Chuck Brown
Dr. Connie Miller never stops asking questions
Connie Miller, Ph.D., asks the same question over and over. “Why?”
Apr 16, 2009
National STD expert to visit UNMC on April 22
The statistics in Douglas County are hard to ignore. The chlamydia rate is nearly 70 percent higher than the United States average and the gonorrhea rate is nearly 50 percent higher.
Apr 15, 2009
Washington physician named new public health dean
A public health academic leader with expertise in maternal-neonatal health and the elimination of health disparities, Ayman El-Mohandes, M.B.B.Ch., M.D., M.P.H., has been selected as the new dean of the UNMC College of Public Health.
Apr 15, 2009
Holocaust survivor to speak at medical center
Livia Bitton-Jackson, Ph.D., born Elli L. Friedmann in Czechoslovakia, was 13 when she, her mother and her brother were taken to the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz.
Apr 14, 2009
Scout leader Dr. Baldwin receives community service award
A love of the outdoors was sparked in Jeffrey Baldwin, Pharm. D., associate professor of pharmacy practice, as he grew up in north central Pennsylvania.
Apr 13, 2009
Valentine’s Dr. Steve Senseney receives Koefoot Award
Do and learn — a truer method of instruction may never have been instituted. It’s a method that is commonly encountered by UNMC medical students as they do rotations in rural parts of the state. Third-year medical student Adam Wells experienced it when he served a rotation with Steve Senseney, M.D., in Valentine, Neb. Wells learned a lot, too.
Apr 10, 2009
UNMC professor enters public health leadership institute
Shinobu Watanabe-Galloway, Ph.D., assistant professor and acting chairwoman of the epidemiology department in the College of Public Health, recently was selected to join the National Public Health Leadership Institute’s 18th class.
Apr 10, 2009
Personalized medicine, scholars academy among retreat focuses
The advent of personalized medicine and its impact on UNMC and the creation of an academy of teaching scholars will be among the main discussion points during the Chancellor’s Strategic Planning Retreat on Thursday, April 16.
Apr 9, 2009
UNeMed welcomes new licensing specialist
UNeMed, the technology transfer arm for UNMC, welcomes licensing specialist Jason Nickla to its staff.
Apr 9, 2009
Syd Clausen receives Chancellor’s Gold ‘U’ for March
A jack-of-all trades, Syd Clausen simultaneously serves as the UNMC’s Gross Anatomy Lab’s handyman, problem solver and moving director.
Apr 8, 2009