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Remembering Reba Benschoter, PhD, telemedicine vanguard

Dr. Benschoter pioneered what is credited as the nation’s first two-way closed-circuit telemedicine system.

Jan 9, 2023

Reba Benschoter, PhD, in the Nebraska Psychiatric Institute Studio, circa 1967

UNMC hosts Bangladeshi health delegation

The visit reflects UNMC’s efforts to expand its global health network.

Jan 9, 2023

Delegates from the Bangladesh Ministry of Health and Family Welfare visited UNMC on Dec. 19 and 20, meeting with UNMC officials including Wael ElRayes (second from left), MBBCh, PhD, co-director of the UNMC College of Public Health’s Center for Global Health and Development.

Retirement celebration is Jan. 12 for Dr. Joe Norman

The physical therapy faculty member caps 30 years at UNMC.

Jan 9, 2023

Nominations open for Faculty Awards

Awards recognize faculty for outstanding teaching, mentoring or service.

Jan 9, 2023

UNMC emblem

Study shows proof-of-concept efficacy for a long-acting hepatitis B treatment

Lab findings for study at UNMC show therapy outperformed the existing standard of care, authors say.

Jan 6, 2023

From left, corresponding authors Benson Edagwa, PhD, Natalia Osna, MD, PhD, and Larisa Poluektova, MD, PhD

UNMC researcher tracks changing liver cancer trends

Evi Farazi, PhD, of the UNMC College of Public Health, publishes a multiyear study on hepatocellular carcinoma.

Jan 6, 2023

Evi Farazi, PhD

Breakthrough Thinking explores workplace design

Design specialist Julia Cooper advises how to create spaces that connect to an organization’s strategic goals.

Jan 6, 2023

New NIH data policy: Sessions offered for researchers

UNMC researchers and staff who submit NIH applications are encouraged to attend.

Jan 6, 2023

UNMC for the record, Jan. 6, 2023

UNMC College of Pharmacy establishes a new honor society, and registration opens for dodgeball tournament.

Jan 6, 2023

College of Pharmacy Diamond Scholars Club members, Dong Wang, PhD; Luis Marky, PhD; Corey Hopkins, PhD; Keith Olsen, PharmD; Jonathan Vennerstrom, PhD; Yuri Lyubchenko, PhD, DSc; DJ Murry, PharmD; Courtney Fletcher, PharmD. Not pictured: Ram Mahato, PhD; David Oupicky, PhD.

Diana Florescu, MD, named UNMC Scientist Laureate

Dr. Florescu, UNMC Distinguished Scientists and other researchers will be honored during a ceremony March 9.

Jan 5, 2023

Diana Florescu, MD