InterCOM
Resident A.J. Spanel, MD, shares a memoir of the COVID-19 pandemic.
May 27, 2021
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![Karim El-Kersh, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/El_Kersh052121.jpg)
Olivia Sonderman is a May graduate from the UNMC College of Medicine.
May 26, 2021
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Resident program director of the month
Shannon Lynch, MD, is the residency program director for ophthalmology.
May 26, 2021
![Shannon Lynch, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Lynch052121.jpg)
Untraditional, but memorable — college held in-person convocation with safety measures in place.
May 26, 2021
![Convocation drew about 120 medical students -- now MDs -- and their guests, all masked with appropriate social distancing.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Convo052521.jpg)
Immune transformation shows promise for Parkinson’s disease, and other stories from UNMC Today you may have missed.
May 26, 2021
![From left, the research team included Howard Gendelman, MD, Pamela Santamaria, MD, R. Lee Mosley, PhD, and Katherine Olson, PhD, released a paper showing the promising effects of immunes transportation on Parkinson's disease.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/GendLab052121.jpg)
A message from the dean: A time of many transitions
June is a time of transition for residents and fellows — and medical education is facing a transition of its own.
May 26, 2021
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Annie Heenan, MD, is a resident in the Med-Peds program.
May 26, 2021
![Annie Heenan, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Heenan052021.jpg)
Rob Hansen is a research grants administrator in the College of Medicine.
May 26, 2021
![Rob Hansen](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Hansen052121.jpg)
The UNMC College of Medicine received grant and funding awards representing $5,357,140 in new funding in March.
May 26, 2021
![Irving R. Zucker, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Zucker052121.jpg)