Press Release
UNMC climbs in National Institutes of Health research funding
UNMC has been climbing in the research funding rankings of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The NIH is the primary federal agency for conducting and supporting medical research. Since the last federal fiscal year that ended September 2008, UNMC has received $46.4 million, or 12.9 percent more, from the NIH than the […]
Aug 14, 2009
193 University of Nebraska Medical Center students to receive diplomas Aug. 14
Diplomas will be conferred on 193University of Nebraska Medical Center students on Friday, Aug. 14. The following is a list of graduates by college, degree, and hometown. There are no formal ceremonies for summer graduation. UNMC School of Allied Health Professions Bachelor of Science in Clinical Laboratory Science Le Mars, IA – […]
Aug 11, 2009
National leader in educational innovation to be guest lecturer Aug. 21 at UNMC
Joanne Disch, Ph.D., of the University of Minnesota School of Nursing, will present the second annual Audrey Solberg Smith Distinguished Lectureship for Teaching Excellence on Friday, Aug. 21, from 9:30 to 11 a.m. (CDT). Dr. Disch is the Katherine R. and C. Walton Lillehei Chair in Nursing Leadership and is director of the Katharine J. […]
Aug 10, 2009
Trade Commission to investigate ‘knock-offs’ of UNMC creatine product
An investigation into nutraceutical products falsely advertised as containing raw creatine ethyl ester, a creatine pronutrient with increased solubility, was initiated earlier this summer in an effort to protect a University of Nebraska Medical Center invention and consumer confidence in a dietary supplement. UNMC is the owner and UNeMed Corporation is the exclusive sublicensee of […]
Aug 10, 2009
BURGER KING® Restaurants and the HAVE IT YOUR WAY® Foundation Support UNMC Eppley Cancer Center
For the sixth consecutive year, participating BURGER KING® restaurants in Omaha, Neb. and the surrounding areas will help raise money for pediatric cancer research at the UNMC Eppley Cancer Center. This year, 76 BURGER KING® restaurants in the greater Omaha and Des Moines area have teamed up with the HAVE IT YOUR WAY® Foundation […]
Aug 10, 2009
UNMC receives more than $3 million in Recovery Act funds
The University of Nebraska Medical Center has been awarded more than $3.1 million in Stimulus (American Recovery Act and Reinvestment) funding for biomedical research. A large number of other UNMC proposals are still pending. The award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will provide funding for up to 67 jobs within the […]
Aug 4, 2009
UNMC names new chairman for biochemistry and molecular biology
One of the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s top researchers, Surinder Batra, Ph.D., has been named chairman of the College of Medicine’s Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (BMB). Dr. Batra, who also serves as senior associate dean for research and development for the College of Medicine, succeeds Judith Christman, Ph.D., who has been chairwoman […]
Aug 3, 2009
UNMC research funding reaches major milestone of $100 million; increase of 22 percent
Research funding at the University of Nebraska Medical Center soared 22 percent to more than $100 million during the past fiscal year. More than $76 million of that funding came from federal sources. UNMC Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., said that UNMC’s net research funding support for fiscal year 2008-2009, was $100,474,000 – […]
Jul 31, 2009
21 Nebraska students participate in career workshop at UNMC
Twenty-one high school juniors and seniors from throughout Nebraska participated in the 2009 Summer Health Professions Career Workshop at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Applications come from across the state and students were selected to learn about health sciences and the health careers that are available to them. “We particularly like to expose […]
Jul 31, 2009
Learn to live longer, healthier despite genetics at Aug. 4 Science Café
Those who attend the next Omaha Science Café on Tuesday, Aug. 4, will learn how, despite their family genetics, they might slow or prevent disease through nutrition, supplements and lifestyle changes. Bruce Buehler, M.D., professor of pediatrics and director of the Research Advocacy Office at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, will present […]
Jul 29, 2009