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Research highlights

Javeed Iqbal, Ph.D., pathology and microbiology, received a three-year, $600,000 grant from the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society to study somatic mutations and epimutations in peripheral T-cell lymphoma

Jan 23, 2014

Industry-sponsored grants

Uriel Sandkovsky, M.D., internal medicine – infectious diseases, for a study comparing the safety and effectiveness of a new antiviral single dose combination given once daily with conventional antiviral combination therapies in HIV-1, ART naïve women. Dr. Sandkovsky will lead the sole Nebraska site for this study which is currently recruiting participants.

Jan 23, 2014

Uriel Sandkovsky, M.D.

UNMC study results encouraging for women with recurrent ovarian cancer

A new study by UNMC and Roswell Park Cancer Institute shows that a combination treatment strategy may provide a new option for patients with recurrent ovarian cancer.

Jan 23, 2014

Adam Karpf, Ph.D.

Department Profile – Division of Geriatric Medicine, Internal Medicine

Division Chair: Jane Potter, M.D.

Number of people in the division:
•UNMC employees: 8 faculty + 1 fellow + 14 staff = 23 total
•UNMC Physicians employees: 6 staff

Jan 23, 2014

Jane Potter, M.D.

UNMC physician serves as advisor to TV program

Fans of the televised drama “Nashville” may have been affected by the pregnancy storyline that Kimberly Williams-Paisley’s character, Peggy Kenter, underwent earlier this year — but they may not have known that some of the medical nuts and bolts behind that storyline were supplied by UNMC’s Paul Paulman, M.D., family medicine.

Jan 23, 2014

Paul Paulman, M.D.

UNMC Skate-a-thon for Parkinson’s raises about $20,000

Amazingly, four skaters skate all 24 hours

The 4th annual UNMC Skate-a-thon for Parkinson’s was highlighted by four skaters making it through all 24 hours on the ice.

Jan 23, 2014

Coming events

Jan. 24 – Board of Regents meeting.
Jan. 28 – Farewell tea for Dr. Harold M. Maurer, 2-4 p.m., Truhlsen Events Center.
Feb. 20 – Board of Regents visit UNMC.

Jan 23, 2014

Body turns on amazing features to adjust to cold

By Michael Huckabee, Ph.D., professor and director of the UNMC physician assistant program. Dr. Huckabee writes a blog for the Omaha World-Herald’s LiveWell Nebraska website

Jan 23, 2014

Michael Huckabee, Ph.D.

A message from the dean

I’m pleased to report that things are moving forward nicely with our OneTeam clinical enterprise initiative.

The members of the leadership team and advisory board have been selected and are detailed in this newsletter. In a little over a week, the management team will convene in Nebraska City for a retreat and will further accelerate the process of moving the new enterprise forward.

Jan 23, 2014

Industry-sponsored contracts

The following industry-sponsored contracts also were received. Here is more information on clinical trials enrolling patients at UNMC.

Lori Maness-Harris, M.D., internal medicine – oncology/hematology, is the UNMC lead for a study on the effectiveness of a new antibody-drug conjugate that targets a cell surface marker on B-cell malignancies. Dr. Maness Harris will serve as the sole Nebraska site for this study, which is currently recruiting participants.

Dec 19, 2013