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An expanding research network

Growing UNMC-led network allows researchers to collaborate with practitioners in rural areas.

Oct 29, 2021

Matthew Rizzo, MD

Dr. Are honored by American College of Surgeons

Chandra Are, MBBS, is inaugural recipient of the ACS Academic Global Surgeon Award.

Oct 28, 2021

Chandra Are, MBBS

Susan Kraft Mann appointed as interim vice chancellor

Kraft Mann will lead business, finance and business development.

Oct 28, 2021

Susan Kraft Mann

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

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

Study shows decrease in certain lung cancer deaths

Researchers cite earlier diagnosis, better treatments in recently published paper.

Oct 26, 2021

Apar Ganti, MD

Breakthrough Thinking series kicks off Oct. 29

UNMC’s Siobhan Wescott, MD, and Jane Jih, MD, from the University of California San Francisco, will speak during program.

Oct 22, 2021

Siobhan Wescott, MD

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.

Mike Yanney to be honored by Omaha Press Club

Longtime UNMC supporter will be the next ‘Face on the Barroom Floor’ on Nov. 18.

Oct 19, 2021

Mike Yanney and Gail Walling-Yanney, MD

Grant funds study on negating lung injury from biohazards

Four-year, $1.7 million grant aims to ameliorate damage to lungs from acute and repetitive exposure to biohazards.

Oct 15, 2021

Jill Poole, MD