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Patient’s quest for relief from hives leads to discovery

Physician’s study of vitamin D3 treatment comes from patient suggestion.

Jun 3, 2014

Jill Poole, M.D.

New startup grows from Innovation Week connection

Three people from vastly different backgrounds invent a new tool together.

Jun 3, 2014

Anna Brynskikh Boyum demonstrates how Versatool helps a researcher keep a thin slice of frozen liver from curling or tearing so it can be placed on a slide for microscopic analysis.

Research data now flies at higher speeds

The newly created Research Information Technology Office core facility expands data storage and speeds processing.

Jun 3, 2014

Ashok Mudgapalli, Ph.D.

Drug resistance in cancer is life’s work

One researcher wants to discover why some cancer cells survive radiation or chemotherapy.

Jun 3, 2014

Aimin Peng, Ph.D.

Study seeks to improve life of migrant workers

High levels of stress and depression were found among seasonal farmworkers.

Jun 3, 2014

Aida Olivas with the Nebraska Migrant Education Program introduces the study team to a group of migrant workers.

Cure for familial breast cancer might be found in genetic mutations

Leukemia was his research niche until five years ago when breast cancer hit too close to home for San Ming Wang, M.D.

A relative’s wife had just been diagnosed with the disease; her mother and two aunts also had the disease.

Jan 15, 2014

San Ming Wang, M.D., uses
low- and high-tech tools
in his research on familial
breast cancer.

22-year-old sees promise in breast cancer research

It was an emotional experience for Brandi Preston, 22, and breast cancer researcher, San Ming Wang, M.D., associate professor of genetics, cell biology and anatomy, when they met after he spoke to Bright Pink, a support group for those affected by familial breast cancer.

Jan 15, 2014

Brandi Preston and son Peyton

Demand grows for bioinformatic gurus

As information technology becomes more integral to health care, the need grows for specialists who can turn biomedical data into knowledge that will improve people’s health and wellbeing.

Jan 15, 2014

Jim McClay, M.D., (left), said that Scott Campbell is an example of the perfect biomedical informatics student.

Multitasking has its limits

There is the old joke about not being able to walk and chew gum at the same time. But there’s something to it, scientifically, said Dawn Venema, Ph.D., assistant professor of physical therapy education. As a clinician, she saw it all the time.

Now she studies it.

Jan 15, 2014

Joseph Siu, Ph.D., and Dawn Venema, Ph.D.

Will genetic testing change behavior?

Julia Houfek, Ph.D., professor of community-based health in the College of Nursing, is interested in how people understand and think about their health care conditions, what they have to do to stay well or get better.

Jan 15, 2014

Julia Houfek, Ph.D.