Press Release
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
Public invited to Dec. 18 Pfizer speech on drug development
UNeMed, the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s technology licensing arm, is hosting a talk Dec. 18 on drug development featuring Christine Smith, a vice president of Pfizer, Inc. The talk, which is geared towards researchers and health professionals, also is open to those in the public interested in learning about Pfizer’s drug development […]
Dec 15, 2008
Prostate cancer prevention study shows no benefit from selenium and vitamin E supplements
Data from the Selenium and Vitamin E Cancer Prevention Trial (SELECT), funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and carried out by the Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG) at more than 400 sites in the United States, Puerto Rico, and Canada, show that selenium and vitamin E supplements, taken either alone or together, did not prevent […]
Dec 12, 2008
UNMC apathy study funded by Alzheimer’s Association
Prasad Padala, M.D., assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and a staff psychiatrist at the VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System, has received a New Investigator Research Grant from the Alzheimer’s Association, the leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer care, support and research. The two-year $98,690 grant that begins Jan. […]
Dec 9, 2008
Griswold woman helps meet caffeine needs at UNMC
Weekdays start at 4:15 a.m. for Nicole Johnson, the lead barista at the coffee cart near the gift shop on the second floor of the Durham Outpatient Center at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. That’s when Johnson wakes up and gets ready for her day at the medical center, which is about a 45-minute […]
Dec 9, 2008