UNMC Today

March 10, 2009 Contact: Lisa Spellman, UNMC Public Relations, (402) 559-4693, lspellman@unmc.edu News releases are archived on the UNMC Web site at: https://app1.unmc.edu/publicaffairs/newsarchive/releases.cfm The test EVERYONE should get: hsCRP There are lots of preventive health tests people should get but don’t. Mammograms, colonoscopies and prostate exams are not exactly high on everyone’s to […]

Mar 10, 2009

UNMC to offer listing service to aid students, faculty and staff moving to Omaha

The University of Nebraska Medical Center is working with Crew Innovations, Inc., to develop a private off-campus listing service to help UNMC students, fellows, faculty, staff, researchers and alumni find housing in the Omaha metropolitan area. The new service, called Real Estate With Honors, will be launched early this spring in time to meet the […]

Mar 9, 2009

UNMC College of Pharmacy ranks 6th nationally in research funding

The University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy ranks sixth nationally among 110 pharmacy schools in National Institutes of Health (NIH) research funds per faculty member. The rankings, compiled annually by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP), show that the College of Pharmacy’s 18 Ph.D.-level investigators collectively received more than […]

Mar 5, 2009

Local students make UNMC College of Nursing dean’s list

Students enrolled in the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing program were named to the deans list following the 2008 fall semester. To qualify for the deans list, students must be enrolled in at least 12 credit hours and have a grade point average of 3.75 or above. The following is […]

Mar 5, 2009

UNMC breast cancer vaccine study complete, sheds light on important information

If it weren’t for the treatment she received for breast cancer, Mary Ann Tonjes, 78, of Hooper, Neb., said she doesn’t think she’d be doing the things she loves right now, including traveling and watching her grandchildren play basketball. Tonjes also believes that she benefitted from a breast cancer vaccine study she participated […]

Feb 25, 2009

Dakota City couple creates graduate student award to honor their late son

A Dakota City, Neb., couple has created a graduate student award at the University of Nebraska Medical Center to honor their late son, who was a cancer researcher there. The award – the Shawn Jessen Memorial Cancer Research Award – was created by Janice and Leon Jessen to honor Shawn, who died on Nov. 7 […]

Feb 25, 2009

UNMC Student Senate officers announced

The University of Nebraska Medical Center has announced its Student Senate officers for 2009. The new officers by college and hometown include: President – Brad Bohn, College of Medicine, Ravenna, Neb.; Vice president – Andrew Klutman, College of Medicine, Columbus, Neb.; Treasurer – Branden Nemecek, College of Pharmacy, Kearney, Neb.; Secretary – Jeremy Peterson, […]

Feb 24, 2009

UNMC researchers secure more than $15 million in defense funds

The University of Nebraska Medical Center recently secured more than $11 million in direct earmarked funds from the Department of Defense (DOD), plus about $4 million more in earmarks for collaboration projects to support research projects at the medical center for the fiscal year 2009. The earmarks for UNMC projects break down as such: […]

Feb 24, 2009

UNMC vice chancellor, Rubens Pamies, M.D., named chair of HHS Advisory Committee on Minority Health

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Minority Health selected Rubens Pamies, M.D., UNMC vice chancellor for academic affairs and dean for graduate studies, as a member and new chairman of the Advisory Committee on Minority Health. As its chair, Dr. Pamies will lead members in the study, design and implementation of […]

Feb 23, 2009

UNMC researcher studying investigational drug for Alzheimer’s disease

A clinical research study at the University of Nebraska Medical Center looks at whether an investigational medication can slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease in adults with mild to moderate symptoms. The Identity-2 Study will help research clinicians determine whether they can block the production of a sticky protein called amyloid in the brain to […]

Feb 20, 2009