Chuck Brown
Center for Reducing Health Disparities gives minority health awards
In recognition of April being minority health month, UNMC’s Center for Reducing Health Disparities in the College of Public Health held an awards banquet to honor an individual, a grassroots organization and non-profit organization for work with underserved communities.
Apr 23, 2009
Reflections on Dr. Camras and a well-lived life
On Friday afternoon, I took a walk over to the Sorrell Center for a memorial service for Carl Camras, M.D., professor and chairman of the department of ophthalmology and visual sciences who died April 14 at age 55. I have to admit, when I arrived at the ceremony, my thoughts turned to all the work that waited for me back at the office. But I decided to stay at the ceremony. Good decision.
Apr 21, 2009
Dr. Maurer inducted into Omaha Business Hall of Fame
Whether it’s baseball or business, being enshrined in the hall of fame is a pretty big deal. Thursday night, UNMC Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., and six other prominent Omaha business leaders were inducted into the Omaha Business Hall of Fame by the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce.
Apr 20, 2009
Dr. Parker receives Outstanding Teaching Award
Jennifer Parker, M.D., brought a unique skill set to UNMC when she started in 2003. She was the first faculty member to have clinical appointments in both internal medicine and pediatrics.
Apr 17, 2009
UNMC contemplates next steps toward world-class status
It’s a fact, said Gordon Mills, M.D., Ph.D., drugs don’t affect all people equally. To illustrate his point, Dr. Mills took a survey of Thursday’s crowd at the Chancellor’s Strategic Planning Retreat.
Apr 17, 2009
Dr. Camras, inventor of most effective glaucoma drug, dies
Carl Camras, M.D., the UNMC physician whose research led to the discovery of the most effective drug for treating glaucoma, died Tuesday at his home in Omaha after a long battle with heart failure.
Apr 16, 2009
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