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Ford to serve on NIH’s federal advisory committee
Valda Boyd-Ford, director of Community and Multicultural Affairs at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, has been chosen by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to serve on the Director’s Council of Public Representatives (COPR). Since 1999, COPR has advised the NIH director on issues of public importance.
Aug 10, 2005
Undergraduate students show off research work
A conference near Grand Island today and tomorrow will showcase the biomedical research work performed this summer by college students from across the state.
Aug 10, 2005
McGoogan issues passports to information
New UNMC students soon will grab their “passport” to explore the resource-rich world of the McGoogan Library of Medicine. The library’s “Passports to Information” campaign recently won “Best in Show” at the Medical Library Association’s (MLA) 2005 national conference.
Aug 9, 2005
Grant helps bring unique art exhibit to Omaha
UNMC and the University of Nebraska at Omaha have received a $3,500 grant from the Nebraska Arts Council to help bring a unique art exhibition to the UNO Art Gallery called “Saving Faces: Art and Medicine.”
Aug 8, 2005
College of Nursing, tribal communities to conduct asthma screenings
The UNMC College of Nursing recently received a $197,856 Native American Research Centers for Health grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. T. Kim Rodehorst, Ph.D., assistant professor of the UNMC College of Nursing West Nebraska Division in Scottsbluff and principal investigator for the grant, will use the funding for asthma screening in Northern Plains’ tribal communities.
Aug 8, 2005
Dr. Jesse promotes health literacy
UNMC has found an unusual individual to serve as a spokesperson for community health literacy. His name is Dr. Jesse, and he’s a puppet.
Aug 5, 2005
Correa uses radio, TV to fight tobacco use among Latinos
Antonia Correa is on a crusade against tobacco use in the Latino community. It’s a mission she’s been fighting for several years as the tobacco prevention specialist for the UNMC Community Partnership.
Aug 4, 2005
Husband of nursing graduate donates items to alumni history museum
Standing alongside his two sons in the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing and Alumni History Museum, Robert Martina took time to revisit the past. His wife, the late Pauline M. Doughtery, a 1942 College of Nursing graduate and member of the Navy Nurse Corps during World War II, is featured among articles and memorabilia he donated to the museum.
Aug 4, 2005
Volunteer faculty members honored
The UNMC College of Medicine honored six volunteer faculty members during the first half of 2005. Click to see who was honored for their contributions to the campus and to the classroom and clinical settings.
Aug 3, 2005
Information systems experts to attend Aug. 11-14 conference
High-technology scholars and practitioners from around the globe will be heading to Omaha in mid-August to attend a world-class conference focused on Information Systems (IS).
Aug 2, 2005