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Construction update – Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center
A flurry of construction activity is under way at the intersection of 45th Street and Dewey Avenue (Durham Research Plaza).
Apr 21, 2014
Dr. Oleynikov receives major university award
University of Nebraska President James B. Milliken has announced the 2014 winners of the university’s most prestigious awards for teaching, research and engagement, and UNMC’s Dmitry Oleynikov, M.D., is a recipient of the Innovation, Development and Engagement Award (IDEA).
Apr 18, 2014
181 UNMC physicians make Best Doctors list
A total of 181 UNMC and The Nebraska Medical Center physicians have been recognized on this year’s list of Best Doctors in America®. The doctors include private practice physicians as well as full and part-time faculty at UNMC who are also affiliated with UNMC Physicians, the UNMC faculty physician group.
Apr 18, 2014
Dr. Linder named interim president of University of Nebraska
At its March 21 meeting, the University of Nebraska Board of Regents approved the appointment of James Linder, M.D., of Omaha, as interim president of the university, effective May 3.
Apr 18, 2014
Dr. Torres-Russotto wins mentoring award
Diego Torres-Russotto, M.D., enjoys watching his students present their work. His commitment to his students is one reason Dr. Torres-Russotto was selected as the inaugural recipient of the Student Senate’s Distinguished Mentor Award.
Apr 18, 2014
UNMC allergist provides tips for those with allergies
Trees in Nebraska are pollinating in full swing this month. Grass pollen tends to begin in May or June. And ragweed will be along around Aug. 15, give or take a day or two.
For many Nebraskans that means sneezing, nasal congestion, itchy and runny noses and watery eyes.
Apr 18, 2014
UNMC College of Medicine faculty received seven awards during the month of January, representing nearly $1.3 million in new funding to UNMC.
Tammy Kielian, Ph.D., pathology & microbiology, has received a National Institutes of Health award for $750,000 from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). Juvenile Batten disease is an autosomal recessive inherited disorder marked by progressive neurological damage ultimately leading to cognitive decline and premature death. Dr. Kielian will build on her earlier laboratory studies which suggest that aberrant glial activation in the early stages of Juvenile Batten disease may contribute to neuronal loss. She hopes to delay disease progression by targeting this activation with compounds that affect multiple pathways of aberrant glial activation in this pre-clinical trial.
Mar 14, 2014
Wally Thoreson, Ph.D., ophthalmology & visual science, has received a Research to Prevent Blindness Senior Scientific Investigator Award. Restricted to one applicant per institution annually, candidates are recognized national leaders actively engaged in eye research.
Mar 14, 2014
Division Profile: Internal Medicine – Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism (DEM)
Division Profile: Internal Medicine – Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism (DEM)
Chief: Cyrus Desouza, M.D.
Administrator: Grace Harada Lord, MPA
Personnel:
Faculty: 13 (10 M.D., 3 Ph.D.)
Fellows: 6
PAs: 3
Staff: 16
Mar 14, 2014
Pediatric obesity, from global to local
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.
We are raising the first generation of youth who will live sicker and shorter lives than their parents, according to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Mar 14, 2014
