InterCOM

St. Baldrick’s Foundation raises $6,500 for pediatric cancer research

“Shave-a-thon” veterans Drs. Don Coulter and Bruce Gordon strike a silly pose after having their heads shaved for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation. This year’s event raised more than $6,500 for pediatric cancer research. In a lifetime, an average person will grow 590 miles of hair. We lose 40-100 hairs each day, so why not give it all up temporarily in the name of cancer research? That’s the message from the St. Baldrick’s Foundation, the country’s largest volunteer-supported fundraiser for pediatric cancer research.

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Bruce Gordon, M.D. (left) and Don Coulter, M.D., both pediatric oncologists/hematologists, are all smiles with their newly-shaven heads alongside 5-year-old Matthew Dinslage, who received a bone marrow transplant on July 4.

Time out with T.O. – A birthday to remember

Few names resonate more on the UNMC campus than the name Grissom. It began with Robert Grissom, M.D., who joined UNMC in 1953 as chairman of the internal medicine department and as one of four original full-time clinical faculty members.

Jul 28, 2014

News briefs

Howard Gendelman, M.D., pharmacology and experimental neuroscience, spoke July 29 to a group at Lakeside Village Retirement Community. He discussed his Parkinson’s disease research and clinical trials taking place at UNMC.

Jul 28, 2014

Update on clinical enterprise

Davidson named chief human capital officer; Istas tapped to lead Bellevue Medical Center; It was announced at the July 1 enterprise forums that Paulette Davidson, current COO, Bellevue Medical Center, will assume the new role of chief human capital officer for the clinical enterprise.

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Paulette Davidson

Coming events

August 1 – Deadline for College of Medicine’s formal submission of response to Liaison Committee on Medical Education concerning our plans for meeting accreditation standards. August 1 – Hospital begins 24/7 trauma coverage. August 5 – UneMed shareholders meeting, 5:30 p.m., TD Ameritrade Park. August 14-15 – International Student Orientations. Movie night on August 15 […]

Jul 28, 2014

A message from the dean

It’s more difficult than ever to successfully compete for research funding these days, making the research funding announcements in this month’s issue of InterCOM all the more remarkable. Medical center researchers in the College of Medicine garnered four major grants totaling more than $20 million in funding. Two of the grants will each bring $10 million to UNMC.

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Bradley Britigan, M.D.

Research Highlights

The following 12 grants representing more than $5.6 million in new funding were awarded to UNMC College of Medicine faculty during May.

Jul 28, 2014

UNMC researchers receive $10 million grant to study staphylococcus

Researchers at UNMC have received a five-year grant for $10 million to continue work on a project to fight the growing threat of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).

Jul 28, 2014

Ken Bayles, Ph.D.

Appendicitis: New Ways to Save the Game

He was a star quarterback for a high school team. The final game of the season was a chance for the state tournament at large. And he was seeing me for a peculiar right lower quadrant pain.

Jul 28, 2014

UNMC to collaborate on web-based dementia study

The University of California San Francisco and UNMC have been awarded a $10 million grant from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation to create a new web-based model of dementia care. It will provide around the clock consultations for patients and their families, online education and, for a subset of patients, remote monitoring with smart phones and home sensors.

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Steven Bonasera, M.D., Ph.D.
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