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UNMC, ConAgra health fair reaches more than 500 residents
UNMC’s Center for Reducing Health Disparities and ConAgra Foods recently sponsored a free community health fair for the south Omaha community.
Nov 18, 2008
Dr. Zahid receives postdoc travel award for cancer research
Mohammed Zahid, Ph.D. — a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratories of Ercole Cavalieri, D.Sc., and Eleanor Rogan, Ph.D. — received the UNMC Eppley Cancer Center’s second annual Award for Excellence in Cancer Research by a Postdoctoral Fellow Participating in the Cancer Biology Program.
Nov 18, 2008
Thursday’s Music as Medicine to feature chamber music
The Omaha Chamber Music Society will feature flutist Maria Harding, cellist Paul Lewdon and pianist John Bennett at Thursday’s Music as Medicine concert.
Nov 18, 2008
To a teacher, there’s just something special about being recognized by your students. The tears in the eyes of Edward “Ted” Roche, Ph.D., said as much last month when the associate professor in the department of pharmaceutical sciences received the 2008 College of Pharmacy Distinguished Teaching Award at the college’s fall honors convocation.
Nov 17, 2008
Dr. Sanger to present monthy CTR seminar today
During the monthly Clinical and Translational Research (CTR) seminar today at noon in the Eppley Science Hall Amphitheater, Warren Sanger, Ph.D., director of the Munroe-Meyer Institute Human Genetics Laboratory, will discuss how his lab can be a resource to UNMC researchers.
Nov 17, 2008
Spotlight on new faculty – Mary Charlton, Ph.D.
Mary Charlton, Ph.D., assistant professor in the department of health services research and administration, is one of the many new faculty members at UNMC.
Nov 17, 2008
NUFlex re-enrollment starts today
Benefits re-enrollment packets were mailed out from Central Administration in Lincoln on Friday and should be received today or Tuesday at the very latest through intercampus mail.
Nov 17, 2008
NUFlex re-enrollment starts Monday
Benefits re-enrollment packets will be mailed out from University of Nebraska Central Administration today and should be received by employees on Monday or Tuesday.
Nov 14, 2008
National health disparities expert visits UNMC
With the national economy in a slump, finding resources for uninsured and underinsured rural and urban patients won’t be easy, said Louis Sullivan, M.D., a national health disparities expert.
Nov 14, 2008
Human genetics lab a valuable resource to UNMC researchers
The Munroe-Meyer Institute Human Genetics Laboratory and the expertise of its staff are known around the world. However, Warren Sanger, Ph.D., the lab’s director and a professor in the departments of pediatrics and pathology and microbiology, said he’d love to see the lab’s profile grow among UNMC researchers.
Nov 14, 2008