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Health care system underused in addressing loneliness among older adults

Committee recommendations include more research on effective interventions.

Feb 28, 2020

Juliann Sebastian, Ph.D.

Distinguished Scientist: John-Martin Lowe, Ph.D.

Dr. Lowe’s research focus is detecting and disrupting transmission of highly infectious diseases.

Feb 27, 2020

John-Martin Lowe, Ph.D.

NIH begins clinical trial of drug to treat COVID-19

Study at UNMC is enrolling hospitalized adults with COVID-19.

Feb 26, 2020

Andre Kalil, M.D., professor of internal medicine at UNMC, is leading the trial at UNMC.

Distinguished Scientist: James Wahl, Ph.D.

Dr. Wahl’s research focus is epithelial cell adhesion.

Feb 26, 2020

James Wahl, Ph.D.

Milestone gift will help pediatric cancer research

Sammy’s Superheroes Foundation’s gift set to support research by Eleanor Rogan, Ph.D., and her team.

Feb 26, 2020

Eleanor Rogan, Ph.D., fourth from left, and her team of researchers will use a gift from Sammy's Superheroes Foundation for continued work on the Nebraska Watershed Project.

Distinguished Scientist: Kim Scarsi, Pharm.D.

Dr. Scarsi’s research focus is HIV pharmacology.

Feb 25, 2020

Distinguished Scientist: Aaron Mohs, Ph.D.

Dr. Mohs’ research focus is on imaging and biosensing.

Feb 24, 2020

Aaron Mohs, Ph.D.

Distinguished Scientist: Michel Ouellette, Ph.D.

Dr. Ouellette’s research focus is pancreatic cancer.

Feb 21, 2020

Michel Ouellette, Ph.D.

Dr. Cook earns American Cancer Society Scholar Grant

The grant is one of only two ACS awards currently held by faculty members at UNMC.

Feb 21, 2020

From left, Andy Link of the American Cancer Society, Ken Cowan, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, and Leah Cook, Ph.D., assistant professor in the UNMC Department of Pathology and Microbiology

Rescued Americans depart Camp Ashland

57 people completed 14-day quarantine on Thursday.

Feb 21, 2020

The 57 people were quarantined for 14 days at Camp Ashland.