InterCOM
UNMC studying new drug for people with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s disease
The University of Nebraska Medical Center is participating in a new, national, Alzheimer’s disease (AD) clinical research study evaluating the potential benefits of an investigational medicine when taken by people with mild-to-moderate AD who are already being treated with donepezil (Aricept).
Nov 21, 2014
Fred Paustian, M.D., pioneering gastroenterologist at UNMC, dies at age 87
Fred Paustian, M.D., a pioneering physician in gastroenterology who helped build UNMC into the powerhouse that it is today, died Nov. 5 in Omaha after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. He was 87.
Nov 21, 2014
Ice rink to open Nov. 28
UNMC will open the ice skating rink on Nov. 28, and it will remain in operation through Jan. 31.
Nov 21, 2014
Spotlight Videos
For the past several years, the UNMC Department of Public Relations has been creating brief one-minute videos each week for KETV (Ch. 7) in Omaha. The videos feature UNMC faculty as they answer basic questions of interest to the average viewer. The segments run on KETV’s morning newscasts on Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays. They also are distributed to other Nebraska TV and radio stations after they air on Ch. 7.
Nov 21, 2014
COM Student of the Month – Andrea Langeveld, third-year medical
Andrea Langeveld was born in Ohio but grew up in Utah. Growing up, she wanted to be a teacher or writer, and it wasn’t until high school that she discovered her love of science.
Nov 21, 2014
A Message from the Dean
For the past three months, UNMC and Nebraska Medicine have been a key resource for the rest of the world in dealing with the Ebola epidemic.
Nov 21, 2014
UNMC develops clinical/academic affiliation with Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital
The University of Nebraska Medical Center and its clinical partner, Nebraska Medicine, have entered into an agreement with Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital to provide physician and academic services at the new Madonna rehabilitation and long-term care hospital being built west of Village Pointe in Omaha.
Nov 21, 2014
Talking turkey about sleep aids
By Michael Huckabee, Ph.D., professor and director of the University of Nebraska Medical Center Division of Physician Assistant Education. Dr. Huckabee has 30 years’ experience as a physician assistant, mostly in rural Nebraska. With all the commotion of holiday celebrations and family gatherings this time of year, our sleep becomes a precious commodity that is […]
Nov 21, 2014
Open forums set for two candidates for internal medicine chair
The search committee for the chair of the UNMC Department of Internal Medicine continues to be active and has advanced two candidates for consideration.
Nov 21, 2014
Research Highlights
26 research awards bring in $8.2 million in new research funding, focus includes prostate cancer, pancreatic cancer, heart failure, liver disease
Nov 21, 2014
