UNMC Today
Diplomas will be conferred on 327 University of Nebraska Medical Center students during ceremonies in Kearney, Lincoln, Omaha and Scottsbluff. In Kearney, a ceremony will be held Thursday, Dec. 20 at 7 p.m., at the University of Nebraska at Kearney’s Fine Arts Recital Hall, for UNMC College of Nursing Kearney Division students. In […]
Dec 14, 2007
UNMC study shows patients who may benefit most from advance care plans don’t have them
Advance care planning defines a patient’s wishes should they be unable to speak for themselves or die. ACP includes a living will, a power of attorney for health care, or life-support instructions. It’s estimated less than one in 10 Americans have completed advance care planning. Even in the setting of incurable diseases, in which death […]
Dec 10, 2007
UNMC’s José Romero, M.D. appointed to FDA advisory committee
A University of Nebraska Medical Center infectious disease specialist, José Romero, M.D., has been appointed to the United States Food and Drug Administration’s Vaccines & Related Biological Products Advisory Committee. Dr. Romero, whose appointment began Oct. 31, will serve in the role for three years. The 13-member committee, which is responsible for evaluating new […]
Dec 10, 2007
Special two-hour edition of “Shrink Rap” to air on Sunday evening
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Tom O’Connor, UNMC Public Affairs, (402) 559-4690, toconnor@unmc.edu News releases are archived on the UNMC Web site at: https://app1.unmc.edu/publicaffairs/newsarchive/releases.cfm Special two-hour edition of “Shrink Rap” to air on Sunday evening “Shrink Rap,” a weekly radio show which provides a forum for adolescents and young adults to anonymously discuss their problems, will […]
Dec 7, 2007
Fry named UNMC director of public affairs; Goetzinger-Comer to head new media initiatives
Renee Fry has been named director of the University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Public Affairs. She succeeds Sandy Goetzinger-Comer, who has served as director of public affairs for the past 13 years and has stepped down to assume a new role as senior associate director in charge of UNMC’s use of emerging communications […]
Nov 30, 2007
UNMC geneticist plays key role in stem cell research breakthrough
A University of Nebraska Medical Center geneticist, Warren Sanger, Ph.D., played a key role in providing the genetic testing for a major scientific breakthrough earlier this month in which scientists for the first time successfully derived embryonic stem cells by reprogramming the genetic material from skin cells while studying rhesus macaque monkeys. The research […]
Nov 28, 2007
Longstanding UNMC College of Pharmacy dean retires
Clarence Ueda, Pharm.D., Ph.D., retired as dean of the UNMC College of Pharmacy at the end of October, ending one of the longest running tenures of any medical center dean. Dr. Ueda wrapped up 20 years in the leadership role after being appointed to the position in March 1987. “We’ve made significant […]
Nov 28, 2007
Ann Berger, Ph.D., appointed Dorothy Hodges Olson Endowed Chair in Nursing
Ann Berger, Ph.D., of the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing, recently was appointed as the Dorothy Hodges Olson Chair in Nursing. The endowed chair position supports a distinguished nurse scholar with research and teaching expertise and enhances the quality of the research, teaching and practice efforts of the college to foster leadership […]
Nov 27, 2007
Two new clinics are addressing the special health care needs of those who’ve been treated for cancer. The Comprehensive Assessment Clinic, and the Internal Medicine Clinic for Cancer Survivors, will address ongoing physical and psychosocial needs of those who’ve completed cancer treatment. The clinics, sponsored by the University of Nebraska Medical Center and its […]
Nov 27, 2007
UNMC faculty receive awards from the American Society for Clinical Pathology
UNeMed President, James Linder, M.D., and Linda Fell, director of the clinical laboratory science program at the University of Nebraska Medical Center have received awards from the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP). Dr. Linder and Fell received the ASCP Master Award at a ceremony during the group’s annual meeting in New Orleans in October. […]
Nov 20, 2007