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Internal medicine’s 2006 research awards
On Friday, four UNMC researchers — Drs. Denham Harman, James Armitage, Jennifer Larsen and Daniel Anderson — will receive the 2006 Internal Medicine Research Awards for exceptional achievements in research.
Jun 6, 2006
Study looks at wheat allergies in infants
A study released in this month’s journal Pediatrics issues a strong challenge to the notion that babies should be exclusively breastfed, and not given any solid foods, during the first six months of life. Jill Poole, M.D., assistant professor in the pulmonary, critical care, sleep and allergy section of the department of internal medicine at UNMC, is lead author of the study.
Jun 6, 2006
Test your College of Medicine history, win a T-shirt – day 2
In celebration of the College of Medicine’s 125th anniversary, UNMC Today is testing your historial knowledge of the college. Today, read the answer to our first question — what dean of the College of Medicine was the son of a Nebraska governor — then be challenged to a new question.
Jun 6, 2006
Smoking cessation program to use innovative tool
It’s slightly bigger than a pack of cigarettes, but today’s hand-held computers still fit inside a shirt pocket. Lynne Buchanan, Ph.D., is counting on that accessibility. An associate professor in the UNMC College of Nursing, Dr. Buchanan is asking smokers to reach for the specially designed Personal Digital Assistant to help distract and delay their urge to smoke.
Jun 5, 2006
Test your College of Medicine history, win a T-shirt
In celebration of the College of Medicine’s 125th anniversary, UNMC College of Medicine associate dean, professor and campus historian Robert Wigton, M.D., has compiled a series of trivia to test the campus’s historical knowledge. Read the question and e-mail your answer — you may win a free T-shirt!
Jun 5, 2006
Dr. Maurer honored by his alma mater
UNMC Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., has received the Clark-Curran Award in Medical Administration from his alma mater, State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn. The award recognizes Dr. Maurer’s outstanding teaching ability and contributions to medical administration.
Jun 5, 2006
Henderson to head Southeast Nebraska AHEC
Robyn Henderson was recently named the executive director of the new Southeast Nebraska Area Health Education Center (SE-AHEC). Henderson previously served as assistant director of the Rural Health Education Network and program director for the Nebraska SEARCH program at UNMC.
Jun 2, 2006
Bibliographic management program available free
RefWorks, a bibliographic management program similar to EndNote and Reference Manager, is now available to all UNMC-affiliated faculty, staff and students without charge. A RefWorks-affiliated trainer will be on campus June 13 to demonstrate features of the program.
Jun 2, 2006
College of Nursing Lincoln Division appoints new assistant dean
Kathleen Duncan, Ph.D., associate professor of nursing, UNMC College of Nursing Lincoln Division, assumed the role of assistant dean June 1. She succeeds Lani Zimmerman, Ph..D., who has held the position since 1995.
Jun 2, 2006
Salaries, health insurance outlined at forums
Beginning July 1, UNMC faculty and staff will receive an average salary increase of 3.95 percent, with individual increases made on the basis of performance.
Jun 1, 2006