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New faculty spotlight: Rebecca Rimsza, MD
Dr. Rimsza is an assistant professor in the UNMC Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Oct 30, 2023
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UNeMed to celebrate world-class discovery at Innovation Week
The week culminates with the UNMC Research Innovation Awards Banquet.
Oct 27, 2023
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Distinguished Scientist: Hongying Daisy Dai, PhD
Dr. Dai is a professor in the UNMC College of Public Health Department of Biostatistics.
Oct 27, 2023
![Daisy Dai, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/HongyingDaisyDai102023-900x600.jpg)
Global Center for Health Security team travels to Puerto Rico
UNMC experts worked with health care collaborators in Puerto Rico on infectious disease exercises and the ISTARI isolation system.
Oct 27, 2023
![David Brett-Major, MD, and Jana Broadhurst, MD PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/BrettMajorBroadhurst102723-900x600.jpg)
Public health lab is new center of excellence on wastewater testing
Ceres Nanosciences is working with the Nebraska Public Health Laboratory through an NIH initiative.
Oct 27, 2023
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UNMC for the record, Oct. 27, 2023
One more ‘Operation Immunization’ clinic is set, UNMC’s Nada Fadul, MD, is named to a national board, and the food vendor schedule for the week.
Oct 27, 2023
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A look back at the NU Board of Regents meeting at UNMC
Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, offered his congratulations and thanks to all who helped showcase UNMC.
Oct 26, 2023
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Distinguished Scientist: Jennifer Blackford, PhD
Dr. Blackford is the Hattie B. Munroe Professor and Director of Research for the Munroe-Meyer Institute.
Oct 26, 2023
![Jennifer Blackford, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/JenniferBlackford102023-900x600.jpg)
Two at UNMC College of Pharmacy expand their roles
Drew Prescott, PharmD, is the college’s new assistant dean for student affairs, as Christopher Shaffer, PharmD, PhD, devotes his efforts to CHRI.
Oct 26, 2023
![Drew Prescott, PharmD, and Christopher Shaffer, PharmD, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/PrescottShaffer102623-900x600.jpg)
Congressional staffers tour UNMC’s Davis Global Center
UNMC staff offer a firsthand look at some of the important federal initiatives on campus.
Oct 26, 2023
![Staff members from the Center for Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills, or C-STARS, led congressional staffers through an exercise donning and doffing personal protective equipment during a tour of the Davis Global Center.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/GlobalCenterTour102623-900x600.jpg)