Press Release
Report shows growth, but more efforts needed to build Nebraska’s rural health workforce
Study was commissioned and funded by UNMC’s Office of Rural Health Initiatives and Area Health Education Center Program
Jun 16, 2022
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UNMC and Nebraska Medicine receive $7 million to address diabetes across state
UNMC and Nebraska Medicine are launching a new statewide program with aims to lower the state’s rate of uncontrolled diabetes cases and to reduce the rate of diabetes progression among those who are prediabetic, especially in rural communities.
Jun 15, 2022
![Susan Burbach, right, a clinical research nurse coordinator in the UNMC Department of Internal Medicine Division of Diabetes, Endocrine and Metabolism, shares how to properly administer diabetes medication.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IMG_4618.jpg)
Scientists to hold public meeting to discuss AltEn Plant preliminary research findings
The preliminary studies by UNMC, UNL and Creighton University researchers include air, water and soil sampling; vegetation and wildlife sampling; and a survey of Mead-area residents.
Jun 15, 2022
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UNMC physician/researcher led latest COVID study that finds superior treatment
Results published in the prestigious Lancet journal
Jun 13, 2022
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UNMC sees continued success in ultra-long acting HIV medicines
Research findings were published today in Nature Communications.
Jun 9, 2022
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UNMC team invents way to alleviate anxiety for brain surgery
The procedure is used to alleviate the symptoms of diseases such as Parkinson’s, essential tremor, dystonia and other neurological conditions.
Jun 6, 2022
![Aviva Abosch, MD, PhD, chair of the UNMC Department of Neurosurgery wears the 3D printed replica next to the stereotactic head frame device used in surgery. The 3D device is used to simulate the wear of the stereotactic head frame, which stabilizes the patient's head during certain surgeries that require that the patient be awake.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Halo060322.jpg)
Partnership will advance new medical discoveries
Jun 2, 2022
![Ann Anderson Berry, MD, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/210929_Anderson_Berry_0728_compressed-e1682707315860.jpg)
Munroe-Meyer Guild’s Garden Walk set for June 12
Attendees will tour six Omaha area gardens during the rain-or-shine event, which raises funds to support the Munroe-Meyer Institute at UNMC.
May 31, 2022
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Golf’s global ambassador, Gary Player, and Berenberg, the world’s second oldest bank, reaffirm their commitment to fighting one of the deadliest known cancers
May 18, 2022
![Sunil Hingorani, MD, PhD, Gary Player and Jeffrey P. Gold, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/05_17_2022_GaryPlayerPresser047_1_.jpg)
Physicist group offers free, online mini-science fair May 13 to introduce youth to medical physics
Attendees will hear about the day in the life of a medical physicist and the exciting new tools developing to treat cancer, see a physics demonstration and get an opportunity to ask physicists questions.
May 5, 2022
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