Press Release
October 1 Set as Effective Date:
UNMC and Clarkson Merge Hospital and Clinical Operations with Formation of Nebraska Health System The University of Nebraska Board of Regents, during a special meeting Monday night in Lincoln, unanimously approved the proposed merger of hospital and clinical operations between the University of Nebraska Medical Center and Clarkson Regional Health Services. Effective Wednesday, the new […]
Sep 30, 1997
Former Star Cornhusker Athletes Lend Support to UNMC Organ, Tissue, Marrow Donation Campaign
Three former University of Nebraska athletes and a present Cornhusker coach are lending their support to a statewide advertising campaign being launched this month by the University of Nebraska Medical Center to create awareness for the need for more organ, tissue and bone marrow donors. The advertisements feature former Nebraska championship quarterbacks Jerry Tagge and […]
Sep 25, 1997
Image Awareness Commercials
Click below to listen and learn more about UNMC as seen through the eyes of its health professions students. If you don’t have Real Player 8, click here to download it. Nurse practitioner student Leah Jorgensen on UNMC’s Outreach/Sharing Clinic in South Omaha Rural Resident Dr. Matt Byrd on UNMC’s Rural Physician Training Program MD/PhD […]
Sep 25, 1997
Grants to Help Battle Childhood Cancer, Cancer Causes Are Part of Nearly $9 Million in Research Awards at UNMC
Cancer is one those words that can make a person’s blood run cold at the moment it is spoken. It is even more unsettling when the disease strikes a child. The two largest grants received by the University of Nebraska Medical Center during the second quarter of 1997 will help fund research into a form […]
Sep 18, 1997
UNMC Opens First Primary Care Health Center in Iowa
University Medical Associates, the physician group for the University of Nebraska Medical Center, has opened its first primary care health center in Iowa. UMA at Council Bluffs is located at 1751 Madison Ave. and provides internal and family medicine services. The facility opened Sept. 2. The public is invited to attend a free open house, […]
Sep 11, 1997
Center for Neurovirology and Neurodegenerative Disorders To Boost Treatment and Research for Brain Diseases
Three Nebraska universities are launching an all-out attack on diseases of the brain with the creation of a Center for Neurovirology and Neurodegenerative Disorders. The purpose of the center, which was approved by the University of Nebraska Board of Regents on Sept. 5, is to combine clinical and basic research efforts in diseases of the […]
Sep 10, 1997
First UNMC Clinic Run By Students To Provide Care for Needy South Omaha Families
Needy South Omaha families now have a new option for their health-care needs, as medical and nursing students from the University of Nebraska Medical Center have started a clinic in South Omaha to provide quality, low-cost health care to families in need. The clinic, located in the South Omaha Neighborhood Association building at 5211 S. […]
Sep 9, 1997
Director of National Cancer Institute to Deliver Keynote Address at UNMC Cancer Symposium
Richard D. Klausner, M.D., director of the National Cancer Institute, will deliver the keynote address at the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Cancer Genetics and Therapeutics Symposium in Omaha Friday, Sept. 12. The symposium will address new research and treatment in cancer and will be held on campus at the Eppley Science Hall Amphitheater. The […]
Sep 8, 1997
Diabetes Association, UNMC to Hold Free Educational Updates on Diabetes in Grand Island, Gothenburg, Hastings, Kearney
The University of Nebraska Medical Center will hold free educational sessions on diabetes at four Nebraska sites during September, in conjunction with support group meetings of the American Diabetes Association. Open to the public, the sessions will be held in Grand Island, Gothenburg, Hastings and Kearney. “Diabetes Mellitus: An educational Update,” will be presented for […]
Sep 8, 1997
Keynote Address by Director of National Cancer Institute Available in 5 Rural Nebraska Cities Via Satellite Downlink from UNMC
Richard D. Klausner, M.D., director of the National Cancer Institute, will deliver the keynote address at the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Cancer Genetics and Therapeutics Symposium in Omaha Friday, Sept. 12. The symposium will address new research and treatment in cancer and will be held on campus at the Eppley Science Hall Amphitheater. The […]
Sep 8, 1997