Press Release
Northeast Community College, UNMC open doors of new facility for nursing students in Norfolk
(NORFOLK, Neb.) – What started as a vision by a young Nebraska state senator is now a multi-million dollar facility on the Northeast Community College campus and the new home to a unique educational partnership between Northeast and the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing. The J. Paul and Eleanor McIntosh […]
Aug 11, 2010
UNMC, UNL researchers team in developing improved diagnostic test for TB
Cheaper, quicker, more accurate test holds great promise Hendrik Viljoen, Ph.D., didn’t plan to tackle one of the world’s deadliest bacteria. He was, after all, an engineer, not a clinical researcher. But, Dr. Viljoen has developed new technologies that have the potential to diagnose tuberculosis (TB) in the developing world more quickly and more […]
Aug 10, 2010
21 Nebraska students participate in career workshop at UNMC
The bugs that were visible in the pond water were nothing compared to what Amber Stice could see through the microscope. “There’s a whole world in there,” Stice said. Poppe was one of 21 high school juniors and seniors who spent Aug. 3-6 at the University of Nebraska Medical Center participating in the […]
Aug 10, 2010
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation reauthorizes funding for special program at UNMC
Program assists disadvantaged and rural students wanting to go to medical school or dental school The first time University of Nebraska Medical Center family medicine faculty member Tina Flores, M.D., saw a cadaver, it was as a student in a program similar to UNMC’s Summer Medical and Dental Education Program (SMDEP). Underrepresented, disadvantaged and […]
Aug 2, 2010
Loomis to lead epidemiology department in UNMC College of Public Health
Brings more than 20 years of experience in academic public health Dana Loomis, Ph.D., has been named chairman of the epidemiology department in the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Public Health. He was formerly the director of the School of Community Health Sciences at the University of Nevada-Reno. "Dr. Loomis has authored […]
Jul 30, 2010
Lifetime of memories will live on through research endowment
Inspired by his late wife’s battle with pancreatic cancer, a Lincoln man has created a $58,000 endowment through the University of Nebraska Foundation to be used for pancreatic cancer research. The endowment was established by Jerry Varner, a part-time professor and alumnus of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Varner’s wife, Carolynn “Carrie,” died last April. […]
Jul 30, 2010
UNMC opens new center to help seniors age successfully
Successful aging is about living where you want to live, doing what you want to do and enjoying a full life. It’s about preventing future illness and improving quality of life with small changes that bring big rewards. The Home Instead Center for Successful Aging at the University of Nebraska Medical Center offers this and […]
Jul 29, 2010
Science Café to explore problems of preterm births
Nebraska needs to look for ways to reduce preterm births and improve outcomes It’s estimated that preterm births cost society more than $26.2 billion per year. It’s a huge problem and lowering the number of preterm births is certainly a major goal that health professionals are striving to achieve. A preterm birth is considered […]
Jul 29, 2010
Research funding at UNMC climbs to record $115 million
Despite difficult economic times, UNMC records 15 percent increase over previous high Research at the University of Nebraska Medical Center continues to climb as researchers brought in more than $115 million during the 2009-10 fiscal year, a nearly 15 percent increase from last year’s total of $100 million. “Even in these difficult economic times, […]
Jul 27, 2010
Unique UNMC art project featured in British medical journal
Portraits demonstrate the strong relationships formed between patients and caregivers A unique art project involving patients and caregivers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center was the featured cover story for the current issue of a British medical journal. "Portraits of care, medical research through portraiture" was the lead article in the British Medical […]
Jul 23, 2010