College of Medicine
MD-PhD program receives $1.1 million in NIH funding
UNMC’s rural commitment helped land the federal grant.
Apr 9, 2024
![Justin Mott, MD, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/JustinMott020122-e1712584983261.jpg)
Kimberley Nichols, MD, to give Walling Yanney lecture
Dr. Nichols will speak on April 17 on ‘Building Work Communities Where People Can Thrive.’
Apr 9, 2024
![Kimberley Nichols, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/KimberleyNichols040824.jpg)
GME research symposium set for April 22
House officers will present research in clinical outcomes, basic science, education, business and other areas.
Apr 9, 2024
![Chandra Are, MBBS, associate dean of graduate medical education](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/ChandraAre081423-900x600.jpg)
Annual faculty awards: Siddappa Byrareddy, PhD
Dr. Byrareddy is a professor in the department of pharmacology and experimental neuroscience at the UNMC College of Medicine.
Apr 8, 2024
![Siddappa Byrareddy, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Byrareddy040424-900x600.jpg)
Medical student of the month, April 2024
Medical student Jack Begley is a winner on the football field and on whatever field is used to compete in chili cookoffs.
Apr 5, 2024
Medical research highlights, April 2024
The UNMC College of Medicine received grant and funding awards totaling nearly $600,000 in February.
Apr 5, 2024
![Anna Dunaevsky, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/DunaevskyCOM040424-900x600.jpg)
Carl Smith, MD, will step down as obstetrics and gynecology chair
Dr. Smith has led the growth and development of the department for 22 years.
Apr 5, 2024
![Carl Smith, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/CarlSmith040524-900x600.jpg)
Annual faculty awards: Ann Anderson Berry, MD, PhD
Dr. Anderson Berry, MD is executive director of the Child Health Research Institute and professor in the department of pediatrics.
Apr 5, 2024
![Ann Anderson Berry, MD, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/AndersonBerryAFM040424-900x600.jpg)
UNMC for the record, April 5, 2024
Two distinguished inductions for psychiatry, a farewell, results from the med center food drive and campus food vendors.
Apr 5, 2024
![Marley Doyle, MD, and Daniel Gih, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/DoyleGih040524-900x600.jpg)
UNK, UNMC celebrate future of health care education during beam-raising ceremony
Dr. Gold: The Rural Health Education Building sends a ‘powerful message’ to students who want to live and work in rural communities.
Apr 2, 2024
![The final structural beam for the new Rural Health Education Building is placed Monday morning during a ceremony at the University of Nebraska at Kearney.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/BeamRaising8040224-900x600.jpg)