Chuck Brown

UNMC takes part in annual north Omaha health fair

As it has in previous years, UNMC will participate in the annual Black Family Health and Wellness Association’s health fair.

Mar 24, 2010

Remembering … Albert Haskell, Ph.D.

Albert “Al” Haskell, Ph.D., dean of the UNMC College of Pharmacy from 1972 to 1983, died March 16 in Hendersonville, Tenn. He was 84.

Mar 23, 2010

UNMC experts respond to health care bill

Members of a joint health care reform committee composed of personnel from UNMC, UNMC Physicians and The Nebraska Medical Center comment below on the health care bill passed Sunday night by the U.S. House of Representatives.

Mar 23, 2010

UNMC researchers find infrared temperature sensor useful in pandemic

Angela Hewlett, M.D., and her colleagues at UNMC found an infrared thermal detection system (ITDS) to be a fast and effective fever screening tool in clinical settings during the H1N1 influenza pandemic.

Mar 22, 2010

Remembering … Dr. Jud Gurney

Funeral services for Jud Gurney, M.D., longtime professor of radiology at UNMC, will be held at 11 a.m., on Tuesday, at St. Leo the Great Catholic Church in Omaha.

Mar 22, 2010

Bold women saluted at UNMC event

Although the women’s movement began in 1840, our country is still celebrating “firsts” for women 170 years later.

Mar 19, 2010

UNMC for the record

A list of recent achievements, activities and happenings involving UNMC staff, faculty and students.

Mar 19, 2010

Snapshot – Lyndsay, Boyd and the match

The story of a couple’s winding road to Match Day.

Mar 19, 2010

Match Day marks next step for Eric Reed, fourth-year med students

In 1998, Eric Reed lost his young daughter to Tay-Sachs disease — a fatal genetic disorder. His experience with her health care professionals influenced his career choice.

Mar 18, 2010

UNMC anesthesiologists teach special echocardiography course

Three UNMC anesthesiologists have launched a fellowship program to teach anesthesiologists from around the country to use ultrasound technology to improve safety for surgical patients.

Mar 17, 2010