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Emergency Medicine Professor Discusses Health risks associated with flood water

Eric Ernest, M.D., assistant professor of emergency medicine in the College of Medicine at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, discusses things people should consider regarding health risks associated with exposure to contaminated flood water and other health risks during clean-up.   Here is a Dropbox link to video featuring Dr. Eric Ernest: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/w3j22p2yf0d5tau/AACcVjvLq2u0-jYGqS2Um4S3a?dl=0   […]

Mar 22, 2019

Gov. Ricketts, Dr. Gold to discuss flooding on RFD-TV program

Program, which begins at 7 p.m. (CDT), will focus on public health, behavioral health concerns related to floods

Mar 22, 2019

Mother’s message: Don’t underestimate people with disabling conditions

6-year-old Ravenna, Neb., boy makes huge strides at Munroe-Meyer Institute
 

Mar 21, 2019

Wyatt Fisher, a 6-year-old from Ravenna, Neb., walks on the treadmill in the Munroe-Meyer Institute's Sensorimotor Learning Lab on the UNMC campus.

UNMC Public Health Professor discusses drinking water and safety issues

Aaron Yoder, Ph.D., an associate professor in the department of Environmental, Agricultural and Occupational Health in the College of Public Health at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, discusses things people should consider regarding their water supply and personal safety issues.   Here is a Dropbox link to video featuring Dr. Aaron Yoder: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/cf2whq3nhmey55j/AABkLYk9vHq6tOYtgTJLUuGca?dl=0 Below […]

Mar 21, 2019

UNMC Pharmacy Professor discusses pharmaceutical impacts due to flooding

Ally Dering-Anderson, Pharm.D., a clinical associate professor in the College of Pharmacy at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, discusses steps people can take if their medications are washed away because of flooding in their communities, concerns about insulin and insurance coverage of medication refills.   Here is a Dropbox link to video featuring Dr. […]

Mar 21, 2019

UNMC research team plays key role in pancreatic cancer discovery

Drug combination appears to inhibit growth of cancer cells

Mar 20, 2019

Pankaj Singh, Ph.D.
Some of the flood devastation in Nebraska is obvious from this aerial photograph of farm property between Fremont and Omaha. (Photo by Zach Duysen)

International expert in autism to head MMI’s integrated autism center

Courtney Burnette, Ph.D., to join UNMC after nine years at University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center

Mar 18, 2019

Courtney Burnette, Ph.D., has been named director of the integrated Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders (iCASD) at UNMC's Munroe-Meyer Institute.

57th Annual Poison Prevention Week

Did you know the Nebraska Regional Poison Center as well as all poison centers across our nation never close?  In 1961, Congress established National Poison Prevention Week to raise awareness, reduce unintentional poisonings, and promote poison prevention. Each year, more than 2 million poisonings are reported to the nation’s poison centers, which can be reached […]

Mar 16, 2019

UNMC/Nebraska Medicine oncologist to be inducted into prestigious royal college

Julie Vose, M.D., will be formally inducted in June into Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

Mar 15, 2019

Julie Vose, M.D., is chief of the division of oncology/hematology in the UNMC Department of Internal Medicine.
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