UNMC Today
Educational women’s health care series focuses on every stage of life
The Olson Center for Women’s Health at the University of Nebraska Medical Center is offering a four-part educational series that will focus on different age groups and the health issues effecting these groups. Each session will provide education on current health issues, resources and services on the focused age group as well as a […]
Mar 17, 2008
Irving Zucker, Ph.D., has been named the second UNMC Scientist Laureate for his outstanding research into heart failure. The award is the highest recognition given to a UNMC scientist. Dr. Zucker was honored along with 26 other researchers who recently were named UNMC Distinguished Scientist and New Investigator award winners for 2007. The scientists […]
Mar 14, 2008
NMA task force promoting health care reform plan
Affordable, accessible health care coverage for all Nebraskans. That’s what a task force co-chaired by internal medicine professors, John Benson, M.D., of the University of Nebraska Medical Center, and Richard O’Brien, M.D., of Creighton University, is hoping to provide the groundwork for with its recently released report on health care reform in the Cornhusker […]
Mar 12, 2008
The University of Nebraska Board of Regents approved two agreements today that mark significant steps toward the establishment a University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing division in Norfolk. The Omaha-based college has divisions in Lincoln, Kearney and Scottsbluff. The Joint Affiliation and Operating Agreement and Academic Affiliation Agreement establish formal agreements […]
Mar 7, 2008
The University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing recently held induction ceremonies across the state to recognize new nursing students as they made a commitment to academic integrity and began to assimilate the values and behaviors of the professional nurse. The ceremonies, which were held in Scottsbluff, Kearney, Lincoln and Omaha, reiterate values […]
Mar 6, 2008
Carrie Davidson receives Nebraska State Student Nurse of the Year award
Carrie Davidson, a student at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing Lincoln Division, recently was named the Student Nurse of the Year at the Nebraska State Student Nurses’ Association conference in Norfolk, Neb. Davidson grew up outside of Lincoln, and graduated from Waverly High School. The award is presented for leadership, […]
Mar 4, 2008
UNMC looking for participants for national study on investigational drug for emphysema
The University of Nebraska Medical Center is one of 13 sites in the United States involved in a clinical trial studying a new medicine for emphysema. The clinical trial will test the safety and effectiveness of a selective retinoid receptor agonist called RAR gamma to determine if the investigational compound can improve lung function […]
Mar 4, 2008
Nebraska’s public health model is focus of UNMC research
A University of Nebraska Medical Center research, Li-Wu Chen, Ph.D., has been awarded a $199,713 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to study Nebraska’s public health agency model. The two-year grant will evaluate Nebraska’s recent change from single-county health departments to a regional system of multi-county public health departments. "We will […]
Mar 3, 2008
UNMC to seek new addition for College of Nursing
Communities across the nation are in the midst of a nursing shortage, one that is only expected to intensify as baby boomers age and the need for health care grows. On March 7, the University of Nebraska Medical Center will seek approval from the University of Nebraska Board of Regents for the construction of […]
Feb 29, 2008
Ruth and Bill Scott continue their incredible support of UNMC
Sound bites Audio: UNMC’s Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., thanks the Scotts. Audio: UNMC’s Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., says it’s a privilege to know Ruth and Bill Scott. Audio: Tim Pontti, UNMC College of Nursing student, thanks the Scotts for the opportunities for new students. Audio: Adrianne Wemmert, UNMC College of Public Health student, […]
Feb 29, 2008