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Dr. Sorrell to be honored at NFR luncheon

Nebraskans for Research will honor UNMC’s Michael Sorrell, M.D., at the annual Tribute to Research luncheon on Monday, April 26. Dr. Sorrell is chief of gastroenterology and hepatology, medical director of the Liver Transplant Program and Robert L. Grissom, M.D., Professor of Medicine.

Mar 10, 2004

Professionalism seminar focuses on patient safety

Patient safety and reducing the likelihood of human medical errors was the focal point of this year’s Professionalism Seminar for future health care professionals.

Mar 9, 2004

Fulbright scholar enhances training in Jordan

Laeth Nasir, M.D., associate professor in the department of family medicine at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, was awarded a 2003-2004 Fulbright scholar grant. Since August 2003, Dr. Nasir has been a scholar in residence teaching and practicing family medicine at the University of Jordan where he will serve for a year. In February, he was joined by Marc Tompkins, a fourth-year medical student at UNMC, who will serve a rotation in family and internal medicine under Dr. Nasir.

Mar 9, 2004

M. D. Anderson Cancer Center honors UNMC oncologist

James Armitage, M.D., Joe Shapiro Professor of Medicine and UNMC oncologist, has received the Heath Memorial Award at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. The award honors those who have made outstanding contributions to cancer patient care by the clinical application of basic cancer knowledge.

Mar 8, 2004

UNMC vice chancellor has harrowing experience in Haiti

For Rubens Pamies, M.D., vice chancellor for academic affairs and dean for graduate studies at UNMC, the past two weeks have been like a bad dream. Fortunately, this dream had a happy ending – thanks in large part to the efforts of the staff of U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson and several UNMC administrators.

Mar 8, 2004

Researchers to study teen smoking cessation model

Researchers at UNMC have been awarded a grant for nearly $2.2 million to study a smoking cessation model that addresses the unique challenges of teenage smokers. The four-year grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Public Health Services.

Mar 5, 2004

Nebraska State Student Nurse of the Year named

The Nebraska State Student Nurses’ Association has presented UNMC College of Nursing student Melinda Sonderup with the Nebraska State Student Nurse of the Year Award.

Mar 5, 2004

UNMC dental researcher receives Parkinson’s disease grant

The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF) has awarded Kalipada Pahan, Ph.D., associate professor of biochemistry, UNMC College of Dentistry, a two-year, $125,000 grant to study the effectiveness of a drug to stop the destruction of cells in mouse models with Parkinson’s disease.

Mar 4, 2004

UNMC researcher featured in The New England Journal of Medicine

A UNMC researcher is featured in the current issue of The New England Journal of Medicine. In the NEJM’s March 4 Perspective column, Stephen Rennard, M.D., Larson Professor of Medicine, UNMC Pulmonary and Critical Care Section, outlines the need to increase awareness of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and highlights a promising tool in diagnosing and managing patients with COPD.

Mar 4, 2004

Unique mice attract Japanese researcher

Jun-ichi Sakiyama, Ph.D., recently traveled to UNMC to study the world’s only existing genetically engineered mouse strain without the Hoxb6 gene. Sakiyama is interested in whether the Hoxb6 gene plays a crucial role in lung development, an area he has been studying in the division of biological science at Nagoya University in Japan.

Mar 3, 2004