Press Release

BHECN announces the 2018 Ambassador Career Engagement Award winners

Awards provide funding for behavioral health initiatives across Nebraska

Jul 10, 2018

Howard Liu, M.D., director of the Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska

Science of beer is topic of July 10 Omaha Science Cafe

Home brewers Tony Thomas and Phil Doerr are featured speakers

Jul 2, 2018

Tony Thomas (left) and Phil Doerr

UNMC names Al Fisher, M.D., Ph.D., as new geriatrics chief, to start July 1

Dr. Fisher succeeds Jane Potter, M.D., who served for 36 years as chief of the UNMC Division of Geriatrics.

Jun 28, 2018

Al Fisher, M.D., Ph.D.

Regents approve Munroe-Meyer Institute’s move to Scott Campus

Services expected to begin in new location in July 2020

Jun 28, 2018

Karoly Mirnics, M.D., Ph.D.

Regents approve $2.8 million gift for UNMC’s Davis Global Center

Artwork will welcome guests to southern edge of campus

Jun 28, 2018

Renovation project to include new Wigton Heritage Center

Privately funded project also to serve as UNMC welcome center

Jun 28, 2018

New center will further elevate UNMC’s pancreatic cancer research

Will establish UNMC/Nebraska Medicine as nationally-recognized center of excellence in care and research related to pancreatic center

Jun 28, 2018

Dele Davies, M.D.

UNMC study to assess engagement of family members in intensive care unit

The goal is for nurses to teach and encourage family caregivers of patients on ventilators to assess two patient symptoms and perform symptom management techniques to help alleviate the patient’s symptom burden

Jun 27, 2018

Breanna Hetland, Ph.D.

Dan Anderson, M.D., Ph.D., named acting chief of Division of Cardiovascular Med

As acting division chief, he also will be part of the physician leadership team for Nebraska Medicine’s heart and vascular clinical program.

Jun 25, 2018