Emergency Medicine
Medical research highlights, Summer 2024
The UNMC College of Medicine received grant and funding awards representing more than $3 million in new funding in April.
Jul 9, 2024
![Vimla Band, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/VIMLABAND010422.jpg)
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)
An inventive nature drives Dr. Nguyen
Thang Nguyen, PhD, has filed 70 New Invention Notifications during his UNMC career.
Mar 15, 2024
![Thang Nguyen, PhD, used the MakERLab located in the emergency department to collaborate with colleagues to create a medication aerosolizing device that can be used with a plastic soda bottle. The device, called Project FreeAir, was developed with funding by the UNMC Eugene Kenney Memorial Fund and is available free to the public.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/NguyenCOM2-900x600.jpg)
New faculty spotlight: Alex Tomesch, MD
Dr. Tomesch is an assistant professor in the UNMC Department of Emergency Medicine.
Mar 15, 2024
![Alex Tomesch, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/AlexTomesch031524-900x600.jpg)
New sampling device created at UNMC gains investment boost
A UNMC startup led by a team from the emergency medicine department invented the nasal sample collection device called MicroWash.
Feb 29, 2024
![](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Microwash022924-900x600.jpg)
Impact in Education: Dalton Nelsen, MD
Dr. Nelsen is an assistant professor in the UNMC Department of Emergency Medicine.
Feb 20, 2024
![Dalton Nelsen, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/DaltonNelsen022024-900x600.jpg)
Allison Cushman-Vokoun, MD, PhD, named Varner Educator Laureate
Dr. Cushman-Vokoun and other recipients of the UNMC Impact in Education Awards will be honored at a ceremony Feb. 29.
Jan 18, 2024
![Allison Cushman-Vokoun, MD, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/AllisonCushmanVokoun011824-900x600.jpg)
Medical research highlights, November, 2023
The UNMC College of Medicine received grant and funding awards representing more than $13.6 million in new funding in September.
Nov 6, 2023
![Don Coulter, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/DonCoulter081623-900x600.jpg)
UNMC history: Live-saving care by air
Today’s helicopter medical transport traces its UNMC beginnings back to 1981.
Sep 13, 2023
![UNMC joined SkyMed in 1981. It was based at the campus, with a helipad at 44th and Dewey Streets, by January 1982.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/SkyMed1091323-900x600.jpg)
New faculty spotlight: Joseph Clemons, MD
Dr. Clemons is an assistant professor in the UNMC Department of Emergency Medicine.
Sep 11, 2023
![Joseph Clemons, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/JosephClemons091123-900x600.jpg)