Press Release

UNMC College of Dentistry to Host 15th Annual Professionals’ Day March 16, to Highlight Academic, Research, Professional Activities in Dentistry

The University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry in Lincoln will host its 15th Annual Professionals Day and 34th Annual Student Scientific Program on Friday, March 16 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., in the East Campus Student Union. The event celebrates scholarly activities and provides students, faculty and the dental community an opportunity […]

Mar 13, 2001

UNMC College of Dentistry Faculty Member, Larry Haisch, D.D.S., Recognized Nationally for Work with Students Clinicians

University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry faculty member, Larry D. Haisch, D.D.S., recently was one of two faculty advisors nationally to receive the 2001 Burton C. Borgelt/International Association of Student Clinicians-American Dental Association Faculty Advisor Award. The award, presented annually by the International Association of Student Clinicians-American Dental Association (SCADA), is given to […]

Mar 12, 2001

$3 million grant recognizes potential of research at the UNMC Center for Neurovirology and Neurodegenerative Disorders

Dr. Howard Gendelman Receives Prestigious Javits Investigator Award from the National Institutes of Health Howard Gendelman, M.D., an internationally renown neuroscientist at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, has received the Jacob Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), a division of the National Institutes of Health. The […]

Mar 9, 2001

UNMC Faculty Members Receive Stokes-Shackleford Professorships For Contributions in Medical Research

University of Nebraska Medical Center faculty members, Judith Christman, Ph.D., and James R. Anderson, Ph.D., have received named professorships through the Stokes-Shackleford Fund for their contributions to the field of medicine. The announcements were made recently by James O. Armitage, M.D., dean of the UNMC College of Medicine. “Drs. Anderson and Christman are distinguished investigators […]

Mar 7, 2001

Kristie Hayes, M.D., Named Assistant Dean of Students and Multicultural Affairs in UNMC College of Medicine

Kristie Hayes, M.D., assistant professor and chief of the dermatology section for internal medicine and pediatrics at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, has been named assistant dean for students and multicultural affairs in the College of Medicine. Dr. Hayes, a 1989 graduate of UNMC, will assist with admissions and student counseling, as well as […]

Mar 7, 2001

Kristie Hayes, M.D., Named Assistant Dean of Students and Multicultural Affairs in UNMC College of Medicine

Kristie Hayes, M.D., assistant professor and chief of the dermatology section for internal medicine and pediatrics at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, has been named assistant dean for students and multicultural affairs in the College of Medicine. Dr. Hayes, a 1989 graduate of UNMC, will assist with admissions and student counseling, as well as […]

Mar 7, 2001

Former UNMC Researcher to Deliver Prestigious Lecture at Annual Meeting of AACR in New Orleans

A former University of Nebraska Medical Center researcher, Diane Birt, Ph.D., will make a lecture  presentation at 9 a.m., March 28 at the 92nd annual meeting of the American Association of Cancer Research in New Orleans. The AACR is made up of more than 17,000 laboratory and clinical cancer researchers in the United States, Canada […]

Mar 7, 2001

UNMC Researcher Receives Joseph P. Gilmore Outstanding Investigator Award Award For Research into Potential Way to Detect Pancreatic Cancer Early

Surinder Batra, Ph.D., has been awarded the 2001 College of Medicine Joseph P. Gilmore Outstanding Investigator Award. The award highlights the work of an outstanding researcher at UNMC. Dr. Batra received the award for his latest research breakthrough that may provide hope for detecting pancreatic cancer early. Because pancreatic cancer is hard to detect, by […]

Mar 7, 2001

Bowlers Raise $1,900 for Cancer Research in Friend’s Memory

More than 110 bowlers from Nebraska, Iowa and other Midwestern states gathered in Council Bluffs last fall to raise money for cancer research and to remember a person whose life was taken by the disease. Participants in the second annual Joe Tomsu Memorial Bowling Tournament contributed $1,937 to the University of Nebraska Foundation to help […]

Mar 7, 2001

UNMC College of Medicine Names Chairs of Ophthalmology, Orthopaedic Surgery

University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine Dean James Armitage, M.D., has announced the recent appointment of two new department chairs in the college. Carl Camras, M.D., was named professor and chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology, while Kevin Garvin, M.D. was named professor and chairman of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. A Chicago […]

Mar 7, 2001