College of Medicine
Distinguished Scientist: Punita Dhawan, Ph.D.
Dr. Dhawan’s research focus is gastrointestinal cancer.
Feb 19, 2020
![Punita Dhawan, Ph.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Dhawan021920.jpg)
Distinguished Scientist: Apar Kishor Ganti, M.D.
Dr. Ganti’s research focus is lung, head and neck cancer.
Feb 18, 2020
![Apar Kishor Ganti, M.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Ganti021820.jpg)
13 additional Americans transported to Omaha for coronavirus monitoring
The recently opened National Quarantine Unit on the UNMC/Nebraska Medicine campus was designed to safely monitor Americans after exposure to an infectious disease.
Feb 18, 2020
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UNMC conducting study of brain, cognitive development in children
Goal is to identify healthy changes in brain through childhood and teenage years
Feb 18, 2020
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Quarantine Unit to be used to monitor America from docked cruise ship
Some have tested positive for COVID-19; only those with mild symptoms coming here
Feb 17, 2020
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Distinguished Scientist: Rebecca Oberley Deegan, Ph.D.
Dr. Oberley Deegan’s research focus is on mitigating side effects caused by cancer treatment.
Feb 17, 2020
![Rebecca (Becky) Oberley Deegan, Ph.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Deegan021720.jpg)
Person brought to quarantine center does not have coronavirus
Woman has returned to Camp Ashland to complete quarantine.
Feb 17, 2020
![From left, Dana Hall, deputy federal health coordinating officer, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response; Michael Wadman, M.D., co-medical director of the National Quarantine Unit; and Shelly Schwedhelm, executive director, emergency management and biopreparedness at Nebraska Medicine, speak at a press conference Friday afternoon to discuss the woman moved to the quarantine center. The woman, who tested negative for COVID-19, has returned to Camp Ashland.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/02_14_2020CoronavirusMovePress0012.jpg)
Candidates meet with High School Alliance students
Grant Sorrell and Evan Schmeits, candidates for local boards, learned more about UNMC collaborates with public schools.
Feb 13, 2020
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New Investigator: Satyanarayana Rachagani, Ph.D.
Dr. Rachagani’s research focus is pancreatic cancer and inflammatory bowel disease.
Feb 13, 2020
![Satyanarayana Rachagani, Ph.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Rachagani021320.jpg)
Impact in Education: Pamela Carmines, Ph.D.
Dr. Carmines will receive the Visionary Leadership in Education Award.
Feb 13, 2020
![From left, Dele Davies, M.D., vice chancellor for academic affairs, Pamela Carmines, Ph.D., and Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D., at the Impact in Education Awards.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/PamGPSpring.jpg)