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College of Public Health to offer emergency preparedness program

Learn about a new program to help health care professionals prepare for disasters.

Apr 16, 2012

Free to the public: April 20 lecture to explore research in telomeres and aging

An emerging field of research in aging will be the topic of the Denham Harman Lectureship.

Apr 16, 2012

UNMC helps with cystic fibrosis advance

UNMC helped with the development of a new treatment that brings hope to those with cystic fibrosis

Apr 10, 2012

Answers Delivered Before Delivery

Kourtney Case knew she’d find out the sex of her baby at her 20-week ultrasound. She didn’t know she’d learn her baby boy would be born without a hand.

Apr 7, 2012

Students Engage in Global Health in Omaha

Americans take much for granted – from refrigerators to toilets to health care. But refugees seeking asylum from war zones in Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Africa often don’t know what to put in a refrigerator, how to use a toilet, where to get their children immunized and that they can question their health provider.

Apr 7, 2012

Needed Relief

The Guatemalan woman’s rheumatoid arthritis so incapacitated her that she couldn’t get around her house to handle the most common tasks. She came to the clinic in Antigua where Kevin Garvin, M.D., and others from UNMC provided relief.

Apr 7, 2012

Social Skills 101

Nine-year-old Noah Legros sits on one foot and deals out UNO cards to a group of four boys around the table. But this isn’t your average after-school gathering. The participants in the group have all been diagnosed with high-functioning autism, Asperger’s disorder or ADHD. Noah is in social skills class at UNMC’s
Munroe-Meyer Institute (MMI).

Apr 7, 2012

Governor approves ‘Healthier Nebraska’ funds

Construction of a cancer research tower on the UNMC Omaha campus, a nursing and allied health education center in Kearney and a veterinary diagnostic center in Lincoln will receive state support thanks to budget bills signed Monday by Gov. Dave Heineman.

Apr 3, 2012

UNMC prepares to open biobank

Learn about The Nebraska Biobank, which will open later this year at UNMC.

Apr 2, 2012

A pipeline to biomedical research

Read a story from UNMC Connect about a UNMC program that has helped hundreds of talented youths from throughout Nebraska pursue health care careers.

Mar 28, 2012

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