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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

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

News briefs

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

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.

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

Department of Pathology and Microbiology Profile

Learn more about the UNMC Department of Pathology and Microbiology

May 27, 2015

News briefs

Two news briefs for the college of medicine

May 27, 2015

Research highlights

UNMC College of Medicine faculty received 19 awards representing more than $2.4 million in new funding during the month of March.

May 27, 2015

Matthew Rizzo, M.D.

Employee spotlight

Learn more about Deanna (Mohr) Hansen, administrative business associate, internal medicine/infectious diseases

May 27, 2015

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