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UNMC welcomes Defense Health Agency for health security tour

A DHA team heard about the med center’s military and federal partnerships and biosecurity expertise.

Jan 15, 2024

At center, Lt. Col Elizabeth Schnaubelt, MD, led (at left) Major Gen. George Appenzeller, MD, special assistant to the Defense Health Agency director, on a tour of the negatively pressurized CONEX unit in December along with (at right) Chris Kratochvil, MD, UNMC vice chancellor for external relations.

Jennifer Blackford, PhD, named chair of NIH study section

Dr. Blackford, the Munroe-Meyer Institute’s director of research, will chair the NIH behavioral neuroscience fellowship study section.

Jan 12, 2024

Jennifer Blackford, PhD

UNMC heart, vascular research leaps forward with new grant

The Nebraska Center for Heart and Vascular Research received an NIH Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence Award.

Jan 10, 2024

Rebekah Gundry, PhD

Applied Behavior Analysis PhD program ranked top in country

The UNMC and Munroe-Meyer Institute program was recognized by the Applied Behavior Analysis Programs Guide.

Jan 10, 2024

Nicole Rodriguez, PhD

Clinical perfusion simulation program recognized among best

The program is one of 11 recognized as a high-fidelity center by the American Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion.

Jan 8, 2024

Scott Sanderson, clinical perfusion program director and administrative chair of UNMC's new American Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion (ABCP)-designated simulation center, practices sim training with colleague Amber Lickert, UNMC's perfusion clinical education coordinator.

UNMC’s 2023 reflects another year of growth

Take a look back at some of the highlights from UNMC’s expansive work in 2023.

Jan 8, 2024

Clockwise from top left, UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, and Mayor Jean Stothert led the groundbreaking for the CORE Building, UNMC welcomed the NU Board of Regents to campus in October, med center leadership cut the ribbon on the Community Wellness Collaborative in the Highlander neighborhood, and UNMC students chose the Labs as UNMC's official mascot.

UNMC’s famous chicken soup study circles the globe

The latest news coverage of the oft-covered research comes from Poland and Newsweek Polska.

Dec 26, 2023

UNMC researcher Stephen Rennard, MD, and co-investigator, wife Barbara Rennard, in the lab, er kitchen, with research subject, aka chicken soup. The couple led publication of a study titled, "Chicken Soup Inhibits Neutrophil Chemotaxis In Vitro."

iEXCEL: Simulating to keep patients safe

UNMC’s Interprofessional Experiential Center for Enduring Learning leads the way in high-tech learning and is recognized nationally for its work.

Dec 22, 2023

A UNMC student works at an interactive iWall with the iEXCEL program.

Dr. Anderson Berry featured on ‘Heart to Heart’ podcast

UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, and Ann Anderson Berry, MD, PhD, discuss pediatrics and the Child Health Research Institute.

Dec 21, 2023

Ann Anderson Berry, MD, PhD, director of the Child Health Research Institute, is the featured guest on the latest “Health Care Heart to Heart” podcast with UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD.

UNMC hosts Ukrainian health care delegation

The international guests, who brought experiences shaped by war, praised the attitudes they found at the med center.

Dec 19, 2023

UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, met with a visiting delegation from Ukraine during the group's visit to UNMC in November.
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