InterCOM
College of Medicine Student of the Month – Anthony White, second-year medical st
Editor’s Note: Each month, InterCOM will highlight a "Student of the Month" from the College of Medicine. Students will be featured for their participation in activities outside of medical school and for making a difference in the community. The goal is to recognize students for what they are doing and to encourage other students to get […]
Jul 23, 2015
Department Profile: Cellular and Integrative Physiology
Chair: Irving H. Zucker, Ph.D., (Currently the longest running chair in the College of Medicine) No. of people in department (faculty/staff): Faculty 17 Courtesy 7 Postdocs 6 Grad Students 13 Staff 14 Total 57 New faculty: Erika Boesen, Ph.D., assistant professor Ph.D. 2005, Monash University Specialty: Renal Physiology Major Interest: The endothelin system […]
Jul 23, 2015
Five goals established by curriculum change group
The Curriculum Innovations Work Group (CIWG) was formed in October 2014 by the College of Medicine Curriculum Committee. The group’s task was to investigate and recommend a new framework for the medical school curriculum. In April, the Curriculum Committee approved the three-phase framework. The CIWG has identified five overarching goals for UNMC curricular redesign: Integration […]
Jul 23, 2015
3 kickstarters for your morning
By Michael Huckabee, Ph.D., professor and director of the University of Nebraska Medical Center Division of Physician Assistant Education. Dr. Huckabee has more than 30 years’ experience as a physician assistant, mostly in rural Nebraska. His columns appear on livewellnebraska.com, a health and wellness website published by the Omaha World-Herald. Sunrise Stooling The benefits of […]
Jul 23, 2015
UNMC College of Medicine faculty received 17 grant awards representing more than $2 million in new funding during the month of May. Highlights included: Kaushik Patel, Ph.D., cellular & integrative physiology, has received more than $500,000 through a National Institutes of Health R01 award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute for a study on […]
Jul 23, 2015
We were pleased this month when the University of Nebraska Board of Regents approved the establishment of a department of physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R) within the College of Medicine. Our next step in the process of creating the new department will come on August 20 when we will seek approval of the Coordinating Commission […]
Jun 29, 2015
Kristen Baus, M.D., assistant professor, psychiatry Ronald Zolty, M.D., Ph.D., professor, internal medicine-cardiology
Jun 29, 2015
UNMC College of Medicine faculty received 10 grant awards representing $1.9 million in new funding during the month of April.
Jun 26, 2015
July 1 – School of Allied Health Professions becomes the College of Allied Health Professions. July 11 – Owl Ride, Omaha's nighttime urban cycling adventure, starts at 10 p.m. at Lewis and Clark Landing on Omaha's riverfront and follows a 17-mile course through downtown, Midtown, Dundee, Aksarben, Field Club and the Old Market, with […]
Jun 25, 2015
UNMC graduate receives Jacobson Innovation Award A 1974 graduate of the UNMC College of Medicine, Joseph Vacanti, M.D., received the 21st Jacobson Innovation Award from the American College of Surgeons at a June 5 dinner in Chicago. Dr. Vacanti was recognized for his groundbreaking work in the field of tissue engineering over the past 30 […]
Jun 25, 2015
