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UNMC pressure ulcer expert named to national panel
Joyce Black, Ph.D., UNMC College of Nursing associate professor and expert on pressure ulcers, recently was appointed as president of the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel.
Feb 6, 2006
UNMC physicians on Best Doctors list
Selected by their peers, 182 UNMC physicians are recognized as being among the Best Doctors in America. Physicians are selected on the basis of the question: “If you or a loved one needed a doctor in your specialty, to whom would you refer them?”
Feb 3, 2006
Ted Kooser is more than a collector of poetry prizes. The poet laureate of the United States and Pulitzer prize winner also is a survivor of head and neck cancer.
Feb 2, 2006
HIV/AIDS awareness day features week of activities
The sixth annual National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is Tuesday, Feb. 7, but a week’s worth of HIV/AIDS-related educational activities are planned in Omaha. This year’s activities run from Feb. 4 -10.
Feb 2, 2006
South Omaha clinic changes name, relocates
UNMC announced today that its South Omaha Neighborhood Association (SONA) clinic is moving into bigger space and changing its name. The move and name change will occur this week as the SONA Clinic at 31st & Q Streets closes its doors today and moves all health care services five blocks west to 36th & Q Streets. The clinic will reopen Monday as the UNMC Community Health Center.
Feb 1, 2006
Childhood cancer survivor receives new heart
As a child, 25-year-old Chris Collins won a hard fought battle with cancer. Now, as an adult, the Council Bluffs, Iowa, man is doing well in the days after receiving a new heart.
Feb 1, 2006
Joslyn Art Museum Passport Partners February offerings
As part of the Joslyn Art Museum Passport Partners program, medical center employees can gain free admission to this month’s opening of “French Donjons: Castle of Coucy, Medieval Life in Miniature,” as well as participate in Friday’s discussion on “The Da Vinci Code Debate.” Click for details.
Feb 1, 2006
Spotlight on new faculty – meet Ken Bayles, Ph.D.
Kenneth Bayles, Ph.D., associate professor of Pathology/Microbiology, is among the many new faculty members on the UNMC campus.
Jan 31, 2006
Connealy sworn in as Student Senate president
Dan Connealy recently took the oath of office to become the 2006 UNMC Student Senate president. The third-year medical student from Chadron also will serve as the UNMC student representative on the University of Nebraska Board of Regents.
Jan 31, 2006
Spotlight on new faculty – meet Oluwatoyin Asojo, Ph.D.
Oluwatoyin Asojo, Ph.D., assistant professor of pathology/microbiology, is among the many new faculty members on the UNMC campus.
Jan 30, 2006