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The Magicians of Medical Imagery

A specialized team of designers, artists and animators is building the next-level 3D, virtual reality and augmented reality content in UNMC’s iEXCEL program. Read about their skills and their stories.

May 3, 2024

Meet the iEXCEL Visualization Team

The iEXCEL medical visualization program relies on its team of talented artists and technologists. Here are their profiles.

May 3, 2024

Women in STEM: Four UNMC trailblazers – Daisy Dai, PhD

UNMC boasts a formidable cohort of women who drive scientific exploration and advance modern medicine. We profile four of them.

May 3, 2024

For Daisy Dai, PhD, numbers have held fascination since childhood. In college, she found her niche in statistics as a framework for understanding uncertainty and making informed decisions.

Women in STEM: Four UNMC trailblazers – Breanna Hetland, PhD

UNMC boasts a formidable cohort of women who drive scientific exploration and advance modern medicine. We profile four of them.

May 3, 2024

Women in STEM: Four UNMC trailblazers – Beth Beam, PhD

UNMC boasts a formidable cohort of women who drive scientific exploration and advance modern medicine. We profile four of them.

May 3, 2024

Dr. Beam, with her prototype for a refined air purifying helmet to protect health care workers

Women in STEM: Four UNMC trailblazers – Rebekah Gundry, PhD

UNMC boasts a formidable cohort of women who drive scientific exploration and advance modern medicine. We profile four of them.

May 3, 2024

Rebekah Gundry, PhD, in the Durham Research Center

The face of cancer care: A Q&A with Dr. Ken Cowan

Although Dr. Cowan led the med center’s fight against cancer for almost 25 years, he remains a full-time faculty member and clinician.

May 3, 2024

Ken Cowan, MD, PhD, cancer fighter and Cattlemen's Ball partner

Laurie Salonen retires with a legacy unmatched 

Salonen was one of the founders of the med center’s transplant program, helping make the program and the transplant coordinator role a model.

May 3, 2024

Laurie Salonen, who built the med center's transplant coordinator role into a model

A leader in fighting disease outbreaks

Through the National Emerging Special Pathogens Training and Education Center, UNMC joins collaborators in critical training and programming.

May 3, 2024

Nutrition as medicine: The building blocks of health – food

Diet, healthy or otherwise, can impact an individual’s health, making nutrition a larger part of today’s medical education and care.

May 3, 2024

Susan Evans, MD