Press Release
Study Will Help Understand Depression in Older Adults
UNMC Researchers Seek People 75 Years and Older for Nationwide Study on Depression Treatment The University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Psychopharmacology is seeking 20 adults age 75 and older who may be experiencing depression and are not currently on medication and want relief. Researchers are conducting a study they hope will lead to […]
May 3, 2000
National Arthritis Foundation Director to Give Latta Lecture at UNMC
John H. Klippel, M.D., medical director at the national Arthritis Foundation in Washington, D.C., will give the annual Latta Lecture at the University of Nebraska Medical Center on Friday, May 12. Dr. Klippels lecture will deal with progress being made in the treatment of lupus, a form of arthritis. The lecture will begin at noon […]
May 2, 2000
Spring Ceremony to Recognize Outstanding Leaders
UNMC Commencement Honors Hixson, Johar, Starzl The University of Nebraska Medical Center will honor three individuals for their contributions to Nebraska, the university and the medical profession during the spring commencement ceremony Saturday, May 6 at 2:30 p.m. at the Omaha Civic Auditorium. UNMC will award Christina Hixson, trustee of The Lied Foundation Trust, […]
May 1, 2000
505 UNMC Students To Receive Diplomas in Kearney, Lincoln, Omaha and Scottsbluff at Commencements
Diplomas will be conferred on 505 University of Nebraska Medical Center students this week during commencement ceremonies in Kearney, Lincoln, Omaha and Scottsbluff. In Kearney, UNMC commencement is Thursday, May 4, at 7 p.m. in the Health and Sports Center on the Kearney campus. Graduates are in the Kearney Division of the College of Nursing, […]
May 1, 2000
Alzheimer’s Research at UNMC Recognized as Oldfield Research Fund Winner
Tsuneya Ikezu, M.D., a UNMC faculty member whose research focuses on Alzheimers disease, has been recognized as the second recipient of the Vada Kinman Oldfield Alzheimers Research Fund. Col. Barney Oldfield USAF (ret.) presented Dr. Ikezu with the $10,000 award during a ceremony in front of the University Geriatric Center. Later, Oldfield and Dr. Ikezu […]
May 1, 2000
UNMC, NHS Nurses Among 24,000 Licensed Nebraska Nurses to Celebrate National Nurses Week, May 6-12
Nurses at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and Nebraska Health System will celebrate National Nurses Week with activities, beginning May 6 and ending May 12, the birthday of Florence Nightingale, founder of nursing as a profession. The week, themed, “Relight the Lamp,” is dedicated to honoring nurses and their contributions. There are about 24, […]
Apr 28, 2000
$1.3 Million Renewable Award to UNMC Researcher
UNMCs Dr. Lynell Klassen Receives Prestigious MERIT Award from NIH University of Nebraska Medical Center researcher Lynell Klassen, M.D., has received the prestigious Method to Extend Research in Time (MERIT) Award from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism of the National Institutes of Health. The five-year award totals $1.3 million. Dr. Klassen, the […]
Apr 26, 2000
Researchers from UNMC Team with Nebraska Department of HHS and CDC:
New Antibiotic-resistant Salmonella Bacteria Identified; Study Appears in New England Journal of Medicine Researchers from the University of Nebraska Medical Center have teamed with the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control to determine how antibiotic-resistant bacteria develop to cause disease in humans. The investigation, which is detailed in […]
Apr 26, 2000
Surgeon’s Research Also Recognized with $1.1 Million Grant from National Institutes of Health
Dr. Timothy Baxter Selected for Membership in Prestigious James IV Association of Surgeons, Inc. Timothy Baxter, M.D., a professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, is one of four surgeons in the United States to be selected for membership in the James IV Association of Surgeons, Inc. […]
Apr 24, 2000
The University of Nebraska Medical Center invites nurses interested in earning bachelors or masters degrees in nursing to attend informational sessions in Beatrice, May 2, to learn about ways to earn a degree with greater flexibility through Internet-based and other distance education. Informational sessions will be held in the Homesteader Room at the Beatrice Community […]
Apr 24, 2000