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Tobacco settlement advisory group visits UNMC
Three top scientists were at UNMC last week to review how the university has used the research money received from the state’s tobacco settlement.
Dec 6, 2002
UNMC residents excel on internal medicine boards
For the fifth straight year, residents of UNMC’s department of internal
medicine have recorded a 100 percent pass rate on the Internal Medicine
Boards.
Dec 6, 2002
Psychologist to share plight of children in ex-Soviet Georgia
Jane Rawls, Ph.D., a child psychologist from New Zealand, today will discuss the plight and needs of abandoned, war-traumatized, and physically and developmentally disabled children in ex-Soviet Georgia. See story for details.
Dec 6, 2002
Leader of Association of Academic Health Centers visit postponed
Due to inclement weather in the Washington, D.C., area, the president and CEO of the Association of Academic Health Centers (AHC) will not visit UNMC today and Friday, as planned. The visit of Roger J. Bulger, M.D., is being rescheduled for early 2003.
Dec 5, 2002
The NU Flex 2003 change forms are due in the UNMC Benefits Office (ZIP 5470) on Friday, Dec. 6. Click for more information.
Dec 5, 2002
UNMC lung specialist: People with COPD suffer needlessly
Though more than 80 percent of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is caused by cigarette smoking, a surprising number of people with COPD in the United States and Europe don’t believe there’s much that can be done to help their condition. In addition, those people don’t often ask for treatment, according to the results of an international survey. Stephen Rennard, M.D., Larson Professor of Medicine at UNMC, published the first in a series of articles in the European Respiratory Journal addressing some of the issues raised by the survey. See story for results of the study.
Dec 4, 2002
Services today for former NU regent Robinson
Services are today for Margaret Robinson, one of the first women elected to the University of Nebraska Board of Regents. See story for details.
Dec 4, 2002
Graduate nursing students honored
Nineteen UNMC students presented posters and three students did oral presentations at the Graduate Nursing 2002 Fall Research Day on Nov. 7. Click for the top presenters.
Dec 4, 2002
IACUC seeks candidates for executive chair
UNMC’s Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) has decided to create the position of executive chair of the IACUC (ECI). The ECI will report administratively to the associate vice chancellor for academic affairs. All interested individuals are encouraged to apply. The deadline for receipt of applications is Monday, Dec. 9.See story for details.
Dec 3, 2002
Security is everyone’s business — 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 looks at protecting electronic information.
Dec 3, 2002