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Study details effects of opioid misuse during, after pregnancy

Finding published in Translation Psychiatry.

Oct 20, 2020

From left, the UNMC Department of Anesthesiolgy's Steven Lisco MD; Katherine Odegaard, Sowmya Yelamanchili, PhD, and Gurudutt Pendyala, PhD

New leaders named at cancer center

New associate directors, co-leaders named.

Oct 15, 2020

From left, Shinobu Watanabe-Galloway, PhD, Joyce Solheim, PhD, and Surinder Batra, PhD, have been named associate directors at the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center.

Dr. Pozehl receives national award for work in heart failure

Bunny Pozehl, PhD, received the award from the Heart Failure Society of America.

Oct 15, 2020

Bunny Pozehl, PhD

Davis Global Center will transform health care education

Tuesday’s virtual dedication formally opened the Dr. Edwin G. & Dorothy Balbach Davis Global Center.

Oct 14, 2020

Pam Boyers, PhD, associate vice chancellor for clinical simulation and iEXCEL, left, and Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, took part in a simulated ribbon-cutting earlier this week for the Davis Global Center. They were joined by video compilation of other stakeholders.

Trunk or Treat to move to new MMI building this year

The Munroe-Meyer Institute is going ‘on the road’ for this year’s drive-through version of the popular event.

Oct 12, 2020

Masks will be worn and windows will be rolled up, but the spirit of Trunk or Treat, personified by this group from the MMI Department of Speech-Language Pathology at the 2019 event, will live on in the new "drive-through" format.

Under the Microscope: Davis Global Center dedication set for Tuesday

Iconic landmark made possible through public-private partnership.

Oct 12, 2020

Dr. Skar to study infections in pediatric shunts

NIH award will fund five-year study on immune system’s role in infection-related complications.

Oct 9, 2020

Gwenn Skar, MD

Dr. Marcelin joins national infectious disease board

Jasmine Marcelin, MD, will join the board of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.

Oct 8, 2020

Jasmine Marcelin, MD

Grant to support behavioral health resources in five rural counties

BHECN’s Opioid Response Program grant will connect people, resources in five counties.

Oct 7, 2020

Brent Khan, EdD, co-director of the Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska

Children’s, UNMC sign Child Health Research Institute agreement

Organizations will partner on cutting-edge research to unlock cures for children.

Oct 7, 2020

Chanda Chacón, president & CEO of Children's Hospital & Medical Center, left, and Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, chancellor of UNMC.