Press Release
UNMC researcher appointed to national toxicology advisory board
Samuel M. Cohen, M.D., Ph.D., professor and chairman of the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s department of pathology and microbiology and Havlik-Wall Professor of Oncology, has been appointed to the National Toxicology Program Board of Scientific Counselors. Tommy G. Thompson, secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, made the appointment. The National […]
Mar 27, 2002
UNMC lands $5 million grant to collaborate with the University of Puerto Rico on HIV research
The University of Nebraska Medical Center and the University of Puerto Rico have begun collaboration on HIV research funded by a federal grant. UNMC was chosen to be a part of the Center for Research and Development for Minority Institutions from among the top institutions in the country. Other medical centers participating in the program […]
Mar 27, 2002
Lincoln, Beatrice, Grand Island, Harvard Children to Benefit
UNMC College of Dentistry to Host Childrens Dental Day; Provide 185 Underserved Children Free Dental Care on April 8 in Lincoln The University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry, located in Lincoln, will host Childrens Dental Day on Monday, April 8. The day-long event will provide 185 children from Lincoln, Beatrice, Grand Island and […]
Mar 27, 2002
Researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing have received a $100,000 grant from the American Heart Association to conduct a preliminary study to determine whether home-based cardiac rehabilitation is an effective alternative to traditional cardiac rehabilitation. UNMC researchers will study 50 Omaha-area study participants, age 40- to 80-years-old, whove had a […]
Mar 26, 2002
National Alcohol Screening Day Program in North Omaha on April 11
For all the news about Americas war against drugs, the fact remains that alcohol is still the most widely abused substance in the U.S. and the most damaging. On April 11, the Center for Holistic Development, in partnership with the American Red Cross North Branch and the Heartland Counseling and Consulting Center, will sponsor a […]
Mar 26, 2002
Researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) and University of Iowa (UI), have jointly received a five-year, $6.3 million grant from the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, one of the National Institutes of Health, to study immune system abnormalities caused by chronic alcohol abuse. The UI researchers will receive $4.85 million […]
Mar 26, 2002
UNMC Researcher Designs Course to Teach Smoking Intervention Skills
A course has been designed at the University of Nebraska Medical Center to teach people from varied backgrounds the skills and techniques to help smokers break their cigarette dependency. Quitting smoking shouldn’t be a one-person battle, said David Daughton, a researcher in the internal medicine department and the course’s instructor. Smokers who receive adequate counseling […]
Mar 25, 2002
117 UNMC Medical Students Receive Residency Training Assignments Through Match Day Program
A total of 117 senior medical school students at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine have received their residency assignments in 27 states through the National Resident Matching Program. The program, a private, not-for-profit corporation, was established in 1952 to provide a uniform date of appointment to residency positions. Residencies last from […]
Mar 25, 2002
UNMC, Partners Across Nebraska Sponsor Free Health Education Series; Taking Charge of Your Health Beginning April 11 The University of Nebraska Medical Center and eight sites across Nebraska invite the public to attend UNMC Mini-Medical School, a free health educational series for three consecutive Thursdays beginning April 11. The three-part series, titled, Taking Charge of […]
Mar 19, 2002
Nebraska leads the nation when it comes to the number of critical access hospitals designated hospitals that receive federal funds to strengthen rural health. This and other information is available in The Nebraska Health Information Project: 2001 Databook, the latest report on the health status of Nebraskans. Of 570 hospitals with critical access hospital designation, […]
Mar 15, 2002