College of Medicine

FDA grants ‘orphan drug’ status for UNMC therapy

Designation will help juvenile Batten disease therapy, based on research by Tammy Kielian, Ph.D., move into clinical trials before end of year.

Jul 10, 2017

Tammy Kielian, Ph.D.

UNMC for the record

News and notes from the UNMC community.

Jul 7, 2017

Mary Helms, second from left, receiving her award from Medical Library Association President Theresa Knott, left.

Dr. Gold, university leaders tour central Nebraska

Chancellor Gold and a delegation of leaders from UNMC and UNO toured five communities in central Nebraska.

Jul 7, 2017

Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D., left, sits down for a radio interview in Lexington, Neb.

Remembering Hans Rath, M.D.

Hans Rath, M.D., a UNMC College of Medicine alum who served as an anatomy instructor at UNMC for 13 years, died on June 11.

Jul 7, 2017

Han Rath, M.D., and his wife, Betty

New faculty spotlight: Ahmed Aboeata, M.B.B.Ch.

Dr. Aboeata joins the UNMC Division of Cardiology.

Jul 5, 2017

Ahmed Aboeata, M.B.B.Ch.

Retirements announced

Fourteen retirements announced between May and September, including Sherry Cherek of the College of Public Health.

Jun 30, 2017

Sherry Cherek

New faculty spotlight: Faye Haggar

Haggar found her calling in advancing teaching and learning in higher education through educational technology and innovation.

Jun 30, 2017

Faye Haggar

Fremont organization supports Alzheimer’s research

Fremont Area Alzheimer’s Collaboration has donated more than $100,000 to UNMC over the past five years.

Jun 30, 2017

Marv Welstead, 96, has raised more than $100,000 over the past five years for Alzheimer's research at UNMC. His wife, Jean, died of Alzheimer's in 2009. Here Welstead is seen as he demonstrates the driving simulator in 2016 in the Mind and Brain Health Labs at UNMC.

Registration open for transplantation/oncology conference

Two-day conference will be held July 11-12 in Omaha.

Jun 28, 2017

Great Plains IDeA-CTR announces scholar grant recipients

Three scholars are from UNMC, fourth is from Boys Town National Research Hospital

Jun 28, 2017

Deepta Ghate, M.D., from the UNMC Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, is one of the scholar grant awardees.