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To say Robert Troia, M.D., enjoys being a mentor to ophthalmology residents is an understatement. In fact, the 10 hours he devotes each week as a volunteer faculty member are the professional highlight of his week. Dr. Troia recently received the College of Medicine’s Volunteer Faculty of the Month award.

Mar 4, 2003

Quality assurance & research — 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 examines when quality assurance becomes research.

Mar 4, 2003

Dr. Thoreson named 2003 winner of Gilmore award

When Wallace Thoreson, Ph.D., was in college, his textbooks seemed to indicate that scientists had perfect vision on almost everything about human eyesight. However, as he progressed through his graduate and post-graduate training, Dr. Thoreson realized that the science world’s focus of vision function and disease was more than a little blurry. Dr. Thoreson is being honored March 5 as the recipient of the 2003 College of Medicine Joseph P. Gilmore Outstanding Investigator Award.

Mar 3, 2003

UNMC second quarter research grants total $10 million

UNMC received $10 million in federal research grants during the second quarter of fiscal year 2002-03. The second quarter includes the months of October, November and December.

Mar 3, 2003

Documentary spotlights issues of slavery

Dusty, often illegible petitions emit the voices of human beings being sold, owned or seeking redress. On Friday, UNMC employees journeyed to the 1800s in the wrenching and powerful documentary “Let My People Go: The Trials of Bondage in the Words of Master and Slave.”

Mar 3, 2003

Play examines domination, oppression — part 4 of 4

Today’s performance of “Let My People Go: Trials of Bondage in Words of Master and Slave” is about history, not just black history, but racial and sexist domination and oppression, says Valda Boyd Ford, director of UNMC/NHS Community and Multicultural Affairs. The free performance begins at 11:30 a.m. in the College of Nursing’s Cooper Auditorium.

Feb 28, 2003

Bioterrorism preparedness leader impressed by UNMC, Nebraska

Although work continues, the United States has made considerable progress in preparing for the potential of a biological weapons attack and Nebraska is among the states leading the effort, said the man who spent 10 years directing the World Health Organization’s global smallpox eradication campaign.

Feb 28, 2003

UNMC radio commercials begin airing March 3

UNMC will air its spring series of radio commercials highlighting research and education beginning Monday, March 3. The commercials will run in three, three-week flights from March 3 through May 11 on stations in Omaha, Lincoln and in communities across the state.

Feb 28, 2003

College of Nursing to host March 1 career fair, open house

UNMC’s College of Nursing, as well as UNMC students of the Nebraska State Student Nurse Association in Omaha and Lincoln, will host a career fair and open house Saturday, March 1 for anyone interested in a nursing career or who would like to advance their nursing degree.

Feb 27, 2003

Understanding life as a slave — part 3 of 4

‘But for the hope of being free,’ Frederick Douglass once said, ‘I have no doubt but that I should have killed myself.” To better understand the long-term trauma of slavery, see Friday’s play “Let My People Go: Trials of Bondage in Words of Master and Slave.”

Feb 27, 2003