Press Release
Health care providers and first-responders across Nebraska are invited to attend a two-day bioterrorism symposium in Kearney May 24 and 25, at the Kearney Holiday Inn, 110 Second Avenue. Target audience of the symposium are emergency medical technicians, nurses, physicians, and laboratory, infection control, public health, and allied health professionals. Cost is $15 per […]
May 13, 2005
UNMC College of Dentistry Blankets Panhandle with Expanded Children’s Dental Day Event June 3, 4
The University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry and the communities of Alliance and Sidney will provide free oral health care and dental education in rural Nebraska June 3 and 4. This is the second time the College of Dentistry has taken its services to rural Nebraska. More than 150 children from a […]
May 12, 2005
Five faculty members receive annual awards at UNMC
Five faculty members at the University of Nebraska Medical Center recently were honored for their teaching, mentoring and community service. The faculty members received their awards during the Annual Faculty Meeting in the Durham Research Center’s Scott Auditorium at UNMC. Faculty members who have served 30, 20 and 10 years at UNMC also were recognized. […]
May 6, 2005
Nebraskans for Research to honor UNMC diabetes research advocates on May 9
Rik and Shannon Bonness are reminded of the importance of medical research each time they look at their sons, who have battled juvenile diabetes for years. On Monday, May 9, Nebraskans for Research will honor the Omaha couple for being champions of life-saving medical research nationally and locally, including at the University of Nebraska […]
May 6, 2005
UNMC College of Dentistry Offers Free Seminar to Dentists and Dental Hygienists
The University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry is offering a free seminar to dentists and dental hygienists May 9 through 12. The 18th Annual Continuing Education Caravan will provide professionals updates in dentistry. Those who attend also will receive 3.5 hours of free continuing dental education credit. The caravan will stop at Mahoney […]
May 5, 2005
The first class of dental hygiene students at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry West Division will graduate May 7. The graduation will take place at 5 p.m. in the auditorium of the UNMC College of Nursing West Division, 4502 Avenue I, in Scottsbluff. Graduating are Kelsey Dorsey, of Arcadia; […]
May 5, 2005
Fourth Annual Munroe-Meyer Institute Arts for Hearts Show and Silent Auction May 11-12
The Munroe-Meyer Institute’s Recreation Therapy Program (MMIRTP) provides some of Nebraska’s most creative, educational and fun-filled opportunities available for children, youth and adults with developmental disabilities. One of the annual projects to help support those opportunities is the Arts for Hearts Art Show and Silent Auction. Sponsored by the C. Louis Meyer Foundation, this is […]
May 5, 2005
Nebraska adds chemical terrorism preparedness lab to anti-terrorism effort
The state has added another asset to protect Nebraskans in the event of a terrorist attack. In addition to bioterrorism, the Nebraska Public Health Laboratory (NPHL) has a chemical terrorism preparedness laboratory that can rapidly detect and analyze agents that may be used in a chemical terrorist attack. The lab, which is located at […]
May 4, 2005
Pancreatic cancer is the most lethal cancer on earth. The number of new cases per year roughly equals the number of deaths per year. Of the 30,000 Americans who discover they have pancreatic cancer in 2005, greater than 95 percent will die within a few years of diagnosis. These grim statistics discourage most clinicians […]
May 4, 2005
UNMC researchers receive Alzheimer’s research awards
Two University of Nebraska Medical Center researchers were honored April 25 with Alzheimer’s research awards established by the late Col. Barney Oldfield. Daniel Murman, M.D., associate professor in UNMC’s Department of Neurological Sciences, received the seventh Vada Kinman Oldfield Alzheimer’s Research Fund Award, which is given annually to an individual with a promising new […]
May 4, 2005