for research and development for the College of Medicine, succeeds Judith Christman, Ph.D., who has been chairwoman […]
Aug 3, 2009
21 Nebraska students participate in career workshop at UNMC
Twenty-one high school juniors and seniors from throughout Nebraska participated in the 2009 Summer Health Professions Career Workshop at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Applications come from across the state and students were selected to learn about health sciences and the health careers that are available to them. “We particularly like to expose […]
Jul 31, 2009
UNMC research funding reaches major milestone of $100 million; increase of 22 percent
Research funding at the University of Nebraska Medical Center soared 22 percent to more than $100 million during the past fiscal year. More than $76 million of that funding came from federal sources. UNMC Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., said that UNMC’s net research funding support for fiscal year 2008-2009, was $100,474,000 – […]
Jul 31, 2009
Learn to live longer, healthier despite genetics at Aug. 4 Science Café
Those who attend the next Omaha Science Café on Tuesday, Aug. 4, will learn how, despite their family genetics, they might slow or prevent disease through nutrition, supplements and lifestyle changes. Bruce Buehler, M.D., professor of pediatrics and director of the Research Advocacy Office at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, will present […]
Jul 29, 2009
Big Splash for UNMC’s Munroe-Meyer Institute brings swimmers of all abilities together
Contact: Melonie Welsh, (402) 502-4117 mwelsh@nufoundation.org, Tom Thompson, (402) 502-4116 tthompson@nufoundation.org Betsy Berentson (402) 502-4115 bberentson@nufoundation.org Big Splash brings swimmers of all abilities together Sam Butalla never expected to compete in a swim meet. The seven-year-old from Lincoln was diagnosed with a fatal degenerative disease, peroxisomal biogenesis disorder, when he was […]
Jul 29, 2009
UNMC team receives $9.1 million grant renewal
A $9.1 million program project grant renewal will allow a team of University of Nebraska Medical Center scientists to continue its groundbreaking heart failure research. The project was first funded in 1999 by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute — a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This is the […]
Jul 28, 2009
UNMC professor begins term as president of national pharmacy organization
Jeffrey Baldwin, Pharm.D., professor of pharmacy practice at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy, has begun a one-year term as president of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP). Dr. Baldwin assumed the presidency at the AACP’s annual convention in Boston this week. The AACP was founded in 1900 and […]
Jul 23, 2009
Bracelets encourage children to develop healthy habits
A University of Nebraska Medical Center invention originally designed to help adults eat healthier is now being used to promote good eating and exercise habits in children. Habitwise, (Habitwise.com), formerly known as A-wrist-a-tracs, uses color-coded bracelets based on the USDA food pyramid to track and promote healthy eating habits throughout the day. Once a food […]
Jul 23, 2009