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NU among top universities in earning patents

Report from the National Academy of Inventors and the Intellectual Property Owners Association puts NU among top 100 universities in the world.

Jul 11, 2019

Michael Dixon, Ph.D., president and CEO of UNeMed.

Pediatrician, former patient reunite to help at-risk youth

Kenneth Zoucha, M.D., and psychotherapist Laura Schutte-Lundy now are on the psychiatry team at med center.

Jul 9, 2019

From left, Kenneth Zoucha, M.D., and Laura Schutte-Lundy

For first time ever, researchers able to eliminate HIV from animal

UNMC, Temple collaborate on historic study detailed in Nature Communications.

Jul 3, 2019

Members of the UNMC research team included: Back row (left-right) - James Hilaire, Brady Sillman, Ph.D., Larisa Poluektova, M.D., Ph.D., Santhi Gorantla, Ph.D., Benson Edagwa, Ph.D., and Hang Su; Front row -- R. Lee Mosley, Ph.D., JoEllyn McMillan, Ph.D., Howard Gendelman, M.D., Prasanta Dash, Ph.D., Saumi Mathews, Ph.D., Mary Banoub, and Zhiyi Lin. Missing from photo - Aditya Bade, Ph.D. and Nagsen Gautam, Ph.D.

UNMC creates heart, vascular disease research center

Board of Regents approves new virtual center.

Jul 1, 2019

Merry Lindsey, Ph.D., chair of UNMC's Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology and founding director of the Center for Heart and Vascular Research.

Regents recognize two with named spaces in Davis Global Center

UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D., and Pamela Boyers, Ph.D., are honored by board.

Jul 1, 2019

From left: Pam Boyers, Ph.D., associate vice chancellor for clinical simulation and iEXCEL, and UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D.

Two new endowments benefit pediatric anesthesiologists

Lead gifts for four of the department’s five endowments were made by women anesthesiologists at UNMC.

Jun 28, 2019

Carol Lydiatt, M.D., donor and retired pediatric anesthesiologist, Mohanad Shukry, M.D., Ph.D., pediatric division chief, Jane Kugler, M.D., donor and pediatric anesthesiologist, and Steven J. Lisco, M.D., department chair, celebrate the announcement of Drs. Lydiatt and Kugler's endowed professorships that support pediatric faculty development.

UNMC researcher bridges antibiotic gap in major breakthrough

Gus Wang, Ph.D.,has published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States.

Jun 28, 2019

Gus Wang, Ph.D.

Dr. Ahmad named to study section for Center for Scientific Review

Iqbal Ahmad, Ph.D., will serve on the Diseases and Pathophysiology of the Visual System Study Section.

Jun 27, 2019

Iqbal Ahmad, Ph.D.

Reaching across borders to strengthen family medicine

Omaha campus recently hosted 10th annual U.S.-Sino Family Medicine Leadership Development Program.

Jun 26, 2019

Trainees from Shanghai community health service centers and the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Health worked with faculty and leadership of the UNMC Department of Family Medicine and the UNMC College of Medicine during the two-week event.

UNMC breaks ground on new welcome center

Wigton Heritage Center will celebrate and memorialize UNMC’s history.

Jun 25, 2019

It was a special day for the Wigton and Olson families, the two lead donors on the Wigton Heritage Center. From left-right - Judith Wigton, James Wigton, M.D., Deborah Wigton, Robert Wigton, M.D., and David Olson, M.D. The lead donors were Dr. Robert Wigton and the Leland J. and Dorothy H. Olson Charitable Foundation.