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Jokela named full-time alumni director

Roxanna Jokela has been named the full-time director of alumni relations.

Feb 24, 2009

Telling the UNMC story through the media

In media relations, timing and creativity are everything.

Feb 24, 2009

ALS film to be featured during today’s Schwartz Center Rounds

Rebeccah Rush has one wish for patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) — hope.

Feb 24, 2009

Getting to know UNMC Public Relations

Let’s go back to the end of June when UNMC officially opened the Michael F. Sorrell Center for Health Science Education.

Feb 23, 2009

Dr. Pamies named chair of HHS Advisory Committee on Minority Health

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Minority Health selected Rubens Pamies, M.D., UNMC vice chancellor for academic affairs and dean for graduate studies, as a member and new chairman of the Advisory Committee on Minority Health.

Feb 23, 2009

Surgical airway innovations showcased at national conference

Innovative technologies from UNMC’s Center of Excellence in Advanced Surgical Technology (CAST) and Center for Airways Technology were exhibited at the Medicine Meets Virtual Reality Conference in Long Beach, Calif., in late January.

Feb 20, 2009

Nationally-known health literacy expert coming to campus Feb. 27

“Take one tablet twice a day.” These medication label instructions may sound simple enough. But for many patients, they aren’t.

Feb 20, 2009

Dr. Fletcher’s research team shares in a $12 million NIH grant

Since HIV/AIDS first came into the public eye in the 1980s, powerful drugs have been created that keep virus levels manageable, often allowing those with the disease to live relatively normal lives.

Feb 19, 2009

Research Notes — Dr. Tsai’s research published in Nature Cell Biology

Ming-Ying Tsai, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Eppley Institute, was a co-investigator on research findings that were published in the Feb. 8 issue of the scientific journal, Nature Cell Biology.

Feb 19, 2009

Holdrege quadruplets celebrate first birthday

Quadruplets born at UNMC’s hospital partner, The Nebraska Medical Center, are celebrating a major milestone.

Feb 18, 2009