UNMC Today - Today's Headlines
Growing clinical research – Want to participate in a clinical trial?
Would you or someone you know like to participate in a clinical trial? Check out UNMC’s new Clinical Trials Database, which lists descriptions and requirements of more than 120 trials currently underway at the medical center.
Mar 31, 2011
Meet UNMC New Investigator – Stephen Bonasera, M.D., Ph.D.
UNMC researcher Stephen Bonasera, M.D., Ph.D., answers questions about his work, life and interests.
Mar 31, 2011
Public Health Week starts Monday with community breakfast
College of Public Health faculty, staff and students will join members of the Omaha community at a Monday breakfast to discuss ways to reduce violence and increase safety in the city’s neighborhoods. The event kicks off National Public Health Week at UNMC.
Mar 31, 2011
Lookin’ at U – Darren Dageforde
This week, we learn more about Darren Dageforde, manager of utilities and energy engineering in UNMC Facilities Management and Planning.
Mar 31, 2011
Pediatric clinic seeks children’s books for award-winning program
The pediatric clinic in the Durham Outpatient Center seeks books for the Reach and Read program — which involves giving age-appropriate books and “reading prescriptions” to all children between 6 months and 5 years of age at health care visits.
Mar 30, 2011
Wellness Wednesday – Olson Center Brown Bag focused on anti-depressant alternatives
More than 170 million prescriptions are written for antidepressant medication every year.
Mar 30, 2011
Dr. Maurer to receive Distinguished Alumni Award from alma mater
UNMC Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., will receive a Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award from the school where he earned his medical degree — SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn.
Mar 30, 2011
Stuttering the topic of Thursday’s Lincoln Science Cafe
Stuttering will be the focus of Thursday’s Lincoln Science Cafe.
Mar 30, 2011
UNMC Grants — Fu Chen wins prestigious dental awards
A drug delivery system that, in the form of a mouthwash, fights cavities, periodontal disease and bad breath received attention from the international dental community this month.
Mar 29, 2011
Matthew Zimmerman, Ph.D., assistant professor of cellular and integrative physiology, will receive the 2011 Joseph P. Gilmore Distinguished New Investigator Award at a campus ceremony today.
Mar 29, 2011