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First female Navajo surgeon to speak at UNMC today

Renowned American Indian doctor, Lori Arviso Alvord, M.D., will present “The Scalpel and the Silver Bear: Combining Western Medicine and Traditional Navajo Ceremonies to Create Healing Environments” today at 7 p.m. in the Durham Research Center Auditorium

Apr 13, 2009

Blood cancer treatment the focus of April 21 presentation

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society invites cancer patients, family members, nurses, social workers and other health professionals to a free presentation Tuesday, April 21, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. (CDT).

Apr 13, 2009

Important procedures for NIH public access compliance

All National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded investigators are required to submit their final, peer-reviewed manuscripts to PubMed Central upon acceptance for publication.

Apr 13, 2009

Valentine’s Dr. Steve Senseney receives Koefoot Award

Do and learn — a truer method of instruction may never have been instituted. It’s a method that is commonly encountered by UNMC medical students as they do rotations in rural parts of the state. Third-year medical student Adam Wells experienced it when he served a rotation with Steve Senseney, M.D., in Valentine, Neb. Wells learned a lot, too.

Apr 10, 2009

All that remains …

A pile of rubble is all that remains of the UNMC Campus Training Center, a nondescript concrete building with metal siding south of the Michael F. Sorrell Center for Health Science Education along 42nd Street.

Apr 10, 2009

UNMC professor enters public health leadership institute

Shinobu Watanabe-Galloway, Ph.D., assistant professor and acting chairwoman of the epidemiology department in the College of Public Health, recently was selected to join the National Public Health Leadership Institute’s 18th class.

Apr 10, 2009

Public Health Week story 5 — minority health

A disproportionate burden of disease among racial and ethnic minorities results in greater health care expenditures not only for these groups but for the rest of society.

Apr 10, 2009

A schedule of UNMC/KETV News Watch 7 segments

A schedule of this weekend’s “Health Watch Asks, UNMC Answers” segments on KETV NewsWatch 7.

Apr 10, 2009

Kicks for a Cure tickets available

Tickets are available to UNMC employees for several events at the fourth annual Kicks for a Cure.

Apr 10, 2009

Lookin’ at U — Christy Williams

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 Christy Williams, an administrative associate in Munroe-Meyer Institute Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders.

Apr 9, 2009