Press Release

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.

128 UNMC medical students receive residency assignments

Forty percent of UNMC students are staying in Nebraska for their training, and 64 percent matched in primary care, which includes family medicine, internal medicine, internal medicine/pediatrics, pediatrics and obstetrics/gynecology.

Mar 15, 2019

Daniel Arkfeld, class president, on Match Day

UNMC study featured in New England Journal of Medicine

Four-week course of antibiotics found to be just as effective in preventing TB in HIV patients as standard nine-month regimen

Mar 14, 2019

Robert Lewis, Ph.D., honored as UNMC’s Scientist Laureate

23 other researchers, one organization also recognized at annual research awards ceremony

Mar 13, 2019

Robert Lewis, Ph.D., has been honored as UNMC's Scientist Laureate, the medical center's highest research honor.

Live On Nebraska receives UNMC’s Community Service to Research Award

Recognized for creating world’s largest interlinked database of human arteries

Mar 13, 2019

Live On Nebraska received UNMC's Community Service to Research Award earlier this month. Tom Woodford, chief operating officer for Live On Nebraska (holding plaque), and Kyle Herber, CEO for Live On Nebraska (to the right of Woodford) are seen here with three key people from UNMC (left-right) - Jason MacTaggart, M.D., associate professor, surgery; Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D., UNMC chancellor; and Alexey Kamenskiy, Ph.D., associate professor, surgery.

UNMC’s primary care program ranked among top 10 in nation

Six UNMC programs ranked by U.S. News & World Report

Mar 12, 2019

UNMC's primary care program was tied for 8th out of 185 schools in the 2020 ranking of the Best Graduate Schools by U.S. News & World Report.

UNMC expert presents on potential major breakthrough in HIV treatment

Two-drug monthly injection found as effective as daily oral three-drug regimen

Mar 11, 2019

Two UNMC leaders appear on RFD-TV program

Discuss unique behavioral health issues to rural areas

Mar 6, 2019