College of Medicine

UNMC for the record

News and notes from the UNMC community.

Feb 15, 2019

From left, 2018-19 Varner Educator Laureate James O'Dell, M.D., 2017-18 Varner Educator Laureate Karen Honeycutt, Jerald Varner, Ph.D., and 2018-19 Varner Educator Laureate Paul Paulman, M.D.

New investigator: Caroline Ng, Ph.D.

Dr. Ng’s research focus is malaria and drug resistance.

Feb 14, 2019

Caroline Ng, Ph.D.

New investigator: Saraswathi Viswanathan, Ph.D.

Dr. Viswanathan’s research focus is obesity, alcoholic liver disease and pancreatic cancer.

Feb 13, 2019

Saraswathi Viswanathan, Ph.D.

UNMC lab seeks volunteers for mind/brain research studies

Also recruiting volunteers to participate in research registry.

Feb 13, 2019

One of the research studies seeking volunteers involves using the advanced driving simulator in the UNMC Mind & Brain Health Labs.

New investigator: Bin Duan, Ph.D.

Dr. Duan’s research focus is biomaterials, tissue engineering, and
regenerative medicine.

Feb 12, 2019

Bin Duan, Ph.D.

New investigator: Armen Petrosyan, Ph.D.

Dr. Petrosyan’s research focus looks at how alcohol accelerates development of prostate cancer.

Feb 12, 2019

Armen Petrosyan, Ph.D.

New investigator: Minglei Guo, Ph.D.

Dr. Guo’s research focus is microglia, neuroinflammation and autophagy.

Feb 11, 2019

Minglei Guo, Ph.D.

New investigator: St. Patrick Reid

Dr. Reid’s research focus is host-pathogen interactions.

Feb 11, 2019

St. Patrick Reid, Ph.D.

Cardio health is subject of Olson Brown Bag event

UNMC’s Peter Pellerito will speak at Feb. 19 presentation.

Feb 11, 2019

Peter Pellerito

UNMC leads nation in repayment rates for Pell Grant recipients

90 percent of UNMC Pell Grant recipients in UNMC’s bachelor’s-level programs have paid into the principal of their student loans after five years.

Feb 8, 2019