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Management Series begins Oct. 1, applications due Sept. 23
A new session of the UNMC Management Series kicks off on Oct. 1 and applications for the course are due Sept. 23.
Aug 28, 2009
UNMC cardiologist is first to use new device in Nebraska
A UNMC physician has performed Nebraska’s first implant of an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) that uses a new system that minimizes the number of connections between cardiac leads and the ICD.
Aug 28, 2009
Lookin’ at U – Liliana Bronner
Quick, think of five things others should know about you. That’s the theme behind a series in UNMC Today called “Lookin’ at U.” This week, we feature Liliana Bronner, interim director of the College of Public Health’s Rural Education Network.
Aug 27, 2009
Marijuana, addiction topic of next Omaha Science Cafe
Marijuana and addiction are the topics of the next Omaha Science Cafe on Tuesday, Sept. 1.
Aug 27, 2009
Reimbursement, costs and the medical home
In today’s outpatient health care setting, when patients seek help for an issue, payment to health care providers is rendered for patient evaluations or procedures conducted. What this creates, Tom Tape, M.D., said, is incentive to physicians and other providers to increase the number of services they perform on patients.
Aug 27, 2009
Participants needed for Oct. 8 Teacher Connections Day
Faculty and staff willing to donate 50 minutes of their time on Oct. 8 are sought to share a learning activity with a small group of rural science teachers that will visit campus for the day’s event.
Aug 27, 2009
Registration for global health conference still open
The Midwestern Regional Global Health conference will be Sept. 11-13 at the Doubletree Hotel in downtown Omaha.
Aug 27, 2009
Spotlight on innovation – Meet Tsuneya Ikezu, M.D., Ph.D.
As many as 5.3 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease; roughly one out of 53 with numbers anticipated to quadruple by 2050. Tsuneya Ikezu, M.D., Ph.D., professor and vice chair for research, pharmacology and experimental neuroscience, and director for the Center of Neurodegenerative Disorders, feels these numbers are quite simply too high.
Aug 27, 2009
Campus alert system registration open
UNMC employees and students can register for the e2Campus security system that would quickly alert them should a shooting, tornado or other life-threatening development occur on campus.
Aug 26, 2009
UNMC receives foundation grants for research equipment
UNMC has received four grants totaling $310,148 from the University of Nebraska Foundation for biomedical research equipment in research core facilities.
Aug 26, 2009