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E-curriculum earns Dr. Liu national recognition

Howard Liu, M.D., will receive the Creativity in Psychiatric Education Award from the American College of Psychiatrists.

Nov 9, 2017

Howard Liu, M.D.

Remembering Wayne Ryan, Ph.D.

Services will be held this morning for scientist and philanthropist whom colleagues call “brilliant,” “modest” and “supremely interested in the betterment of science.”

Nov 7, 2017

Wayne Ryan, M.D., at the 2013 opening of the Dr. Wayne and Eileen Ryan Surgical Simulation Suite in the Sorrell Center at UNMC.

UNMC researcher studying nanofiber sutures to prevent surgical site infections

$1.3 million NIH grant seeks to determine if vitamin D can produce infection-fighting peptide

Nov 6, 2017

Jingwei Xie, Ph.D.

IPE initiative shines during site visit

Grant-funded project lets interprofessional teams train together to reduce medication errors in older patients transitioning from the hospital to inpatient skilled nursing care.

Nov 3, 2017

Barbara Brandt, Ph.D., director of the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education, served as one of the site visit facilitators.

Registry spurs research participation by veterans

More than 2,700 rheumatoid arthritis patients from 13 medical centers have enrolled in the Veterans Affairs Rheumatoid Arthritis registry.

Nov 3, 2017

Ted Mikuls, M.D., founder of the Veterans Affairs Rheumatoid Arthritis registry

Study examines efficacy of rapid-response teams

Shelby Kutty, M.D., Ph.D., is lead author on newly published study in Circulation, an American Heart Association journal.

Nov 2, 2017

Shelby Kutty, M.D., Ph.D.

Behavioral medicine program to expand

Program provides psychosocial care for patients and their families and education for residents on behavioral, emotional and social aspects of health care.

Nov 1, 2017

Jennifer Harsh, Ph.D.

Dr. Warren is research ‘Superstar’

UNMC’s David Warren, Ph.D., lands $20,000 pilot grant in “Shark Tank”-styled competition at inaugural Great Plains IDeA-CTR Scientific Meeting.

Nov 1, 2017

David Warren, Ph.D.

Retirement celebration set for Selaba Travis

Internal medicine administrator left mark on department in many ways.

Oct 31, 2017

Selaba Travis

Leaders named in academic affairs, graduate studies

Rowen Zetterman, M.D., Kendra Schmid, Ph.D., and Pamela Carmines, Ph.D., take on new or expanded leadership roles.

Oct 30, 2017

From left, Pamela Carmines, Ph.D., Rowen Zetterman, M.D., and Kendra Schmid, Ph.D.