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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
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
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
A message from the dean
With 2014 just around the corner, it’s a good time to pause and reflect on the many exciting things that will be happening in the College of Medicine and UNMC in the new year.
Dec 18, 2013
Board of Regents approves appointment of Dr. Jeffrey Gold as new UNMC chancellor
The University of Nebraska Board of Regents has approved the appointment of Dr. Jeffrey Gold as the new chancellor of the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
Dec 18, 2013
OneTeam forums to be held in early January
Editor's note: Here's a OneTeam update from Dr. Brad Britigan, clinical enterprise president, and William Dinsmoor, clinical enterprise CEO. We wanted to share a short message to keep you posted on everything that’s happening with OneTeam. As you may remember, we had hoped to hold employee and physician forums for everyone across the enterprise this […]
Dec 18, 2013
Dr. Vose elected president of ASCO
UNMC’s Julie Vose, M.D., has been elected president of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) for a one-year term beginning in June 2015. Dr. Vose will take office as president-elect during the ASCO annual meeting in Chicago in June 2014.
Dec 18, 2013
UNMC Eye Institute unveils two-story wall mural celebrating ‘Gift of Sight’
UNMC faculty and staff are encouraged to stop by the Stanley M. Truhlsen Eye Institute and check out the “The Gift of Sight,” a roughly 13′ x 21′ mural designed to recognize vision-saving efforts throughout the world.
Dec 18, 2013
