InterCOM

Tickets for Grant Imahara released March 2

Imahara will headline this year’s Nebraska Science Festival on April 5.

Feb 28, 2019

Grant Imahara

UNMC grad student selected as Early-career Hill Day participant

This marks second straight year she has been selected to participate in event which connects her to members of Congress and their staffs.

Feb 27, 2019

Kimiko Krieger

Chancellor: ‘UNMC must keep growing’

Dr. Gold calls university’s mission “critically important to the economic prosperity of the state.”

Feb 27, 2019

Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D., addresses the UNMC community Monday at a forum.

Dr. Vose to be inducted as fellow of Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

Chief of UNMC/Nebraska Medicine division of oncology/hematology will be inducted into prestigious organization in June.

Feb 27, 2019

Julie Vose, M.D.

University of Nebraska’s budget hearing is March 4

Members of the university community and public are welcome at the hearing.

Feb 27, 2019

(Photo by Mawhamba.net/Wikimedia Commons)

Research highlights

College of Medicine investigators bring in 29 research grants for nearly $6 million in new funding.

Feb 27, 2019

Babu Padanilam, PhD, cellular & integrative physiology, received a $425,000 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health.

Program aims to streamline prior authorizations

Stephen Salzbrenner, M.D., created Breezmed, a program which solves many of the problems patients deal with when it comes to prior authorizations.

Feb 27, 2019

Stephen Salzbrenner, M.D., discusses his new Breezmed program with the UNMC Department of Psychiatry Leadership Team. Dr. Salzbrenner recently received a $75,000 prototype grant to create the software, which is designed to help patients, providers and pharmacies deal with prior authorization forms.

News briefs

Drs. O’Dell and Paulman honored as Educators Laureate, the top honor given to UNMC academicians

Feb 26, 2019

From left, 2018-19 Varner Educator Laureate James O'Dell, M.D., 2017-18 Varner Educator Laureate Karen Honeycutt, Jerald Varner, Ph.D., and 2018-19 Varner Educator Laureate Paul Paulman, M.D.

Walk and Roll for Disabilities to be held March 3 at Oak View Mall

Proceeds benefit Munroe-Meyer Institute programs for adults with developmental disabilities

Feb 26, 2019

The Walk and Roll for Disabilities benefits the adult recreational program at UNMC's Munroe-Meyer Institute.

COM student of the month

Second-year medical student loves traveling abroad, doing reviews of businesses and running long distances

Feb 26, 2019