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From Virginia to Nebraska — Meet Lydia Mbocha
Today, you’ll meet Lydia Mbocha, the last of our six Virginia-Nebraska Alliance scholars. Mbocha traveled 1,000-plus miles to spend 12 weeks in a UNMC lab. The six undergraduates are the first to participate in the unique Virginia-Nebraska Alliance, an academic and research partnership between UNMC, Virginia Commonwealth University, five Historically Black Colleges and Universities and a leading Virginia community college. Click to learn more about Mbocha, in her words.
Jul 1, 2005
Deployed nursing student shares thoughts
Chad Miller of Grant, Neb., was studying nursing at UNMC when he was deployed this past October to Iraq, where he serves as a National Guard medic. Click to read excerpts from e-mails Spc. Miller has shared with friends.
Jul 1, 2005
Diversifying the nation’s health professionals
Virginia and Nebraska are separated by more than 1,000 miles, but united in one mission — to get more minority students into the health professions.
Jul 1, 2005
From Virginia to Nebraska — Meet Tyrone Cherry
Meet Tyrone Cherry, the fourth of our Virginia-Nebraska Alliance scholars. Cherry is one of six Virginia students who traveled 1,000-plus miles to spend 12 weeks in a UNMC lab. The undergraduates are the first to participate in the unique Virginia-Nebraska Alliance, an academic and research partnership between UNMC, Virginia Commonwealth University, five Historically Black Colleges and Universities and a leading Virginia community college. Click to learn more about Cherry, in his words.
Jun 30, 2005
Dr. Sullivan leads delegation to UNMC
One of the nation’s most distinguished medical educators and an advisor to President George W. Bush on health disparities, Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., is visiting UNMC this week to further develop the historic Virginia-Nebraska Alliance signed last year.
Jun 30, 2005
From Virginia to Nebraska — Meet Nakiesha Bridgers
Meet Nakiesha Bridgers, the third of our Virginia-Nebraska Alliance scholars. Bridgers is one of six Virginia students who traveled 1,000-plus miles to spend 12 weeks in a UNMC lab. The undergraduates are the first to participate in the unique Virginia-Nebraska Alliance, an academic and research partnership between UNMC, Virginia Commonwealth University, five Historically Black Colleges and Universities and a leading Virginia community college. Click to learn more about Bridgers, in her words.
Jun 29, 2005
Martha Harmon retires to a new job
After 37 years at UNMC, Martha Harmon is retiring, but don’t expect to see her relaxing near Lake Manawa.
Jun 29, 2005
Grant explores exercise and heart failure
Can exercise improve the functional status of patients with heart failure and ultimately their over-all quality of life? And, once they learn how to exercise, how can those same patients be encouraged to stick with it? Co-investigators Bunny Pozehl, Ph.D., Kathleen Duncan, Ph.D., Joseph Norman, Ph.D., and Melody Hertzog, Ph.D., will spend the next two years searching for answers to these questions with support from a National Institute of Nursing Research grant totaling $220,500.
Jun 28, 2005
From Virginia to Nebraska — Meet Tiffani Bell
Meet Tiffani Bell, the second of our Virginia-Nebraska Alliance scholars. Bell is one of six Virginia students who traveled 1,000-plus miles to spend 12 weeks in a UNMC lab. The undergraduates are the first to participate in the unique Virginia-Nebraska Alliance, an academic and research partnership between UNMC, Virginia Commonwealth University, five Historically Black Colleges and Universities and a leading Virginia community college. Click to learn more about Bell, in her words.
Jun 28, 2005
Program director named for MPH program
Alice Schumaker, Ph.D., has been named program director for the UNMC/UNO Master of Public Health Program, beginning July 1. Dr. Schumaker is associate professor in the School of Public Administration, College of Public Affairs and Community Service, at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.
Jun 27, 2005