COVID-19

GME prepares for new house officers amid COVID-19

UNMC will welcome approximately 180 house officers, including 70 native Nebraskans.

May 8, 2020

Chandra Are, M.D., associate dean for graduate medical education for the UNMC College of Medicine

University president announces two-year tuition freeze

Move “represents our commitment to current and future students of the University of Nebraska.”

May 8, 2020

Ted Carter, president of the University of Nebraska

UNMC-developed model assists in re-opening strategy

Pandemic Recovery Acceleration Model is designed to assist leaders in assessing regional and statewide COVID situation.

May 7, 2020

College of Medicine ramps up COVID-19 research

College has created rapid-response grants to get promising projects off the ground right away.

May 7, 2020

Howard Fox, M.D., Ph.D., senior associate dean of research and development, UNMC College of Medicine

Dr. Gundry to research heart health related to COVID-19

Rebekah Gundry, Ph.D., was one of only 12 investigators nationwide to receive rapid response research funding from the American Heart Association.

May 6, 2020

Rebekah Gundry, Ph.D.

UNMC students help in med center mask effort

Program already has produced thousands of masks for use at the medical center.

May 6, 2020

From left, the Integrated Service Center's Kathy Hamill, Jaidyn Dalzell, Tina Frey, Pamela Housard and Jonathan Hall

Nebraska health care workers called to join HERO Registry

PCORnet® study will use registry to answer questions about the impact of novel coronavirus on health care workers’ lives.

May 5, 2020

James McClay, M.D., UNMC site investigator for PCORnet

UNMC extends its stay-at-home directive to May 15

Individuals should continue to work remotely, unless their job requires them to physically be on campus.

May 4, 2020

Dr. Davies named to AAP team on COVID-19 procedures

The initiative is called “AAP COVID-19 ECHO: Emergency Readiness & Response.”

May 1, 2020

Dele Davies, M.D.

Six locations across Nebraska now decontaminating PPE

Method developed at UNMC combats a shortage of one-use N95 respirators.

May 1, 2020

UNMC/Nebraska Medicine developed a safe and effective method to use ultraviolet light to decontaminate N95 respirators.