Press Release
Through its numerous rural health programs and its presence in 125 communities across the state, the University of Nebraska Medical Center has been successful in placing a large number of its graduates in underserved rural communities in Nebraska and making a major contribution to the state’s economy.That was the message delivered to the University of […]
Aug 6, 2004
Regents asked to approve new cancer research graduate degree program at UNMC
Approval of a new master of science (M.S.) and doctor of philosophy (Ph.D.) degree program in cancer research at the University of Nebraska Medical Center will be sought Saturday at the Board of Regents meeting at the Steinhart Lodge in Nebraska City. “The new program will award master’s and doctorate degrees in cancer research and […]
Aug 6, 2004
Nearly $17 million NIH grant is UNMC’s largest ever
The University of Nebraska Medical Center has received a five-year grant totaling almost $17 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to further its goal of building a statewide biomedical research infrastructure among undergraduate and graduate institutions. This is the largest grant in history received by UNMC. “With the support of this grant we […]
Aug 6, 2004
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has awarded the University of Nebraska Medical Center a $1.13 million grant to create the Panhandle Area Health Education Center (AHEC) in Scottsbluff and provide continued support for the two Nebraska AHECs formed in 2001 and 2002. The […]
Aug 5, 2004
UNMC College of Pharmacy Students Earn Dean’s List Honors
Students from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy were named to the dean’s list following the spring 2004 semester. To qualify for the dean’s list, students must place in the top 20 percent of their class and maintain a grade point average of 3.5 or above. The students that qualified for this distinction […]
Aug 3, 2004
UNMC to boost geriatric, gerontology training across the state with $2 million grant
The University of Nebraska Medical Center has received a five-year, nearly $2 million grant from the Department of Health and Human Services to educate and train health professionals and faculty members across the state in geriatrics and gerontology. The grant will create the Nebraska Geriatric Education Center (NEBGEC) to improve the health care and health […]
Aug 2, 2004
Howard Gendelman, M.D., named chair of UNMC department of pharmacology
Howard Gendelman, M.D., David T. Purtilo Distinguished chair of pathology and microbiology and director of the Center for Neurovirology and Neurodegenerative Diseases (CNND), has been named chair of the department of pharmacology in the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s College of Medicine. The appointment is effective Sept. 1, 2004, according to John Gollan, M.D. Ph.D., […]
Jul 30, 2004
UNMC faculty member to lead national pediatric ethics review board
Bruce Gordon, M.D., associate professor of pediatrics and co-chairman of the Institutional Review Board (IRB) at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, has been named chairman of the newly constituted Pediatric Central Institutional Review Board (PedCIRB). The National Cancer Institute (NCI) made the announcement recently. “This is a wonderful honor and yet another recognition that […]
Jul 29, 2004
Speakers will address a variety of topics, including the emotional toll of bioterrorism events, working with the media, backup communications, prions and Mad Cow disease, and a recap of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) experience in Toronto. The symposium’s target audience is emergency medical technicians, nurses, physicians, laboratory and infection control employees, and public […]
Jul 29, 2004
University Medical Associates and its partners, The Nebraska Medical Center and the University of Nebraska Medical Center, are planning to develop a comprehensive, full-service medical campus on the southeast corner of 180th and Dodge Streets, just west of the new Village Pointe shopping area. The West Omaha medical campus will be a key component of […]
Jul 23, 2004