Press Release
UNMC programs are among nation’s best
The University of Nebraska Medical Center continues to be positioned among the nation’s top programs in the latest U.S.News & World Report’s rankings of the country’s graduate schools. The rankings, which are available on online and on newsstands, reflect UNMC’s longstanding hold in such program areas as primary care, rural health and physician assistant […]
Apr 4, 2008
Nursing alum Audrey Solberg “Solly” Smith establishes lectureship with gift
Audrey Solberg “Solly” Smith has donated a gift through the University of Nebraska Foundation that established the Audrey Solberg Smith Distinguished Lectureship for Teaching Excellence at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing. Smith, of Snohomish, Wash., graduated with a degree in nursing from the University of Nebraska School of Nursing in […]
Mar 25, 2008
Julie Vose, M.D., named to board of Nebraska Chapter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
The Nebraska Chapter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society recently named Julie Vose, M.D., to its board of trustees, a two-year term. Dr. Vose is the Neumann M. and Mildred E. Harris Professor, and chief of the section of hematology/oncology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. “Dr. Vose brings a high level of […]
Mar 21, 2008
115 UNMC senior medical students receive residency assignments
A total of 115 senior medical students at the University of Nebraska Medical Center have received their residency assignments through the National Resident Matching Program. A residency is a training program for newly-graduated physicians in the area of medicine of their choice. On March 20 at the same time, more than 15,000 U.S. medical school […]
Mar 20, 2008
Leading experts in behavioral, genetic and developmental medicine on April 4 and 5, will address the latest information, research and multidisciplinary insights on treating children with developmental disabilities. The symposium in downtown Omaha at the DoubleTree Hotel is sponsored by the Munroe-Meyer Institute at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. The conference is targeted […]
Mar 20, 2008
Linder family establishes Mary Ann Linder Memorial Nursing Scholarship for UNMC nursing students
An endowment has been established by James Linder, M.D., and his family, to benefit nursing students at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing. The Mary Ann Linder Memorial Nursing Scholarship was established in memory of Mary Ann Linder by her son James Linder, M.D., and her grandchildren, Emily, Kari and Eric Linder. […]
Mar 19, 2008
Dr. Steven Hinrichs named chairman of UNMC pathology and microbiology department
One of the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s most recognizable physicians, Steven Hinrichs, M.D., will soon take on a new challenge – chairman of the UNMC Department of Pathology and Microbiology. The appointment, which is effective July 1, was announced today by John Gollan, M.D., Ph.D., dean of the UNMC College of Medicine. Dr. […]
Mar 19, 2008
UNMC to participate in national study related to stroke
They’re called PFOs for short, but to most people they might as well be UFOs. PFO stands for Patent Foramen Ovale, which translated means “open hole (in the heart) shaped like an oval.” It is estimated that about 25 percent of all people have PFOs, but to the man on the street, it is […]
Mar 18, 2008
John J. Ratey, M.D., to be guest speaker for April 4 Denham Harman Lectureship
John J. Ratey, M.D., associate clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, will be the guest speaker April 4 at noon, for the 2008 Denham Harman, M.D., Ph.D., Lectureship in Biomedical Gerontology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. The event, which will be held in the Durham Research Center auditorium, is open […]
Mar 18, 2008
Educational women’s health care series focuses on every stage of life
The Olson Center for Women’s Health at the University of Nebraska Medical Center is offering a four-part educational series that will focus on different age groups and the health issues effecting these groups. Each session will provide education on current health issues, resources and services on the focused age group as well as a […]
Mar 17, 2008