Press Release
Venture capital firm investing big bucks in tiny enzyme
A recently discovered brain-derived enzyme with big potential to treat Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease has led to the largest investment of venture capital funds to date obtained by the University of Nebraska Medical Center and its technology transfer company, UNeMed Corporation. NeuMedix Health Group (www.neumedix.com), a biotechnology venture capital firm based in […]
Jun 4, 2009
UNMC leadership team to visit 6 Nebraska communities June 8-9
Chancellor Harold M. Maurer M.D., and eight members of the UNMC leadership team, will visit six east-central and eastern Nebraska communities June 8 and 9. This is the seventh annual trip across Nebraska for the team. From Aurora, Grand Island and Kearney on June 8, to Hastings, Columbus and Blair on June 9, the group […]
Jun 3, 2009
Panhandle children to receive free dental care
Sixty students, dental faculty and staff from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry will travel 500 miles June 5-6 to serve the dental needs of 200 children in western Nebraska. This is the sixth year in which the dental college will travel across the state to offer dental services, at no […]
Jun 2, 2009
The National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) has named Rubens Pamies, M.D., vice chancellor for academic affairs at UNMC, to their nine-member executive committee of the governing board of the NBME. Dr. Pamies, who also serves as dean for graduate studies and professor of internal medicine at UNMC, has been involved with NBME activities since […]
Jun 1, 2009
Tickets still available for Cattlemen’s Ball on June 6 near Doniphan
DONIPHAN, NEBRASKA — As one of the state’s biggest fundraising events nears, tickets are still available for the 11th annual Cattlemen’s Ball on Saturday, June 6, near Doniphan, Neb. Top Hand tickets are $65 each and provide an assortment of activities, food and entertainment beginning at 1p.m. The ticket price includes: • A live […]
May 29, 2009
Dixon named president of UNMC’s technology transfer company
UNeMed Corporation, the technology transfer arm for the University of Nebraska Medical Center, has named Michael Dixon, Ph.D., as its new president. Dr. Dixon was named to the position by James Linder, M.D., who was president and CEO of UNeMed and who will continue to serve as CEO. “Michael brings to the […]
May 27, 2009
Houston physician named chairman of UNMC Department of Surgery
David W. Mercer, M.D., a Houston surgeon with Midwest ties, has been named chairman of the University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Surgery. The appointment, which was announced today by John Gollan, M.D., Ph.D., dean of the UNMC College of Medicine, is effective August 1, pending approval of the University of Nebraska Board of Regents.
May 19, 2009
Lymphoma survivor uses golf tourney to thank UNMC
Ray McDonald owes his life to the University of Nebraska Medical Center. And he’s doing his best to show his appreciation. Nearly eight years after undergoing an autologous peripheral stem cell transplant at UNMC’s hospital partner, The Nebraska Medical Center, for treatment of his non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, McDonald is hosting a golf tournament and barbecue in […]
May 19, 2009
UNMC College of Nursing Northern Division becomes a reality; governor approves state funding
The vision of Nebraska State Sen. Mike Flood of Norfolk, to ensure communities in northeast Nebraska have enough nurses to care for their residents, has passed a final hurdle. Today, Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman signed a bill that will fund a University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing Northern Division in Norfolk. The […]
May 19, 2009
McGoogan Library of Medicine announces first Davis lectureship May 21
We can learn a lot from the past. In fact, lessons learned from past scientists — whose significant discoveries led to new therapies and treatment of disease — can be valuable to those who work to confront modern disease. This idea is the foundation for the new Richard B. Davis, M.D., Ph.D., History of Medicine […]
May 14, 2009