College of Medicine
Opioids, addiction focus of Nov. 14 Science Cafe
Alena Balasanova, M.D., will be featured speaker.
Nov 8, 2017
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Genetic counseling staff growing at MMI
UNMC will have 12 genetic counselors on staff, leading the state of Nebraska.
Nov 8, 2017
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Services will be held this morning for scientist and philanthropist whom colleagues call “brilliant,” “modest” and “supremely interested in the betterment of science.”
Nov 7, 2017
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UNMC students to provide education, services during Refugee Health Fair
Free services will include flu immunizations as well as vision, dental and blood pressure and glucose level screenings.
Nov 7, 2017
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Healthy parent/teen pairs needed for eye study
Study results may help enable the design of improved glaucoma treatments, specifically for children.
Nov 7, 2017
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MMI’s inaugural Trunk or Treat draws big crowd
More than 200 children attend event designed for children with disabilities and complex health care needs.
Nov 6, 2017
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Sen. Hilkemann tours Visualization Hub, MMI
Legislator is a longtime supporter of the Dr. Edwin Davis & Dorothy Balbach Davis Global Center for Advanced Interprofessional Learning, the future home to iEXCEL.
Nov 3, 2017
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![Senior nursing student Sarvinoz Kadyrova works with client Melanie Kenney at the HelpCare clinic in Kearney.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Nurse1103.jpg)
Registry spurs research participation by veterans
More than 2,700 rheumatoid arthritis patients from 13 medical centers have enrolled in the Veterans Affairs Rheumatoid Arthritis registry.
Nov 3, 2017
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