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Mental health challenges of soldiers returning from war focus of March 8 conference
Mental health challenges of soldiers returning from war focus of March 8 conference “If I’m not exactly the same good old boy that you ran around with before, I just came back from a war.” – excerpt from the song “I Just Came Back from a War” by Darryl Worley Once the tears, the hugs, […]
Feb 22, 2007
UNMC’s Munroe-Meyer Institute using video games to help develop coordination
A video game that gets children off the couch and helps them develop balance coordination — what more could a parent ask for? Physical therapists at the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Munroe-Meyer Institute (MMI) are testing the use of a PlayStation®2 video game for enhancing balance and coordination in children. The research project […]
Feb 21, 2007
Buehler to step down as MMI director, UNMC pediatrics chairman
Bruce Buehler, M.D., the man whose leadership helped elevate the Munroe-Meyer Institute into one of the top programs in the country for genetics work and treating people with developmental disabilities, plans to step down from his dual role as MMI director and chairman of the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Department of Pediatrics on Oct. […]
Feb 15, 2007
UNMC’s College of Public Health names External Advisory Council
The newly formed College of Public Health at the University of Nebraska Medical Center has formed an External Advisory Committee made up of 34 people from around the state with public health expertise. “The committee will bring together a diverse group of people who will be able to provide critical input in helping […]
Feb 14, 2007
Local students make UNMC College of Nursing dean’s list
Students from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing were named to the deans list following the fall semester 2006. To qualify for the deans list, students must have a grade point average of 3.5 or above. The UNMC College of Nursing, based in Omaha, with divisions in Lincoln, Kearney and Scottsbluff, […]
Feb 12, 2007
UNMC researcher makes important discovery in cause of Alzheimer’s disease
Knowing the cause of any disease is the biggest boon to finding ways to fight and treat it. UNMC researcher, Tsuneya Ikezu, M.D., Ph.D., is trying to do just that in the case of Alzheimer’s disease. In an article published this month in The American Journal of Pathology, Dr. Ikezu and his team explain how […]
Feb 12, 2007
Keith Mueller, Ph.D., named associate dean for UNMC College of Public Health
One of the leading rural health policy experts in the country, Keith Mueller, Ph.D., has been named associate dean for academic affairs in the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s newly formed College of Public Health. The position is the second highest post in the college ranking only behind the dean. “Keith has an outstanding […]
Feb 2, 2007
Holdrege couple donates $200,000 for UNMC vision loss research
There was a time when Mary Pearson thought she would have to stand by and watch her husband Roy slowly lose his sight to macular degeneration. Then she learned she could do something about it. A federal law known as the Pension Protection Act was passed in August and allows people ages 70 ½ […]
Feb 2, 2007
Rita Snyder, Ph.D., associate professor, UNMC College of Nursing, has been appointed to a three-year term with the lead federal agency charged with improving the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care in the United States. Dr. Snyder, UNMC College of Nursing associate professor, was appointed to the Healthcare Quality and Effectiveness Research […]
Jan 31, 2007
UNMC symposium examines adults who survived childhood heart defects
Years ago, children with congenital heart defects often didn’t survive into adulthood. Now, with new pediatric surgical techniques perfected over the past 50 years, about 90 percent live to be adults. Despite corrective surgery, it is important for adults with congenital heart defects to have regular follow-up care with cardiologists familiar with the […]
Jan 31, 2007