Press Release
UNMC, Nebraska Methodist Health System, Alzheimer’s Chapters to Host One-day, Advanced Workshop on Care of Alzheimer’s Patients The University of Nebraska Medical Center and Nebraska Methodist Health Systems will sponsor an Alzheimer’s disease workshop in North Platte on Wednesday, April 22, at the Camino Inn. The one-day, hands-on, advanced workshop is being held in cooperation […]
Apr 13, 1998
Organ Donation and Distribution To Be Focus of Omaha Press Club Forum on April 23
Why do so many people die waiting for a donor organ to become available? Why aren’t more people willing to donate their organs? What is being done to raise the public’s awareness level of organ donation? Who determines which patient will receive a donor organ? Byers W. Shaw, Jr., M.D., professor and chairman of the […]
Apr 3, 1998
General H. Norman Schwarzkopf To Receive First "Ambassador of Hope" Award from UNMC
Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, Commander in Chief of the U.S. Army Central Command during Operation Desert Storm in 1990, has been selected to receive the first Ambassador of Hope Award from the University of Nebraska Medical Center Eppley Cancer Center. Gen. Schwarzkopf will be honored at a Nov. 6 dinner at Ak-Sar-Ben. The Ambassador of […]
Apr 3, 1998
UNMC, NHS Invites Public to Free, Six-Week Series in Omaha on Aging
The University of Nebraska Medical Center and the Nebraska Health System, will offer a free Mini-Medical School series for people interested in learning about aging issues. Beginning April 15, the six-week series, titled, "What’s Age Got To Do With It?, will run Wednesday evenings, April 15-May 20, from 7 to 8:45 p.m. in the UNMC […]
Apr 2, 1998
UNMC, NHS Invites Public to Free, Six-Week Series on Aging in Grand Island
The University of Nebraska Medical Center and the Nebraska Health System, will broadcast a free "What’s Age Got To Do With It? Mini-Medical School series for people interested in learning about aging issues. Beginning April 15, the six-week series will run Wednesday evenings, April 15-May 20, from 7 to 8:45 p.m. The series will be […]
Apr 2, 1998
UNMC Eppley Cancer Center Awarded $4.4 Million Grant to Battle Pancreatic Cancer
The University of Nebraska Medical Center and Johns Hopkins University are the only two institutions in the nation to receive a Special Programs of Research Excellence (SPORE) grant from the National Cancer Institute to investigate gastrointestinal cancer. Through the $4.4 million SPORE grant, basic and clinical researchers from the UNMC Eppley Cancer Center will collaborate […]
Apr 2, 1998
University Medical Associates Opens Keystone Health Center at 88th & Maple
The University of Nebraska Medical Center has opened the Keystone Health Center, a University Medical Associates (UMA) health center located at 8814 Maple St. The facility is the most recent addition to UNMC’s Primary Care Network. The Keystone facility will staff two family medicine physicians, Audrey Paulman, M.D., and William Hay, M.D., and family nurse […]
Apr 1, 1998
UNMC, NHS Plan Tree Plantings Throughout the State To Raise Awareness for Organ Donation
A series of 22 tree plantings will be held in communities throughout Nebraska during the next 12 months in an effort to recognize organ donors and recipients while raising the awareness level for organ donation. "The Tree of Life" campaign is being sponsored by the University of Nebraska Medical Center and the Nebraska Health System. […]
Apr 1, 1998
Nebraska Health System, UNMC Invites Nurses to Attend Third Annual State-of-the Art Nursing Conference in Omaha The Third Annual State-of-the-Art Nursing conference will be held April 17, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Omaha Marriott Hotel, 10220 Regency Circle. The conference, aimed at nurses and people in nursing management and educational roles, is […]
Apr 1, 1998
A research team at the University of Nebraska Medical Center is developing a tool to help Nebraska communities predict and plan for nursing shortages. Mary Cramer, Ph.D., assistant professor, UNMC College of Nursing, received a $5,000, 12-month grant from the national Anne Zimmerman, RN American Nurses Foundation Scholar grant to conduct the research. The grant […]
Apr 1, 1998