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New faculty spotlight: Lauri Vargo, MD

Dr. Vargo is an assistant professor in the UNMC Department of Dermatology.

Aug 27, 2021

Lauri Vargo, MD

State Sen. Megan Hunt tours UNMC

Hunt praises med center for ‘leadership’ during the pandemic.

Aug 27, 2021

From left, Emily McElroy, dean of the McGoogan Health Sciences Library, and Nebraska State Sen. Megan Hunt

UNMC study confirms COVID air transmission

UNMC’s findings on airborne transmission have passed scientific peer review.

Aug 27, 2021

From left, Joshua Santarpia, PhD, John Lowe, PhD and St. Patrick Reid, PhD

UNMC for the record

Annual PEN retreat, Dunkin’ holds grand opening at ice rink today, and other news and notes from the UNMC community.

Aug 27, 2021

Research award winners with Keshore Bidasee, PhD, (far left), chair of the neuroscience graduate program, and Howard Gendelman, MD (far right), chair of the UNMC Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience

Remembering: Kate Nickel, PhD

Dr. Nickel was at UNMC for more than three decades.

Aug 27, 2021

Dunkin to hold grand opening

Attendees may win free coffee for a year.

Aug 26, 2021

New faculty spotlight: Anne Williamson, DDS

Dr. Williamson is a professor and director of postgraduate endodontics in the UNMC Department of Surgical Specialties, College of Dentistry.

Aug 26, 2021

Anne Williamson, DDS

Blood drives set for campus

Events set for Aug. 31 and Sept. 2.

Aug 26, 2021

Trial explores hyperoxygen therapy in brain injuries

The Hyperbaric Medicine Center is one of 11 units around the nation to take part in new trial.

Aug 26, 2021

Jeffrey Cooper, MD, director of hyperbaric medicine for Nebraska Medicine and associate professor of emergency medicine at UNMC

New faculty spotlight: Matthew Stephany, MD

Dr. Stephany is an assistant professor in the UNMC Department of Dermatology and director of general dermatology.

Aug 25, 2021

Matthew Stephany, MD