Press Release
Hyperbaric medicine and its impact on traumatic brain injury focus of new clinical trial
The Hyperbaric Medicine Center at the Nebraska Medical Center is one of 11 units taking part in HOBIT trial
Aug 31, 2021
UNMC team confirms COVID-19’s airborne transmission in leading scientific journal
UNMC’s findings on airborne transmission have passed scientific peer review and been accepted for publication by Nature’s Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology.
Aug 26, 2021
COVID-19 Delta variant and myths surrounding the virus and vaccine highlight Aug. 30 Science Cafe
Speakers will discuss COVID-19 vaccine and virus myths and the recent surge in cases.
Aug 25, 2021
UNMC in Kearney to hold free sports physicals Sept. 11 for Special Olympics athletes
The health screenings allow athletes to be eligible to compete in 19 different sports that Special Olympics Nebraska offers year-round.
Aug 17, 2021
NU Board of Regents approve UNMC respiratory therapy program
New master’s program will address workforce needs
Aug 16, 2021
NIH grant to help migrant agricultural workers, families stay healthy
The team will work through the state of Nebraska Migrant Education Program to help migrant families in central Nebraska living primarily in Adams, Hall and Buffalo counties.
Aug 9, 2021
UNMC study sheds more light on COVID, lung disease
Using several UNMC bio-banks, researchers found that IL-33 was profoundly depleted – essentially absent – in the lungs of all eight COVID-19 patients who did not survive COVID-19.
Jul 30, 2021
UNMC researchers discover new, potential target for pancreatic cancer
“The ability to ‘turn on’ SIRT5 in pancreatic cancer cells inhibits tumor growth. Developing drugs that do this is the next step and will help diminish tumors in patients with low SIRT5 expression in the tumors.”
Jul 28, 2021
iEXCEL, Future Kings collaborate to expand STEM education for teens
iEXCEL at UNMC will bring virtual reality component to Future Kings’ established STEM programs for underserved, secondary students
Jul 20, 2021
Siobhan Wescott, MD, named endowed professor of American Indian health at UNMC
Dr. Wescott is the inaugural holder of the Dr. Susan and Susette (Inshata Theumba) LaFlesche Professorship in Public Health
Jul 15, 2021
