Press Release
UNMC College of Dentistry Students Earn Dean’s List Honors
Students from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry in Lincoln were named to the deans list following the spring semester 2003. To qualify for the deans list, students must place in the top 10 percent of their class. Qualifiers are listed below by program of study and hometown: Dentistry Program ATKINSON […]
Aug 6, 2003
The Center for Neurovirology and Neurodegenerative Disorders (CNND) at the University of Nebraska Medical Center has received a $6 million grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke of the National Institutes of Health to study how the brains immune system can lead to damage of nerve cells in HIV-dementia and Alzheimers disease. […]
Aug 4, 2003
Partnership for Community Wellness sponsors health fair in south Omaha Aug. 16
Partnership for Wellness a collaboration of ConAgra Foods, University of Nebraska Medical Center and The Nebraska Medical Center will sponsor the largest community health fair to be held in South Omaha in 2003. The fair will be Saturday, August 16, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Metropolitan Community College Industrial Training Center, 2909 […]
Aug 1, 2003
UNMC School of Allied Health Professions Held 2003 Faculty and Student Awards Ceremony
The University of Nebraska Medical Centers School of Allied Health Professions held its 2003 Student and Faculty Awards Ceremony and 16th Annual Student Research Forum in May. The annual year in review was highlighted by the announcement that Darwin Brown, instructor in Physicians Assistant Program, received the 2003 Teacher of the Year Award and Adam […]
Jul 18, 2003
Wisconsin woman recognized as 3,000th transplant patient
Twenty years, 3,000 transplants. It almost sounds like a new car warranty. But for the University of Nebraska Medical Center and its clinical hospital partner, The Nebraska Medical Center it represents a significant milestone in the treatment of cancer patients who come to Omaha from all over the world. On July 3, the medical center […]
Jul 18, 2003
UNMC The Nebraska Medical Center transplant program among the best
Having performed 3000 transplants over the past 20 years, the bone marrow/peripheral stem cell transplant program at UNMC and The Nebraska Medical Center is firmly established among the elite programs in the country. In terms of transplants performed, we have done more transplants than anyone for non-Hodgkins lymphoma, said Julie Vose, M.D., professor and chief […]
Jul 18, 2003
Gov. Johanns announces partnership to retain poison center in Nebraska
Continuing an ongoing tradition of collaboration, the State of Nebraska has partnered with Creighton University Medical Center, the University of Nebraska Medical Center and Nebraska Health System to create a new poison center in Nebraska – the Nebraska Regional Poison Center. Nebraska Gov. Mike Johanns announced the partnership at a news conference at the University […]
Jul 10, 2003
Dick Davis, Ed.D., appointed to national medical school accreditation committee
An Omaha businessman and education advocate has been appointed to a national committee that has the accrediting authority for medical education programs. Dick C.E. Davis, Ed.D., chief executive officer of the Davis Companies, will fill the position of one of two "public members" of the 17-member Liaison Committee of Medical Education. Sponsored jointly by the […]
Jul 7, 2003
More than 215 to attend disaster mental health conference in Omaha July 10-11
More than 215 people are expected to attend the first-ever Nebraska Disaster Mental Health Conference on July 10-11 at the DoubleTree Hotel in downtown Omaha. The conference is sponsored by the Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services, the University of Nebraska Medical Center department of psychiatry, BryanLGH Medical Center, NEBHANDS, and Lutheran Family Services. […]
Jul 2, 2003
UNMC College of Pharmacy Students Earn Dean’s List Honors
Fifty-six students from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy were named to the deans list following the spring 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 […]
Jun 26, 2003