Munroe-Meyer Institute

App recognizes fetal alcohol spectrum disorders

Munroe-Meyer Institute’s Omar Rahman, M.D., helped biotech company FDNA, Inc., train artificial intelligence software.

Dec 21, 2017

Omar Rahman, M.D.

MMI’s Kruger sees Gold U as a team award

Physical therapist found a home at UNMC’s Munroe-Meyer Institute.

Dec 13, 2017

Ann Kruger

Drs. Mirnics, Korade collaborate on recently published study

Two common mental illness meds could pose health risk for individuals with defective gene

Dec 12, 2017

Zeljka Korade, D.V.M., Ph.D., and Karoly Mirnics, M.D., Ph.D.

Dr. Corr’s mandate: Reach out, expand services

MMI’s new director of adult programming for physical therapy aims to grow and strengthen institute efforts.

Dec 12, 2017

Brad Corr, D.P.T.

Project SEARCH intern has big impact on med center

Mike Lentz, known for his positive attitude, gets support from friends, co-workers in cancer fight.

Dec 12, 2017

Mike Lentz

Music as Medicine series continues today

Omaha North High School Choir will perform on campus at noon.

Dec 7, 2017

Women Investing in Nebraska invest in Munroe-Meyer Institute (UCEDD/LEND)

An $85,000 grant from Women Investing in Nebraska (WIN) will boost efforts to help infants who spent time in a neonatal intensive care unit get needed medical assessment and treatment through the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Munroe-Meyer Institute (MMI).

Nov 16, 2017

Time out with T.O. – One neuron at a time

Nebraska Neuroscience Alliance (NNA) annual dinner recognized Omaha Performing Arts President Joan Squires.

Nov 13, 2017

Attendees at the Nebraska Neuroscience Alliance dinner included (left-right): Karoly Mirnics, M.D., Ph.D., Sean Joseph, Ph.D., California Institute for Biomedical Research, Serge Przedborski, M.D., Ph.D., Columbia University Institute for Genomic Medicine, Howard Gendelman, M.D., Joan Squires, Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D., and Chris Kratochvil, M.D. Drs. Joseph and Przedborski both spoke at the event, while Squires received an award for her neuroscience advocacy.

UNMC Reports Breakthrough In Treatment For Brain Disorders

The Medical Center says neuroscience professor Woo-Yang Kim and his team at the Munroe-Meyer Institute, involved researchers from the university and Creighton University in an exploration of genetic mutations of certain neurons in the brain.

Nov 13, 2017

Research may impact treatment of autism, intellectual disabilities

The Munroe-Meyer Institute’s Woo-Yang Kim, Ph.D., and his team have findings published in Nature Neuroscience.

Nov 10, 2017

Woo-Yang Kim, Ph.D.