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Scientist to continue multiple sclerosis research

Kalipada Pahan, Ph.D., associate professor of biochemistry, oral biology and pharmacology at the UNMC College of Dentistry in Lincoln, has received a five-year, $1.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study potential new anti-neuroinflammatory drugs for multiple sclerosis.

Jan 3, 2005

World-Herald names Dr. Maurer ‘Midlander of the Year’

For being “the spark behind what may be the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s most explosive period of growth and for his efforts to make UNMC a world-class academic medical center,” UNMC Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., has been named “Midlander of the Year” for 2004 by The Omaha World-Herald.

Jan 3, 2005

Medical service trips grow in popularity

Eighty-three UNMC students are expected to participate in the Student Alliance for Global Health (SAGH) medical service trips planned for the 2005 academic spring breaks.

Dec 29, 2004

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society recognizes UNMC research

Matt Peters sat among board members, researchers and staff during a recent luncheon of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Nebraska Chapter. He wasn’t a board member nor a researcher, but someone whose family has benefited from the work of the society and cancer researchers.

Dec 28, 2004

Preventing carbon monoxide poisonings

Did you know that a killer could be lurking in your home or car right now? The problem is, this killer can strike without ever being seen, heard or smelled. Each year, carbon monoxide poisoning kills nearly 500 people nationwide and sickens thousands more.

Dec 27, 2004

UNMC students solicit supplies, donations for medical missions

During the 2005 college spring break, many students will be homeward bound or headed for fun in the sun. But five groups of health science students — members of the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Student Alliance for Global Health (SAGH) — will spend spring break on medical missions to clinics in Jamaica, Guatemala, and Nicaragua and South Dakota Sioux Indian communities.

Dec 27, 2004

Nurses share defining moments

UNMC College of Nursing recruiter Dani Eveloff recently polled new and long-term nurses about their defining moments in nursing. Here are a few of their edited responses.

Dec 23, 2004

UNMC hosts pre-party for Night of 1,000 Stars

UNMC netted more than $13,000 for the Nebraska Aids Project (NAP) through its pre-party for “The Night of 1,000 Stars” on Dec. 4.

Dec 23, 2004

Nursing student, friends make patient’s dream come true

For two hours one October morning, Jacyn Brown was free. The former high school football star pedaled the recumbent bike four times around the huge parking lot as family and friends watched on the sidelines. Although the 26-year-old couldn’t see their smiles, he certainly heard their cheers.

Dec 23, 2004

UNMC hosts infectious disease, microbiology conference

The Omaha Infectious Disease and Microbiology Conference in November was simply an idea whose time had come, according to Phil Smith, M.D., chief, UNMC department of internal medicine-section of infectious disease, and conference director.

Dec 22, 2004