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Outreach teaches students realities of homelessness

UNMC nursing, dental students provide a helping hand at Project Homeless Connect in Lincoln.

Oct 7, 2015

A UNMC student provides foot care at the Project Homeless Connect event in Lincoln.

UNMC developing training for outbreak deployment

College of Public Health research team will develop module to train responders for immediate deployment to infectious disease outbreak zones.

Oct 5, 2015

Ken Bayles, Ph.D., associate vice chancellor for basic science research

Berggren Lectureship Series debuts Wednesday

Gretchen Berggren, M.D., will give the inaugural presentation of the first endowed lectureship for the College of Public Health.

Sep 28, 2015

From left, Gretchen Berggren, M.D., and Warren Berggren, M.D.

Dr. Hanson explores diet’s effect on COPD

College of Allied Health Professions researcher collaborating with Johns Hopkins University and East Tennessee State University.

Sep 25, 2015

Corrine Hanson, Ph.D., Leuschen Professor for Advancing Research in the Allied Health Sciences

New medical anatomy master’s program a success

Department of Genetics, Cell Biology & Anatomy’s new one-year track helps students find their path.

Sep 23, 2015

From left, Master's of Science in Medical Anatomy program participant Ethan Schroeder, program co-creator Shantaram Joshi, Ph.D., program participant Charlie Treinen and program co-creator Karen Gould, Ph.D.

Clinical trials website is revamped to draw participants

Improvements make it easier to search available trials.

Sep 23, 2015

Christopher Kratochvil, M.D., associate vice chancellor for clinical research at UNMC and vice president of research for Nebraska Medicine

Dr. Britigan to direct Office of Community Engagement

New office will focus on growing and enhancing UNMC’s capacity for community engagement.

Sep 18, 2015

Denise Britigan, Ph.D.

‘Sunday Rounds’ reinforce humanism in patient care

Program designed to bring medical students and patients together.

Sep 16, 2015

From left, UNMC medical students Liz Sutton, Tabitha Burger and Suresh Pavuluri spend time on a Sunday afternoon visiting with patient Todd Prince, hearing stories about his time as a cross-country truck driver, farmer and love for motorcycles.

UNMC, NSRI team for biodefense research

The National Strategic Research Institute will team with UNMC on federally funded project.

Sep 16, 2015

Ken Bayles, Ph.D., associate vice chancellor for basic science research

UNMC team leads fight against ‘snail fever’

Jonathan Vennerstrom, Ph.D., and his group are part of an international effort to find a drug to fight schistosomiasis.

Sep 15, 2015

Jonathan Vennerstrom, Ph.D.