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SHARING’s continuity program builds provider-patient relationships
Long-term commitment adds new dimension to volunteer experience for medical students.
Sep 24, 2013
United Way, Day One: First steps on the road to $156,000
Three-week United Way campaign begins today.
Sep 23, 2013
New faculty
Thirty-one new faculty have joined the College of Medicine. The new additions include one associate professor, 24 assistant professors and six instructors.
Sep 6, 2013
OneTeam forums to be held Sept. 12
Six employee forums will be held on Sept. 12 to update staff on new developments coming from the OneTeam enterprise discussions involving Deloitte consulting. The OneTeam initiative is looking to better integrate and coordinate the medical center’s clinical enterprise. Two forums will be held for physicians only: 7 a.m., Clarkson Tower, Lower Storz. 5 p.m., […]
Sep 5, 2013
Research funding during past month exceeds $2.8 million
Grants will study HIV, gout, cell signaling Twenty-six new research awards representing more than $2.8 million in new funding were received by College of Medicine faculty during the past month. They included: Howard Fox, M.D., Ph.D., pharmacology and experimental neuroscience, has received a National Institutes of Health U24 grant from the National Institutes of Mental […]
Sep 5, 2013
Industry-sponsored contracts
The following industry-sponsored contracts have been received. Here is more information on clinical trials enrolling patients at UNMC. James Gigantelli, M.D., ophthalmology and visual sciences, is the UNMC lead for a multi-center Phase III clinical trial to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of a novel protein therapy for the treatment of thyroid eye disease (TED). […]
Sep 5, 2013
UNMC ranked among world’s top 75 universities in clinical medicine/pharmacy
Rankings have been produced since 2003 by Shanghai University The University of Nebraska Medical Center is ranked among the top 75 universities in the world in clinical medicine and pharmacy according to rankings released last month by a leading Chinese university that has been ranking universities worldwide since 2003. "The rankings validate that UNMC is […]
Sep 4, 2013
Dr. Berg named director of maternal-fetal medicine
Teresa Berg, M.D., has been named the director for the division of maternal-fetal medicine in the department of obstetrics and gynecology. She takes over for Paul Tomich, M.D., who held the position for 11 years. “The division of maternal and fetal medicine is fortunate to have Dr. Berg as its new director,” said Carl Smith, […]
Sep 4, 2013
News Briefs
Ernest Prentice, Ph.D. Ernest Prentice, Ph.D., genetics, cell biology & anatomy and associate vice chancellor of academic affairs, was elected chair of the University of Miami (UM) Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) Executive Advisory Board (EAB). The CITI Program provides online research ethics education to UNMC and 2,000 other institutions, including 230 international sites in 42 […]
Sep 4, 2013
UNMC designated as endoscopic surgery testing center
UNMC is one of the first three centers in the country to be designated as a testing center for the Fundamentals of Endoscopic SurgeryTM (FES) program, a comprehensive educational and assessment tool designed to teach and evaluate the fundamental knowledge, clinical judgment and technical skills required in the performance of basic gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopic surgery (endoscopy).
Sep 4, 2013