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UNMC Alumni Association honors six individuals

Honorees recognized for their contributions to medicine, nursing, graduate studies

Dec 2, 2016

Barbara Hurlbert, M.D., a 1971 graduate of the UNMC College of Medicine, received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the College of Medicine Alumni Engagement Council.

UNMC appoints new assistant vice chancellor of business and finance

Will take on additional responsibilities in accounting, compliance, finance and payroll.

Dec 1, 2016

Cancer center gains international partner

Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center and Hubei Cancer Hospital in Central China become sister institutions.

Dec 1, 2016

Attendees at the Nov. 14 signing ceremony included: Front row (left-right) - UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D. and Shaozhong Wei, M.D., Ph.D., president of Hubei Cancer Hospital; Back row - Ken Cowan, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center; Deb Thomas, vice chancellor for business and finance; Huiting Xu, M.D., Ph.D., Hubei Cancer Hospital; Jun-qui Yue, M.D., Ph.D., Hubei Cancer Hospital; Lynnette Leeseberg Stamler, Ph.D., associate dean for academic programs, UNMC College of Nursing; Li-Wu Chen, Ph.D., professor and chair, UNMC College of Public Health Department of Health Services Research and Administration; Steven Hinrichs, M.D., professor and chair, UNMC Department of Pathology and Microbiology; and Kai Fu, M.D., Ph.D., director of UNMC Office of International Relations.

Omaha Press Club memberships available for $180

UNMC community receives discount on annual membership at club.

Nov 30, 2016

Volunteers invited for study on diabetes and driving safety

Study involves one month of participation.

Nov 30, 2016

Swarts named interim APRDP director

UNMC’s Asia Pacific Rim Development Program was developed to enhance UNMC’s outreach abilities toward China and the Asian-Pacific regions.

Nov 29, 2016

Dr. Varghese seeks to minimize ventilator usage

Joby Varghese, M.B.B.S., and team recently had a study published in the journal Annals of Thoracic Surgery.

Nov 28, 2016

Joby Varghese, M.B.B.S.

UNMC to partner on Air Force contract

UNMC’s Keely Buesing, M.D., will collaborate with researchers in Lincoln and Boulder, Colo.

Nov 23, 2016

Keely Buesing, M.D.

UNMC scientists honored for neurovirology impact

Howard Gendelman, M.D., and Shilpa Buch, Ph.D., receive major awards at the International Symposium of Neurovirology.

Nov 21, 2016

From left, Kamel Khalili, Ph.D., professor and chair of the department of neuroscience at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University in Philadelphia, Dr. Gendelman, and Igor Koralnik, M.D., president of the International Society of NeuroVirology and chair of the department of neurological sciences at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Ill.

Center and library floor named after current UNMC faculty

Recognition given to Drs. James Armitage and Robert Wigton

Nov 18, 2016

James Armitage, M.D.