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Creation of Division of Allergy and Immunology reflects growing demand

Creation of new division demonstrates growing demand for patient services in allergy and immunology.

Jan 4, 2020

Jill Poole, MD (second from left), has been named chief of the newly created Division of Allergy and Immunology. Other physicians in the division (from left-right) are Sara May, MD, Joel Van De Graaf, MD, and Andrew Rorie, MD.

Research highlights

College of Medicine faculty bring in 41 grants for nearly $10 million in new research funding.

Jan 4, 2020

Kai Fu, MD, PhD, received a $614,000 grant from the U.S. Army to investigate new therapies for a type of lymphoma.

COM resident program director of the month

General surgery residency program director loves watching residents mature over course of 5-7 year training program.

Jan 4, 2020

COM resident of the month

After 13 years at UNMC, Gautam Halhotra, MD, PhD, is wrapping up his general surgery training this year.

Jan 4, 2020

Featured videos

Ask UNMC Chris Kratochvil, MD, associate vice chancellor for clinical research, talks about the medications used in clinical trials and FDA approval. Watch video   Nebraska Medicine video Two years after treatment, cancer patient returns After traditional therapies weren’t effective, lymphoma patient Nick Howe was one of our first patients to take part in a […]

Jan 4, 2020

Chris Kratochvil, MD, discusses the importance of clinical trials on "Ask UNMC" segment.

COM employee of the month

Office associate and medical student coordinator for the Department of Anesthesiology loves working with students.

Jan 4, 2020

COM student of the month

First-year medical student was member of UNL men’s gymnastics team.

Jan 4, 2020

News briefs

Sam Cohen, MD, PhD, will be inducted as fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science on Feb. 15 in Seattle.

Jan 4, 2020

Sam Cohen, MD, PhD

New faculty

Nine new faculty members have joined UNMC College of Medicine including one associate professor, four assistant professors and four instructors.

Jan 4, 2020

Kristie Hayes, MD, is associate professor in UNMC Department of Dermatology.

Coming events

For the 10th consecutive year, the UNMC Skate-a-thon for Parkinson’s will be held at UNMC Ice Rink. This year’s 24-hour event begins at 2 p.m. on Jan. 24 and concludes at 2 p.m. on Jan. 25.

Jan 4, 2020

The UNMC Skate-a-thon for Parkinson's has raised more than $210,000 over the past nine years.