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City asked to invest in infrastructure support for new UNMC center

Omaha Planning Board approves, and forwards to the City Council, the med center’s request to invest in a new simulation training facility.

Jul 7, 2016

New study sheds light on how some survive Ebola

Three UNMC faculty members are co-authors as finding points way to new approaches to Ebola treatment.

Jul 7, 2016

A message from the dean

The UNMC clinical faculty has voted. I’m very happy to report that they overwhelmingly supported the governance integration agreement that formally creates Nebraska Medicine.

Jul 5, 2016

Internal Medicine honors researchers

Susan Swindells, M.B.B.S., receives Career Research Award at ceremony.

Jun 30, 2016

Ted Mikuls, M.D. (center), vice chair for research in the UNMC Department of Internal Medicine, is flanked by four award winners (from left) Javen Wunschel, D.O., Susan Swindells, M.B.B.S., Diana Florescu, M.D., and Arthur Heires.

Coming events

The Owl Ride, Omaha’s nighttime urban cycling event will begin at 10 p.m. July 16 at Lewis and Clark Landing on Omaha’s riverfront. Register online by visiting  www.owlride.org.

Jun 30, 2016

Research highlights

UNMC College of Medicine faculty received 14 grant awards representing more than $1.8 million in new funding during the month of April, including an award of more than $300,000 to Jessica Snowden, M.D., pediatrics – infectious diseases.

Jun 30, 2016

COM student of the month

Meet Catherine Tran, third-year medical student from Omaha, who loves being outside and trying new things — including learning to do the splits.

Jun 30, 2016

COM employee spotlight

Vicki Hamm, Graduate Medical Education program administrator, has worked with more than 5,000 resident and fellow physicians over 40 years.

Jun 30, 2016

This month’s spotlight videos

For the past several years, the UNMC Department of Public Relations has been creating brief one-minute videos each week for KETV (Ch. 7) in Omaha. The videos feature UNMC faculty as they answer basic questions of interest to the average viewer. The segments run on KETV’s morning newscasts on Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays. They also are distributed to other Nebraska TV and radio stations after they air on Ch. 7.

Jun 30, 2016