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Dr. Cates named vice chair of clinical services for psychiatry
David Cates, Ph.D., also serves as Nebraska Medicine’s director of behavioral health.
Aug 19, 2019
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Susan Fritz, Ph.D., installed as interim NU president
Dr. Fritz is the first woman to lead the University of Nebraska system.
Aug 19, 2019
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Nebraska Medical Center earns chest pain award
The work of the chest pain team recently was featured in an Omaha World-Herald column.
Aug 15, 2019
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State, UNMC leaders announce addiction fellowship
Program aims to provide patients and families access to addiction treatment training specialists across the state.
Aug 14, 2019
![From left, UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D., Ken Zoucha, M.D., associate professor of psychiatry and director of the addiction division at UNMC, Gov. Pete Ricketts and Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson at Monday's press conference.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Addiction0814.jpg)
Genome editing recipe published in Nature Protocols
Paper explains how to more easily create genetically engineered mice.
Aug 7, 2019
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Fight to prevent spread of deadly fungal infection
CBS News featured med center’s Mark Rupp, M.D., as it explored the easy-to-spread Candida auris fungus.
Aug 6, 2019
![Mark Rupp, M.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Rupp0303.jpg)
Davis Global Center opening in several months
Dr. Edwin G. & Dorothy Balbach Davis Global Center will open in mid-fall.
Aug 6, 2019
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Omaha startup company receives $750,000 matching federal grant
Project will form university/community partnership to develop medical device pipeline
Aug 1, 2019
![Rod Markin, M.D., Ph.D. (left), and Joe Runge head the leadership team for UNeTech.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/MarkinRunge.jpg)
UNMC receives $3.7 million grant to address shortage of geriatricians
By 2025, an estimated deficit of 27,000 geriatricians will affect baby boomers.
Jul 23, 2019
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Wigton Heritage Center will be a transformational gathering place on the UNMC campus
Jul 23, 2019
![Robert Wigton, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Wigton1.jpg)