InterCOM
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.
Jul 28, 2014
$10 million telehealth grant awarded to Med Center
For many patients, being diabetic can come with a laundry list of medical complications, many of which require repeated trips to the emergency room or extended stays in the hospital to remedy. And the cost of treating diabetes is staggering.
Jul 28, 2014
Anesthesiology department announces new divisions
To better focus its resources and ability to support the clinical enterprise, the acute care program and the cardiovascular program, the UNMC Department of Anesthesiology has formed two new divisions within the department, Chairman Steven Lisco, M.D., announced. The Division of Cardiac Anesthesiology will be led by Tara Brakke, M.D., and the Division of Anesthesiology Critical Care will be led by Daniel Johnson, M.D., Dr. Lisco said.
Jul 28, 2014
Regents appoint Med Center Development Board of Directors
The University of Nebraska Board of Regents has approved the appointment of seven individuals to oversee development projects near UNMC.
Jul 28, 2014
Nebraska Medical Center named top hospital in state
There is much to celebrate in this year’s U.S. News & World Report rankings. The Nebraska Medical Center has been ranked nationally at 36 for cancer care, the highest we’ve placed in this specialty. U.S. News & World Report surveyed nearly 5,000 hospitals nationwide to come up with this year’s list of Best Hospitals. For 2014-15, U.S. News evaluated hospitals in 16 adult specialties and ranked the top 50 in most of the specialties. Just 3 percent of the hospitals analyzed for Best Hospitals earned national ranking in even one specialty.
Jul 28, 2014
Former UNMC Chancellor Robert Sparks, M.D., dies
Robert Sparks, M.D., the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s second chancellor (1972-1976), died Tuesday, July 1, in California following several months of declining health. He was 82. An accomplished speaker in the fields of internal medicine, gastroenterology, alcohol and drug addictions and health planning policy, Dr. Sparks also held the position of vice president of the University of Nebraska system.
Jul 28, 2014
The following 15 grants representing more than $1.4 million in new funding were awarded to UNMC College of Medicine faculty during April.
Jun 24, 2014
Research Information Technology Office provides valuable support
Processing data can be agonizingly slow if you’re not using all the resources available to you.Director of the newly created Research Information Technology Office (RITO) core facility at UNMC, Ashok Mudgapalli, Ph.D., helps researchers maximize use of their current technology and store data safely.
Jun 24, 2014
