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Study reveals dramatic shortage of primary care physicians in rural Nebraska
A University of Nebraska Medical Center study has found that Nebraska is woefully lacking in primary care physicians across the state. The shortage is even more dramatic in rural parts of the state. “The number of primary care physicians in Nebraska is 30 percent lower than previously reported by the American Medical Association (AMA) and […]
Dec 3, 2012
UNMC researchers receive grant to study genetic risk for nicotine dependence
Study will look at whether personalized genetic information on nicotine addiction will influence smokers’ attitude towards smoking and quitting.
Nov 29, 2012
Dec. 4 Science Cafe to focus on medical physics
The physics of radiation and its role in our lives is the focus of the next Omaha Science Café at 7 p.m., Dec. 4 at the Slowdown, 729 N. 14th St. Brian Hill, a medical physicist, will give a brief overview of medical physics and the process of radiation therapy, and the role that technology […]
Nov 27, 2012
UNMC public ice skating rink to open Nov. 27
The outdoor public skating rink will open on Tuesday, Nov. 27, and be open through March 1.
Nov 16, 2012
Pain medication addiction reaching epidemic level in Nebraska
Hydrocodone was most prescribed drug in America in 2011
Nov 16, 2012
![Aly Hassan, M.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Hassan.jpg)
Great Plains Public Health Leadership Institute graduates 7th class
New class of 20 scholars welcomed
Nov 15, 2012
Explore public health career choices during UNMC open house Nov. 30
Prospective students will have the opportunity to meet with public health leadership, faculty, researchers and current students.
Nov 14, 2012
UNMC College of Public Health dean elected to prestigious national board
One of 24 members on American Public Health Association Executive Board
Nov 14, 2012
![Ayman El-Mohandes, M.B.B.Ch., M.D., M.P.H.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/DeanAymanEl-Mohandes_c-001.jpg)
Quan Dong Nguyen, Johns Hopkins physician, named chairman of UNMC ophthalmology
Will serve as director of soon-to-be-completed Truhlsen Eye Institute
Nov 12, 2012
![Quan Dong Nguyen, M.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/QD-Nguyen.jpg)
Week of Nov. 11-17 proclaimed to celebrate Nebraska’s 837 nurse practitioners
Gov. Dave Heineman has designated Nov. 11-17 as Nurse Practitioner (NP) week in Nebraska to recognize the 837 nurse practitioners licensed in Nebraska.
Nov 9, 2012