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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
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
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
