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Understanding refugee culture crux of Ghana trip
Valda Boyd Ford will spend the New Year in the largest refugee camp in Ghana. Ford, director of UNMC’s Community and Multicultural Affairs, will spend eight weeks in the 140-acre Buduburam Refugee Camp working with Unite for Sight, an organization dedicated to health promotion and disease prevention. She leaves at the end of the month.
Dec 15, 2004
On Tuesday, a large gathering of faculty, staff and students attended UNMC’s annual Holiday Tea. Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., and his wife Beverly hosted the two-hour event in the Durham Outpatient Center West Atrium.
Dec 15, 2004
Swarts helped bring Ronald McDonald House to Omaha
There would be no Ronald McDonald House in Omaha without Keith Swarts, says businessman Tony Diez. He should know. He worked alongside UNMC’s Director of Business Services to bring the Ronald McDonald House to Omaha 10 years ago.
Dec 14, 2004
UNMC training site for minimally invasive joint replacement surgery
Zimmer Holdings, Inc. Friday announced that it has entered into an agreement with UNMC to establish a Zimmer Institute training site at the school to collaborate on advancement of minimally invasive procedures and technologies for joint replacement surgery. UNMC becomes just the third U.S. training site for Zimmer.
Dec 13, 2004
Dentistry students participate in transition ceremony
Twenty-six second-year dental students and 24 third-year dental hygiene students recently signed pledges committing themselves to a higher level of professional responsibility as they begin their clinical experiences at the UNMC College of Dentistry.
Dec 10, 2004
Peck honored for work with women, children
Magda Peck, Sc.D., has championed women’s and children’s health for much of her professional life. On Thursday, UNMC’s professor of pediatrics was nationally recognized for her work when she was named an “Outstanding Leader” by the Coalition for Excellence in Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology.
Dec 10, 2004
UNMC researchers receive NIH grant to study heart failure
A team of cardiovascular scientists at the University of Nebraska Medical Center has received a five-year grant totaling more than $10.6 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study the mechanism for cardiovascular deterioration in heart failure. This is a renewal of a previous five-year grant.
Dec 9, 2004
UNMC Maternal Care Program receives baby kits
Chris Andersen, 16, is on the threshold of achieving scouting’s highest honor – Eagle Scout – thanks to the completion of his unique Eagle Scout project – the Infant Care Project. The Infant Care Project resulted in 52 new baby kits that will be distributed to needy mothers served by UNMC’s Maternal Care Program, a division of the department of obstetrics and gynecology.
Dec 9, 2004
Children’s Oncology Group taps UNMC chairman
On Dec. 1, James Anderson, Ph.D., chairman of the UNMC Department of Preventive and Societal Medicine, accepted an appointment as group statistician and director of the Children’s Oncology Group (COG) Statistics and Data Center. As director, Dr. Anderson will manage and coordinate the operation of the Statistics and Data Center, which has offices in Omaha, California and Florida.
Dec 9, 2004
Gingerbread home to raise money for MMI
Gingerbread homes have long been a holiday tradition. But now, thanks to an Omaha hotel, the Munroe-Meyer Institute will receive some much needed funding for its adult recreation program through the auction of a special gingerbread home.
Dec 8, 2004