College of Medicine

Student spotlight – Joe Menousek

Family influence led Menousek to a career in medicine.

Oct 21, 2016

Joe Menousek

James Wisecarver, M.D., Ph.D., elected president-elect of national organization

He will serve as president-elect until fall 2018 when he will become president.

Oct 21, 2016

UNMC for the record

News and notes from the UNMC community.

Oct 21, 2016

Wayne Stuberg, Ph.D., right, receives his award from the Scottish Rite's Micah Evans.

Grant to fund clinical trials for children statewide

Healthier children the goal as UNMC, Children’s team for program investigating exposures from conception through early childhood.

Oct 21, 2016

Jessica Snowden, M.D., associate professor of pediatric infectious diseases at UNMC and Children's Hospital & Medical Center

Orthopaedic research relocating to new lab space

Team to move to a 4,100-square-foot laboratory space in the Lauritzen Outpatient Center & Fritch Surgery Center.

Oct 20, 2016

Hani Haider, Ph.D.

Exploring virus as delivery system for gene therapy

Tammy Kielian, Ph.D., collaborators, publish study in The Journal of Neuroscience.

Oct 19, 2016

From left, Tammy Kielian, Ph.D., and her lab: Maria Burkovetskaya, Nikolay Karpuk, Ph.D., Rachel Fallet, Megan Bosch, and Amy Aldrich. Not pictured: Jessica Odvody.

Pamela Buffett inducted into Central’s Hall of Fame

Buffett is the lead donor on the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center.

Oct 18, 2016

Pamela Buffett, right, with her husband, the late Fred Buffett

UNeMed honors Dr. Zucker as innovator of year

Collaborators Joyce Solheim, Ph.D., and Tatiana Bronich, Ph.D., also honored, for Most Promising New Invention of 2016.

Oct 17, 2016

Irving Zucker, Ph.D.

Night for Sight celebration set for Oct. 28

“An Evening Unmasking Blindness” is theme for event at Joslyn Art Museum.

Oct 17, 2016

HRSA grant will help children in underserved areas

The Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska and the Munroe-Meyer Institute will provide training for clinical counselors to address the behavioral health needs of children.

Oct 17, 2016

Joe Evans, Ph.D., BHECN associate clinical director