Psychiatry
UNMC doctoral student studies trauma in NICU mothers
Morgan Staver is a Buffett Institute Graduate Scholar; program now accepting proposals for wide range of early childhood research projects.
Jan 24, 2022
![Morgan Staver](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Staver012422.jpg)
New approach to aid inpatients suffering from opioid misuse
A new order set in One Chart complements a range of important efforts to better serve patients who battle addiction.
Dec 6, 2021
![Alëna Balasanova, MD, director of addiction psychiatry education and an assistant professor in the UNMC Department of Psychiatry](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Balasanova2_1206211.jpg)
The UNMC College of Medicine received grant and funding awards representing $15.1 million in new funding in September.
Nov 24, 2021
![Matthew Rizzo, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/RizzoCOM.jpg)
Holiday drinking topic at Olson Center brown bag
Ken Zoucha, MD, will speak at Nov. 16 event.
Oct 29, 2021
![Ken Zoucha, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Zoucha102921.jpg)
Study explores sex differences in alcohol use disorder
Jennifer Blackford, PhD, is studying how ‘anxiety network’ in brain may affect recovery.
Oct 27, 2021
![Jennifer Blackford, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Blackford102721.jpg)
Psychiatry-emergency collaboration paying off for patients
Psychiatric Emergency Services was created a year ago at the med center.
Oct 27, 2021
![From left, Michael Wadman, MD, and Howard Liu, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/LiuWadmanCOM.jpg)
UNMC history: A different type of Oktoberfest
Health-themed event proved popular for UNMC in the 1970s.
Oct 20, 2021
![The Oktoberfest tent during the 1975 event.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Oktoberfest101421.jpg)
Vaccination information offered at chancellor’s forum
Jane Meza, PhD, interim executive director for the office of health security, joined UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, at virtual event.
Oct 13, 2021
![UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/GoldAOneicon.jpg)
Dr. Richards to focus on provider well-being
Sarah Richards, MD, is now the senior medical director of clinician experience at Nebraska Medicine. Leslie Eiland, MD, promoted to medical director of patient experience.
Oct 13, 2021
![Sarah Richards, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Richards101321.jpg)
Behavioral health grant provides more access to services
DHHS grant of $1.5 million supports integration of services into patient-centered medical homes.
Oct 1, 2021
![Teri Mathews, PhD, is the principal investigator of the grant.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Mathews021120.jpg)