Press Release

217 UNMC students to receive diplomas during commencement ceremonies

Diplomas will be conferred on 217 UNMC students during ceremonies next week in Omaha.

Dec 10, 2012

Nobel Prize winning scientist, Stanley Prusiner, M.D., to speak at UNMC Dec. 13

Will deliver lecture titled, “Brain Injuries: Soldiers, Football Players and Alzheimer’s Victims”

Dec 7, 2012

American College of Medical Informatics names Dr. Campbell a fellow

Prestigious appointment recognizes his pioneering work in electronic health records

Dec 6, 2012

James Campbell, M.D.

UNMC obesity expert recognized for school design that promotes healthy eating

Receives architectural award in Virginia last month

Dec 5, 2012

Terry Huang, Ph.D.

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.