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UNMC student receives AMA’s leadership award

Brock Wentz, a fourth-year medical student at UNMC, has been honored by the American Medical Association Foundation as one of this year’s recipients of the AMA Foundation Leadership Award.

May 9, 2003

Family of UNMC alum establishes memorial fund

The family of a well-known UNMC College of Dentistry alumnus, Doug Eversoll, D.D.S., has established an endowed fund to benefit students of the college’s orthodontics program. Dr. Eversoll, who died last June at the age of 43, had an orthodontic practice in Lincoln and a satellite clinic in York.

May 8, 2003

Aging Interest Group announces photo contest winners

UNMC’s Aging Interest Group has announced the winners of its 2003 photo contest. Click for winning photos.

May 8, 2003

UNMC to bestow three awards at commencement

UNMC will honor three people who have displayed tremendous dedication and excellence in their fields during its May 10 commencement ceremony in Omaha. See story for details.

May 7, 2003

Researchers use microarray technology to perform gene mutation analysis in lymphoma

Researchers from the University of Nebraska Medical Center and National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) have combined to perform the first mutation analysis using microarray technology on the ATM gene in lymphoma. The study was reported in the April 29 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

May 7, 2003

UNMC nursing student ensures combat troops have creature comforts

Neither Cheryl Teel nor her husband of 2 1/2 years knew how war would change their lives.

Cheryl Teel’s second year in school at the UNMC College of Nursing Kearney Division was interrupted and her plans for a May 2004 graduation changed. Teel, a Broken Bow native, left a familiar place in January for a place in the Kuwaiti desert halfway around the world to ultimately support Operation Iraqi Freedom.

May 7, 2003

Trash talk — a weekly HIPAA message

HIPAA, the “Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996,” provides federal protection of patient health information. You will be receiving weekly messages to help you understand the topic and how it impacts your job. Today’s HIPAA message talks about proper disposal of confidential information.

May 6, 2003

Candidate for vice chancellor position to participate in forum

One of three finalists for a top administrative post at UNMC will take part in an “ask the candidate forum” at 7:30 a.m. CDT Wednesday. Students, faculty and staff are invited to attend.

May 6, 2003

Acute stroke management conference May 9

Nationally recognized faculty members in the area of acute stroke management will be in Omaha Friday, May 9, for a daylong conference, which involves all the major acute healthcare institutions in Omaha and Lincoln.

May 6, 2003

State’s public health lab certified to test for smallpox virus

The Nebraska Public Health Laboratory (NPHL) is one of 23 labs in the country to receive certification by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to conduct tests for the Variola (smallpox) virus in Nebraska.

May 5, 2003