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Third finalist for cancer center director on campus Aug. 8

Joann Sweasy, PhD, is director of the University of Arizona Cancer Center in Tucson, Arizona.

Aug 4, 2023

Joann Sweasy, PhD

Retirement planning webinar series starts Aug. 15

Four virtual presentations will be held, and registration is required.

Aug 4, 2023

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UNMC for the record, Aug. 4, 2023

News items on a task force appointment for Dr. Windle, India Day, a call for a muralist and elevator testing.

Aug 4, 2023

John Windle, MD

Chancellor Gold visits South Omaha to build connections

A wide-ranging discussion with community leaders gives the chancellor topics to explore.

Aug 3, 2023

From left, Albert Varas, president and CEO of Latino Center of the Midlands, UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, and Emiliano Lerda, co-founder of co-warehousing and community space Elevator. Varas is a UNMC board of counselor member, and Lerda is board chair.

‘Heart to Heart’ podcast talks with Kari Simonsen, MD

UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, hosts the chair of the UNMC Department of Pediatrics.

Aug 3, 2023

Kari Simonsen, MD

Nebraska Medicine partners to improve Black maternal health

Nebraska Medicine collaborated with a local nonprofit on a doula curriculum to better support Black patients.

Aug 3, 2023

While doulas-in-training toured the labor and delivery unit, Jessica McGhee demonstrates an exercise doulas can perform to relieve labor pains.

UNMC history: Revolutionary pain management care

In 1973, F. Miles Skultety, MD, founded the Nebraska Pain Management Center to treat patients with chronic pain.

Aug 3, 2023

F. Miles Skultety, MD

UNMC extends partnerships in west central Nebraska

On a visit to North Platte, Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, signed a master affiliation agreement with GPHealth.

Aug 2, 2023

UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, with Ivan Mitchell, Great Plains Health CEO

Orthopedic PT residency receives accreditation

The UNMC College of Allied Health Professions residency received accreditation through January 2028.

Aug 2, 2023

Megan Frazee, DPT

BioRender available to UNMC researchers

Previously, researchers needed to purchase their own license to use the scientific diagram software.

Aug 2, 2023