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Hospital, clinics named as leader in LGBT health care equality

Recognition is the first received by any Nebraska health care institution.

Jul 15, 2013

Susan Swindells, M.B.B.S.

UNMC for the record

News and notes from the UNMC community.

Jul 12, 2013

To hookah or not to hookah; water pipes for smoking tobacco may spread infection

Hookah pipes becoming mainstream among college students and young adults.

Jul 12, 2013

A message from the dean

UNMC takes great pride in its 500-mile wide campus which spans the state of Nebraska from Omaha to Scottsbluff. But, given UNMC’s growing international presence, it might not be too long before we start calling it our 25,000-mile wide campus. It’s no secret that the world has become a smaller place. Thanks to the Internet […]

Jul 12, 2013

It's a girl! Dean Britigan and his wife, Denise, welcomed their first grandchild on June 25 with the birth of Phoebe Jane Lala in Iowa City. The Britigans’ daughter, Laura, and her husband, Phil, are the parents. Phoebe tipped the scales at 6 lbs., 5 oz. and measured 18 ¼ inches. Grandpa Britigan proudly gushed that Phoebe has already mastered the art of getting her parents up during the middle of the night.

UNMC expands international programs

Nebraska has large international presence By Ward Chambers, M.D., executive director of UNMC's International Health and Medical Education program During the last decade, the international program at UNMC has seen tremendous growth.  This is in concert with University of Nebraska President J.B. Milliken’s emphasis on international relations, as well as Chancellor Harold M. Maurer’s emphasis […]

Jul 12, 2013

Antidepressants reduce depression in head and neck cancer patients

UNMC study could change guidelines for treating these cancers A UNMC study has determined that giving head and neck cancer patients an antidepressant prior to starting treatment can reduce the incidence of depression by more than 50 percent and improve their quality of life. Results of the study were reported in the June 20 issue […]

Jul 12, 2013

William Lydiatt, M.D. and William Burke, M.D.

OneTeam initiative – Setting the foundation for effective enterprise leadership

Editor’s Note: The medical center has hired Deloitte to provide consulting services in an effort to better integrate and coordinate the activities and planning of our clinical enterprise. Each week, the group leading this effort, deemed OneTeam, will send out a newsletter updating progress on the initiative. Here is the July 15 update. In the […]

Jul 12, 2013

Research highlights

Several new research awards representing more than $2.2 million in new funding were received by College of Medicine faculty during the month of May. They included: Cyrus Desouza, M.D., internal medicine-diabetes, endocrinology & metabolism, will be the UNMC lead for a National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) funded […]

Jul 12, 2013

Four assume key roles in UNMC academic affairs

Will direct equity office and several key programs for faculty

Jul 12, 2013

INBRE scholars: Meet Kaitlin Goettsch

UNO sophomore is interested in making discoveries about the world around her.

Jul 12, 2013

Kaitlin Goettsch