InterCOM
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
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.
Jul 28, 2014
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
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.
Jul 28, 2014
Division Profile: Internal Medicine – General Medicine
Chief: Thomas Tape, M.D., F.A.C.P. Number of people in the division: Faculty: 53 Midlevel practitioners: 5 Administrative personnel: 5 New faculty joining GIM in 2014: Kerry McDonald, M.D. – assistant professor, specializing in hospital medicine Deepak Singh, M.D. – assistant professor, specializing in hospital medicine Michael Ash, M.D. – assistant professor, chief transformation officer Daniel […]
Jul 28, 2014
UNMC researcher plays key role in study featured Nature journal
By successfully creating a high quality genome of the rhesus macaque monkey, a University of Nebraska Medical Center researcher played a significant role in a study that appears in this week’s issue of the prestigious science journal Nature. The study in Nature determined that treating rhesus macaques that have SIV – the simian equivalent of HIV – with interventions that alter inflammatory responses can have dual effects on the development of disease.
Jul 28, 2014
COM Student of the Month – Larisa Akah, second-year medical student
I am a second-year medical student born and raised in Cameroon, Africa and moved to the USA in 2008. I attended Benson High School and obtained my undergraduate degree at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. UNO gave me the best four years an undergrad could ask for and I look forward to greater things here at UNMC. However, if I could do college over again, I’d probably go back and major in bioinformatics rather than general science which was my major.
Jul 28, 2014
UNMC, UNL receive $1.4 million U.S. Army grant to continue robotic surgery work
The University of Nebraska Medical Center and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have received a $1.4 million grant from the U.S. Army to continue work on robotic telesurgery research.
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