InterCOM
From common colds to deadly lung diseases, one protein plays key role
Joe Sisson, M.D., a University of Nebraska Medical Center clinician-scientist, was part of an international team of researchers that has zeroed in on a protein that plays a key role in many lung-related ailments, from seasonal coughing and hacking to more serious diseases such as MRSA infections and cystic fibrosis.
Dec 18, 2013
The following awards were received by College of Medicine faculty during the month of October. These 23 new awards represent more than $10.3 million in new funding to UNMC.
Dec 18, 2013
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.
Dec 18, 2013
College of Medicine Student of the Month – Jenn Harney, third-year student
Editor’s Note: Each month, InterCOM will highlight a “Student of the Month” from the College of Medicine. Students will be featured for their participation in activities outside of medical school and for making a difference in the community. The goal is to recognize students for what they are doing and to encourage other students to get involved in the community. After all, medical school should be much more than studying.
Dec 18, 2013
It’s a problem that nearly every medical school in the country is facing – the growth of the number of residency slots has not kept pace with the increasing number of students graduating from the nation’s medical and osteopathic schools.
Nov 14, 2013
Dr. Talmon named to Linder Distinguished Chair
Geoffrey Talmon, M.D., associate professor, pathology/microbiology, has been named the inaugural James Linder, M.D. Residency Director Distinguished Chair. The chair was created by Dr. Linder in recognition of the work of the residency director to train the next generation of pathologists.
Nov 13, 2013
Nov. 11-15 – International Week at UNMC
Nov. 15 – Board of Regents meeting
Nov 13, 2013
Surinder Batra, Ph.D., professor and chairman of biochemistry and molecular biology, will deliver the keynote address at the University of Missouri Health System’s Health Science Research Day on Nov. 14 and the 75th Annual Congress of the Japan Surgical Association on Nov. 22. Dr. Batra was named UNMC’s seventh Scientist Laureate in 2012.
Nov 13, 2013
John Calvin Davis III, M.D., an internal medicine faculty member at UNMC from 1961-1997, died Oct. 29 in Estes Park, Colo., following a prolonged illness related to heart failure. He was 82.
Nov 13, 2013
Truhlsens honored as outstanding philanthropists
The Association of Fundraising Professionals Nebraska Chapter honored Stan Truhlsen, M.D., and his wife Dottie as Outstanding Philanthropists for the state of Nebraska.
The Truhlsens were honored Nov. 12 — National Philanthropy Day — for their generous commitment to improving access to the arts and their work in health care, including the creation of the Stanley M. Truhlsen Eye Institute at UNMC.
Nov 13, 2013
