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Steven Wartman, M.D., Ph.D., came to UNMC with high expectations. And he wasn’t disappointed. Dr. Wartman, president of the Association of Academic Health Centers, spent Tuesday afternoon on the UNMC campus.
Mar 9, 2006
Bioterrorism preparedness expert on campus March 30
The UNMC College of Nursing will co-sponsor a March 30 visit by Kristine Gebbie, Dr.Ph., director of the Center for Health Policy at Columbia University School of Nursing in New York. She will present strategies of incorporating bioterrorism readiness competencies into health care curriculum.
Mar 8, 2006
Dr. Asojo receives UNO Women of Color award
Oluwatoyin Asojo, Ph.D., has seen first-hand the devastation of such diseases as malaria, hookworm and HIV in her native Nigeria. As a child, she made a promise to herself to do something about it – and she has.
Mar 7, 2006
Federal budget cuts will have major impact on UNMC
With Hurricane Katrina and the war in Iraq taking huge bites out of the federal budget, scientists at UNMC and around the country are now faced with shrinking dollars for biomedical research, and the impact could be quite dramatic.
Mar 6, 2006
Student research awards announced
Seventy-seven of the 140 medical and graduate students that presented at last month’s Midwest Student Biomedical Research Forum were from UNMC. See who received awards.
Mar 6, 2006
Swarts goes the distance for UNMC, earns Gold U
It’s been his longest — and most rewarding — race. For the past 32 years, Keith Swarts has gone the distance to help propel UNMC into the world’s elite academic health science centers. He has received this month’s Chancellor’s Gold ‘U’ Award for his steadfast work and dedication.
Mar 3, 2006
Dr. Singh receives Gilmore Award for cancer research
Cancer. Just hearing the word can strike fear in people’s hearts. And it’s been the hope of many a researcher to find its cure. Rakesh Singh, Ph.D., is one of those researchers. On Friday, he’ll receive the 2006 Joseph P. Gilmore Outstanding Investigator Award for his research in tumor metastasis and angiogenesis.
Mar 2, 2006
Educating women on heart disease
Heart disease develops gradually and can start at a young age. On April 5, the UNMC Office of Community and Multicultural Affairs will host the “Heart and Soul Red Dress Event” at the Scott Conference Center to help women in the Omaha metropolitan area fight heart disease, which kills one in three.
Mar 2, 2006
Nursing holds spring induction ceremony
The UNMC College of Nursing held induction ceremonies across the state Feb. 26, to recognize 148 new nursing students as they committed to academic integrity and begin assimilating the values and behaviors of the professional nurse.
Mar 1, 2006
Chair of oral and maxillofacial surgery named
Michael Miloro, D.M.D., M.D., has been named the Leon F. Davis, D.D.S., M.D., Distinguished Chair of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at UNMC. It is a unique honor nationally. Out of 105 programs, less than a dozen oral and maxillofacial surgery chairs exist in the country.
Mar 1, 2006