Press Release
The University of Nebraska Medical Center has awarded 27 small community grants to fund projects aimed at improving community health and introducing Nebraska youth to health care careers. The grants were awarded through UNMC’s Rural Health Education Network (RHEN) Office, the Central Nebraska Area Health Education Center (CN-AHEC), and the Northern Nebraska Area Health Education […]
Apr 8, 2005
They asked their family and friends for help in raising $1,000. They’ve raised more than $5,352.20 and donations are still coming in. This Sunday, Brian Brownrigg, his sister Kate Brownrigg, and cousin, Carolyn McMannama, will run their first marathons — 26.2 miles — in the Spirit of St. Louis Marathon in St. Louis, Mo. […]
Apr 7, 2005
Smith to receive inaugural Sparks Award for public health excellence
A longtime leader in Nebraska public health will receive the first Robert D. Sparks, M.D., Award in Public Health and Preventive Medicine at the University of Nebraska’s inaugural Public Health Day on Thursday, April 7. Philip Smith, M.D., chief of infectious diseases at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, will receive the Sparks awards, […]
Apr 6, 2005
UNMC graduate programs advance in national rankings
The University of Nebraska Medical Center’s College of Medicine made significant gains in three major categories in this year’s U.S.News & World Report’s academic rankings. For the first time, UNMC’s rural medicine program cracked the top 10 in the magazine’s “America’s Best Graduate School” guidebook. Two other College of Medicine programs also made significant […]
Apr 1, 2005
UNL, UNMC engineers, surgeons develop unique surgical tool
Contacts: Tom Simons, office of university communications, UNL (402) 472-8514, tsimons@unlnotes.unl.edu Tom O’Connor, UNMC Public Affairs, (402) 559-4690, toconnor@unmc.edu Lincoln, Neb., April 1, 2005 — One of the problems with being an ergonomist is that one notices badly designed things and has an overwhelming urge to fix them. At least, that’s how Susan […]
Apr 1, 2005
Susan Noble Walker, Ed.D., appointed as Dorothy Hodges Olson Chair in Nursing
University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing Professor Susan Noble Walker, Ed.D., has been appointed as the Dorothy Hodges Olson Chair in Nursing, effective April 1. Dr. Walker is professor and chairperson of the UNMC College of Nursing Department of Gerontological, Psychosocial and Community Health Nursing. The endowed chair position supports a distinguished […]
Mar 31, 2005
UNMC Eppley Cancer Center researcher receives $1.5 million from NCI for pancreatic cancer registry
Simon Sherman, Ph.D., director of Bioinformatics Shared Resources at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, has received a $1.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for further development of the Pancreatic Cancer Collaborative Registry (PCCR) as well as biomedical computing tools for pancreatic cancer research. Simon Sherman, Ph.D. The PCCR is […]
Mar 30, 2005
Two University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing faculty members have been appointed to the Florence Niedfelt Professorship. Lani Zimmerman, Ph.D., assistant dean and professor of nursing and Ann Berger, Ph.D, associate professor of nursing and advanced practice oncology nurse, have been appointed to the endowed, three-year appointment effective April 1. The professorship […]
Mar 30, 2005
UNMC faculty edit comprehensive neurology textbook
Howard Gendelman, M.D. Susan Swindells, M.D.wo University of Nebraska Medical Center researchers — Howard Gendelman, M.D., Larson Professor of Medicine and chairman of the Department of Pharmacology, and Susan Swindells, M.D., Terry K. Watanabe Distinguished Chair of HIV/AIDS Research and professor of medicine — are editors for the second edition of a landmark work, titled […]
Mar 29, 2005
UNMC oncologist, Dr. James Armitage, writes editorial for New England Journal of Medicine
University of Nebraska Medical Center oncologist, James Armitage, M.D., the Joe Shapiro Professor of Medicine in the oncology/hematology section, wrote an editorial for the March 24 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine. Considered one of the leading experts in the world in lymphomas, Dr. Armitage was asked to review a French study […]
Mar 25, 2005