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Summer program rewarding for students and UNMC

As we prepare for one of this year’s rare winter storms, UNMC Today takes a look at one of the medical center’s highly respected summer programs.

Feb 3, 2012

Dr. Kutty – A research star rises

Shelby Kutty, M.D., assistant professor of pediatric cardiology, has received rave reviews for his research into the use of ultrasound technology to break up blood clots in small patients.

Feb 2, 2012

UNMC to offer doctoral degree in epidemiology

A Ph.D. program in epidemiology, the basic science of public health, will be offered by UNMC’s College of Public Health starting next fall.

Jan 30, 2012

More than $51,000 raised at skate-a-thon, ice bowlers top $12,000

More than $51,000 was raised at the UNMC Skate-a-thon for Parkinson’s, which includes more than $12,000 that was drummed up by the eight UNMC employees and students who volunteered to be human ice bowling balls on Friday night.

Jan 30, 2012

Dr. Wagner-led study yields novel breast cancer finding

Every three minutes a woman in the United States is diagnosed with breast cancer. Of those women, approximately one in five test positive for Her2, an aggressive type of breast cancer that is harder to fight because it is less responsive to hormonal therapy.

Jan 24, 2012

UNMC and The Nebraska Medical Center Unveil Plans for a New Cancer Center

New center would elevate Nebraska’s role in cancer care and research

Jan 19, 2012

Dr. Kang lands fiction deal with Penguin, credits Seven Doctors Project

When Lydia Kang, M.D., joined the Seven Doctors Project in 2008, she thought she could get some help with some poetry she had written.

Jan 10, 2012

Reenforcement on the front lines of mental health

It’s estimated that more than half of all U.S. mental health care takes place at the primary care level and that percentage jumps considerably in rural areas where there often are no mental health practitioners for hundreds of miles.

Jan 6, 2012

Dental student grateful for more than just a scholarship

When UNMC dental student Jake Zitterkopf sat down to write a thank you letter to the people who gave his scholarship, he never intended to go above and beyond the ordinary. But that’s what he did. (Story links to University of Nebraska Foundation website.)

Jan 5, 2012

Skate-a-thon for Parkinson’s returns to campus Jan. 27-28, volunteers sought

The second-annual UNMC Skate-a-thon for Parkinson’s will take place at the campus ice rink on Jan. 27-28 from 5 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Jan 4, 2012