InterCOM

Employee spotlight

Name/title:  Selaba Travis/office associate II Hometown:  Aurora/Denver, Colo. Talk about your job and what you like best about it: I have a "working title" of research program associate that was given to me to be a little more descriptive of my area of work. The job has turned out to be a job with a […]

Jun 25, 2015

COM student of the month | Meet Jose Morales

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 […]

Jun 25, 2015

Profile: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Chair — Carl V. Smith, M.D., The Distinguished Chris J. and Marie A. Olson Professor of Clinical Investigation in Obstetrics and Gynecology; president, Olson Center for Women’s Health Advisory Committee Department Leadership: Teresa Berg, M.D. – The McGoogan Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology; director, maternal-fetal medicine; medical director – Prenatal Diagnostic Center; medical director, obstetrics […]

Jun 25, 2015

Smoking hookah like kissing someone with the flu?

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. It's not just another craze. The hookah pipe is becoming mainstream among college students and young adults. Some older adults […]

Jun 25, 2015

Spittin’ truth on spitting

It’s said to be what makes a man but also what disgusts a woman. In the last century, spitting was as common as waving to a friend, now it’s as repulsive to some (and illegal) as urinating in public. Its popularity has ridden the wave of culture, a wave that’s now crashing into the rocks.

May 28, 2015

Michael Huckabee, Ph.D.

COM student of the month | Meet Joe Marion

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 […]

May 27, 2015

Joe Marion

31 faculty graduate from iLEAD program

On May 21, 31 faculty members were recognized for their efforts dedicated to an intensive year-long exploration of leadership through the UNMC iLEAD program.

May 27, 2015

UNMC/Creighton psychiatry residents win MindGames competition at Toronto meeting

Three physicians from the joint psychiatry residency program for UNMC/Creighton University won the 2015 MindGames competition at the American Psychiatric Association’s 2015 annual meeting in Toronto earlier this month.

May 27, 2015

A message from the dean

Dean Britigan discusses the changing field of medical education

May 27, 2015

Bradley Britigan, M.D., dean, college of medicine

Coming events

June 1 – TravelSmart program rolls out on UNMC/Nebraska Medicine campus. June 3 – Parking and transportation forum, noon, Lower Storz Pavilion, and 11 p.m., Private Dining Rooms, 3rd floor, University Tower. June 5-6 – Cattlemen’s Ball, Redbird Ranch, Lynch, Neb. June 6 – WalkRite for RiteCare event, Zorinsky Lake, 10:30 a.m. Register here to […]

May 27, 2015

Cattlemen’s Ball, held at Redbird Ranch in Lynch, Neb., is June 5-6