Press Release
University of Nebraska Medical Center researchers awarded $890,000 for Mantle Cell Lymphoma
New York, NY — The Lymphoma Research Foundation (LRF) announced today funding to help hunt for clues to cure and better treat a rare form of blood cancer, mantle cell lymphoma. The nine institutions named this month are part of an overall $12.8 million funding initiative the foundation announced in December. A total of 18 […]
Feb 26, 2004
UNMC College of Pharmacy Students Earn Dean’s List Honors
Fifty students from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy were named to the deans list following the fall semester 2003. To qualify for the deans 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 […]
Feb 25, 2004
The University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing held induction ceremonies across the state Feb. 22 to recognize 126 new nursing students as they commit to academic integrity and begin assimilating the values and behaviors of the professional nurse. The ceremony also reiterated some of the most important values for the professional nurse and […]
Feb 24, 2004
The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinsons Research has awarded Kalipada Pahan, Ph.D., associate professor of biochemistry, UNMC College of Dentistry, a two-year $125,000 grant to study the effectiveness of a drug to stop the destruction of cells in mouse models with Parkinsons Disease. Dr. Pahan is one of eight Parkinsons disease researcher groups whove […]
Feb 24, 2004
In February 2003, Scientist magazine published survey results that placed the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) in the nation’s top 10 institutions for Best Places to Work for Postdocs. This February, that reputation is about to get even better. The university will open the Office of Post-Doctoral Education a new administrative department dedicated to […]
Feb 23, 2004
UNMC College of Nursing Students Earn Dean’s List Honors
Students from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing were named to the deans list following the fall semester 2003. 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 23, 2004
UNMC, hospital begin state’s first Multidisciplinary Genitourinary Oncology Clinic
A diagnosis of cancer can be life altering under the best of conditions, especially when it comes to the multitude of office visits and appointments needed to see a variety of specialists. But now patients have a unique clinic available to save tremendous time and effort in the diagnosis and treatment of genitourinary cancers. The […]
Feb 23, 2004
Debra Romberger, M.D., named interim chair of UNMC internal medicine
Debra Romberger, M.D., associate professor of medicine in the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s pulmonary & critical care medicine section, has been named interim chairwoman for the department of internal medicine. Dr. Rombergers experience and many talents will ensure that the department moves forward while we search for a permanent department chair, said College of […]
Feb 17, 2004
The University of Nebraska Medical Center Munroe-Meyer Institute has joined three other states to form a consortium sharing $1.3 million to establish accredited masters degree programs in genetic counseling. Funding for the consortium was made possible by an appropriation in 2004 Omnibus Appropriation Bill approved by the U.S. Congress and signed Jan. 23, by President […]
Feb 14, 2004
Gov. Johanns Highlights Plan for Bioterrorism Preparedness Facility
(Lincoln, NE) Gov. Mike Johanns announced a plan today, Tuesday, February 3, to advance Nebraskas efforts in bioterrorism preparedness. The goal of the plan is to combine private and public funding to construct a bioterrorism preparedness facility at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC). Under the plan, UNMC would receive a total of $6 […]
Feb 3, 2004