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MMI Symposium on Down syndrome April 25

UNMC’s Munroe-Meyer Institute will host a symposium on the diagnosis and treatment of children with Down syndrome on Saturday, April 25 in the Sorrell Center.

Apr 14, 2009

Holocaust survivor to speak at medical center

Livia Bitton-Jackson, Ph.D., born Elli L. Friedmann in Czechoslovakia, was 13 when she, her mother and her brother were taken to the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz.

Apr 14, 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

Scout leader Dr. Baldwin receives community service award

A love of the outdoors was sparked in Jeffrey Baldwin, Pharm. D., associate professor of pharmacy practice, as he grew up in north central Pennsylvania.

Apr 13, 2009

Society to help student-run clinics share ideas, practices

With the launch of the Society for Student Run Free Clinics at the recent SHARING the Vision conference, health profession students now have a place to turn to for information.

Apr 13, 2009

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

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