Press Release
March 7-13 World Glaucoma Week encourages screening to save sight
If anyone needs a reason to get screened for glaucoma, they should talk to Hoyt Brewster. He didn’t notice he was losing his peripheral vision. He was always bumping into things and banging his head. The slow progression is why most people don’t realize they have the disease. Brewster’s advice: get screened […]
Mar 4, 2010
UNMC taking part in final phase of national nicotine vaccine study
The University of Nebraska Medical Center is one of about 20 centers around the country that will involve 1,000 people in the last test phase of NicVax, a nicotine vaccine made by Nabi Biopharmaceuticals. If the study is successful, the company will seek approval from the Food and Drug Administration to market the vaccine. The […]
Mar 2, 2010
UNMC takes next step in developing Parkinson’s disease vaccine
Researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center have taken a significant step forward in developing a vaccination approach to reverse the neurological damage seen with Parkinson’s disease. The findings appear in the March 1 issue of the Journal of Immunology, a leading scientific journal in the field of immunology. The cause of Parkinson’s […]
Mar 1, 2010
UNMC researchers say common farm chemicals may pose risk for thyroid disease
A recent University of Nebraska Medical Center research study has found that farm women who work with common pesticides have a greater risk of thyroid disease. UNMC researchers found 12.5 percent of the women had thyroid disease compared to 1 to 8 percent in the general population. They evaluated data of 16,529 women married […]
Feb 26, 2010
UNMC College of Pharmacy students earn dean’s list honors
Students from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy were named to the fall 2009 dean’s list. To qualify for the dean’s list, students must place in the top 20 percent of their class and maintain a grade point average of 3.5 or above. The students and their hometowns are listed […]
Feb 25, 2010
UNMC researcher elected to U.S. National Committee on Crystallography
Gloria Borgstahl, Ph.D., a professor in the Eppley Institute at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, has been elected to a three-year term on the U.S. National Committee for Crystallography (USNC/Cr). The USNC/Cr represents U.S. crystallographers in the International Union of Crystallography through the National Academy of Sciences. Crystallographers work in many areas including: […]
Feb 25, 2010
Fellows from the Nebraska LEAD (Leadership Education/Action Development) program came to the University of Nebraska Medical Center Feb. 19 and 20 to learn more about UNMC’s programs, outreach and educational efforts. The Nebraska LEAD Program is a statewide agricultural leadership development program designed to increase knowledge and understanding of economics and social changes affecting […]
Feb 23, 2010
‘The Science of Beer’ to be topic of March 2 Omaha Science Café
The next Omaha Science Café will focus on the science behind brewing and distilling. Zac Triemert will be the featured speaker on Tuesday, March 2, from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Slowdown, 729 N. 14th St. His talk will focus on the science of brewing and distilling. Triemert is co-president of Lucky […]
Feb 22, 2010
UNMC College of Dentistry professor explores dental management of sleep disorders
During the past several years there has been an increasing involvement of dentistry as part of the management team approach to sleep disorders, particularly sleep-related breathing disorders (SRBD). Ronald Attanasio, D.D.S., a professor in the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry’s Department of Adult Restorative Dentistry and director of the Temporomandibular Disorder […]
Feb 19, 2010
UNMC College of Medicine dean to step down
John Gollan, M.D., Ph.D., dean of the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine for nearly seven years, will step down as dean effective June 30 and return to a faculty post in the department of internal medicine as Stokes-Shackleford Professor. The announcement was made this week by UNMC Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., […]
Feb 19, 2010