Press Release
UNMC researchers address apathy in patients with Alzheimer’s disease or chronic conditions such as diabetes and obesity
It’s easy to be apathetic. It’s something we all experience. Some days we just wake up and have no motivation. Nothing seems to matter. However, in some chronic diseases apathy turns into a clinical syndrome characterized by poor initiation, loss of motivation, indifference and lack of persistence. Apathy syndrome impairs self-management behaviors, leads to […]
Feb 13, 2009
Dr. Howard Gendelman named 2008 Scientist Laureate for UNMC
Howard Gendelman, M.D., professor and chairman of the department of pharmacology and experimental neuroscience (PEN), has been selected as the 2008 Scientist Laureate at the University of Nebraska Medical Center for his outstanding work in battling neurodegenerative and infectious diseases. Scientist Laureate is the highest recognition given to a UNMC investigator. Dr. Gendelman is just […]
Feb 12, 2009
Walk and Roll for Disabilities set for Feb. 22
When Sarah Gardels was asked to write down how long she’d been participating in programs at the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Munroe-Meyer Institute, she penciled in ‘100 years.’ For as long as the 25-year-old can remember, she’s been coming and going under the yellow awning that is synonymous with MMI. First it was […]
Feb 10, 2009
Highly-trained MS specialist joins UNMC
The University of Nebraska Medical Center furthered its commitment to improving the care of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) with the hiring of Rana Zabad, M.D., the first fellowship-trained MS neurologist to practice in the state of Nebraska. Dr. Zabad will serve as assistant professor and director of the multiple sclerosis program in the UNMC […]
Feb 9, 2009
UNMC professor featured in Discovery Channel documentary
What began as a graduate project has catapulted Kendra Schmid, Ph.D., assistant professor of biostatics in the College of Public Health, onto the international stage as an expert in facial attractiveness. This weekend, she will be part of a two-hour documentary on the Discovery Channel titled, "The Science of Sex Appeal." It airs Sunday, Feb. […]
Feb 6, 2009
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 2008 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 3, 2009
UNMC College of Dentistry to provide $100,000 in services during one-day Children’s Dental Day event Friday, Feb. 6
Feb. 2, 2009 Contact: Lisa Spellman, UNMC Public Relations, (402) 559-4693, lspellman@unmc.edu News releases are archived on the UNMC Web site at: https://app1.unmc.edu/publicaffairs/newsarchive/releases.cfm Every year 500 Nebraska children receive dental care during Children’s Dental Day events held by the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry. Dental care that they otherwise would not […]
Feb 2, 2009
UNMC physician elected president of prestigious national organization
Mark Rupp, M.D., professor of infectious diseases in the department of internal medicine at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, has been elected president of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA). The one-year appointment was effective Jan. 1. Dr. Rupp, who has been at UNMC since 1992, has previously served SHEA as an […]
Jan 30, 2009
UNMC testing 2 treatments to improve symptoms of lung disease in current, former smokers
She’s been smoking for more than 50 years, but even at 68 years old, Pam Reed, of Beatrice, wants to quit. She quit once for about two years, but then she said she made a big mistake and picked up a cigarette thinking she could smoke just one. She was hooked again. […]
Jan 27, 2009
139 new UNMC nursing students participate in White Coat ceremonies
The UNMC College of Nursing held its Nightingale White Coat Ceremony at its locations in Omaha, Lincoln, Kearney and Scottsbluff to recognize new students in nursing. During the ceremony, 139 nursing students recited an oath of professionalism and signed a pledge. Donations from UNMC alumni helped pay for the white coats students received, and […]
Jan 26, 2009