Press Release
UNMC opens new office to provide assistance to clinical study participants
In an effort to make clinical research trials more comfortable for participants, the University of Nebraska Medical Center has created a Research Subject Advocate office (RSA). The new office will be headed by Bruce Buehler, M.D., former director of UNMC’s Munroe-Meyer Institute and chairman of the department of pediatrics, and Deb Meyer, a research nurse […]
Jan 16, 2009
A University of Nebraska Medical Center researcher, Duygu Dee Harrison-Findik, Ph.D., has received a five-year, $1.1 million research grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study the regulation of iron metabolism in alcoholic liver disease. Iron is essential to the body, as it is an oxygen-carrying mineral that boosts a person’s immune system, […]
Jan 15, 2009
A team of University of Nebraska Medical Center researchers has found that a naturally-occurring enzyme in the human brain can reduce the effects of oxidative stress on brain cells. Oxidative stress is the key factor in damage caused by epilepsy, stroke, dementia and ocular diseases. In laboratory studies on brain cells, the enzyme — known […]
Jan 13, 2009
Warren Buffett contributes autographed boots to Cattlemen’s Ball auction
GRAND ISLAND, Neb. – The Cattlemen’s Ball of Nebraska got an unexpected boost — and some unexpected boots — this week for its upcoming "Famous Boots Auction" thanks to Omaha billionaire Warren Buffett. Buffett, chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., autographed a pair of cowboy boots donated by The Boot Rack in Albion, Neb., and Justin […]
Jan 7, 2009
Columnist Janice Gilmore to speak at UNMC/Nebraska Medical Center Martin Luther King Jr. Day event
Omaha World-Herald columnist Janice Gilmore will deliver a commemorative address on the UNMC campus on Monday, Jan. 19 to honor slain civil rights leader, Martin Luther King, Jr. Gilmore’s speech, which is sponsored by UNMC and The Nebraska Medical Center, will be in the Truhlsen Campus Events Center on the first floor of the Sorrell […]
Jan 6, 2009
New invention brings success to lifestyle behavior modification
It’s that time of year again — the dreaded New Year’s resolution. Will you have success this year? A group of inventors at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and its hospital partner, The Nebraska Medical Center, have developed a new tool to help you reach your goals. The tool is called the A-Wrist-A-Trac. A-Wrist-A-Trac is a […]
Jan 6, 2009
American Association for the Advancement of Science honors UNMC’s Denham Harman, M.D., Ph.D.
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Washington D.C., has honored Denham Harman, M.D., Ph.D., ofthe University of Nebraska Medical Center, as an AAAS fellow. Election as a fellow is an honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers for their efforts to advance science. Dr. Harman is the Emeritus […]
Dec 19, 2008
UNMC College of Nursing researchers find ways to improve sleep during breast cancer treatment
For most women undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer, fatigue affects the ability to be the kind of wife, mother and employee they want to be. Some women are so affected by fatigue during therapy that they decide to end cancer treatment. “We know how to treat the pain and nausea of cancer treatment, but fatigue […]
Dec 18, 2008
UNMC takes steps to improve science literacy in Nebraska
The U.S. Department of Education released a report earlier this year that showed science literacy levels among American students were lower than they are among students in many other countries. Meanwhile, science and technology continue to take on larger roles in the lives of all Americans. And on the horizon looms an aging population that […]
Dec 17, 2008
365 UNMC students to receive diplomas this week during commencement ceremonies
Diplomas will be conferred on 365 University of Nebraska Medical Center students during ceremonies this week in Kearney, Lincoln, Omaha and Scottsbluff. In Omaha, a ceremony will be held Friday, Dec. 19, at 2 p.m., at the Witherspoon Concert Hall in the Joslyn Art Museum, for students graduating from the School of Allied Health Professions, […]
Dec 15, 2008