InterCOM
Coming events
August 11 – Topping off ceremony/beam signing for Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, 3:30 – 5 p.m. Ceremony will take place in front of the Durham Research Center. August 12-13 – University of Nebraska President Hank Bounds, Ph.D., will visit the UNMC campus. August 18 – Premier Education Banquet (by invitation only), noon – […]
Jul 23, 2015
Employee spotlight: Linda Wilkie
Name/title: Linda Wilkie/institutional research analyst/coordinator, director of vice chancellor for research communications Hometown: Omaha, Neb. Talk about your job and what you like best about it: My current position in the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research allows me to be a "jack of all trades," which means that I get to develop new […]
Jul 23, 2015
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
A message from the dean
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
New faculty
Kristen Baus, M.D., assistant professor, psychiatry Ronald Zolty, M.D., Ph.D., professor, internal medicine-cardiology
Jun 29, 2015
Research headlines
UNMC College of Medicine faculty received 10 grant awards representing $1.9 million in new funding during the month of April.
Jun 26, 2015
Coming events
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
