InterCOM
College of Medicine Employee Spotlight — Meet Rita Laire
17-year employee loves being a grandma, traveling the U.S. and tracing her genealogy
Oct 26, 2016
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UNMC therapist details how best to cope with chronic illness
Oct 26, 2016
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Nebraska Medicine feature video: Lance’s story
Florida man praises Nebraska Medicine for helping him deal with lung cancer diagnosis
Oct 26, 2016
COM faculty bring in more than $3.7 million in new research funding during August
Oct 26, 2016
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Welcome reception for Dr. DeBehnke on Nov. 9
Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D., and the UNMC community will welcome the Nebraska Medicine CEO.
Oct 25, 2016
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Jokela to step down as alumni director
As director, she advanced outreach to alumni, increased the number of alumni actively engaged with UNMC.
Oct 25, 2016
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$20 million research grant is largest ever for UNMC
Will focus on clinical/translational research, developing early career researchers into independent scientists
Oct 25, 2016
![Some of the steering committee members of the Great Plains IDeA-CTR Network include: (left-right) Ted Mikuls, M.D., Ann Fruhling, Ph.D., Ashok Mudgapalli, Ph.D., Fang Yu, Ph.D., Jim McClay, M.D., Matt Rizzo, M.D., Mary Cramer, Ph.D., Shinobu Watanabe-Galloway, Ph.D., Risto Rautiainen, Ph.D., Howard Fox, M.D., Ph.D., and Karla Klaus. NOTE: Dr. Fruhling is from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. All others in the photo are from UNMC. Those UNMC steering committee members missing from the photo are: Paul Estabrooks, Ph.D., Lani (Chi Chi) Zimmerman, Ph.D., Jane Meza, Ph.D., and Babu Guda, Ph.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/IDeA_CTR_Group_Photo_1024.jpg)
Grant to fund clinical trials for children statewide
Healthier children the goal as UNMC, Children’s team for program investigating exposures from conception through early childhood.
Oct 21, 2016
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Exploring virus as delivery system for gene therapy
Tammy Kielian, Ph.D., collaborators, publish study in The Journal of Neuroscience.
Oct 19, 2016
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Dr. Fey takes his own path to excellence in mentoring
Paul Fey’s lab takes monthly hikes together, “much to the jealousy of the other labs on our floor,” said Cortney Halsey, a graduate research assistant. “We spend an afternoon every month in the outdoors discussing not only our science but a multitude of other topics. It is an activity that has been vital to keeping […]
Oct 17, 2016
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