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Grant Imahara to headline 2019 Nebraska Science Festival

Electronics/robots expert from Discovery Channel’s Mythbusters to kick off festival

Feb 12, 2019

Grant Imahara

UNMC lab seeks volunteers for mind/brain research studies

Also recruiting volunteers to participate in research registry

Feb 6, 2019

One of the research studies seeking volunteers involves using the advanced driving simulator in the UNMC Mind & Brain Health Labs.
Marley Doyle, M.D.

UNMC Ice Rink extends skating season through Feb. 17

Frigid weather forced rink to be closed most of this week

Feb 1, 2019

Longtime UNMC ophthalmologist, Gerald Christensen, M.D, dies at age 83

Was one of lead donors in 2008 on special center at UNMC for people with low vision

Jan 30, 2019

Gerald Christensen, M.D.
It was a family affair for the Cary family. The three sons of Stephen and Jeanne Cary all skated in the event. Stephen, 70, has been battling Parkinson's disease for 13 years.  Back row (left-right) -Tyler Cary, Bryce Cary, Stephen Cary, Felicia Cary (Ryan Cary's wife), Jeanne Cary and Ryan Cary. Front row (left-right) Rylee Cary, daughter of Ryan and Felicia, and Jocelyn Cary, Bryce Cary's daughter.

Howard Liu, M.D., named chair of UNMC Department of Psychiatry

Has been campus leader on several initiatives over past decade

Jan 23, 2019

From left, Nebraska Medicine CEO James Linder, M.D., Howard Liu, M.D., chair of the department of psychiatry, and Bradley Britigan, M.D., dean of the UNMC College of Medicine.

University of Nebraska partners with Dept. of Defense to develop drug therapies

Goal is to protect military service members from effects of radiation exposure

Jan 14, 2019

Rebecca Oberley Deegan, Ph.D., UNMC, Kenneth Bayles, Ph.D., associate vice chancellor for basic science research at UNMC, and David Berkowitz, Ph.D., professor of chemistry at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, are three of the key NU scientists involved in a project with the U.S. Department of Defense to develop drugs that would protect U.S. troops from radiation exposure.

UNMC boosts research stature by adding most advanced MRI scanner in Nebraska

Allows UNMC to compete with elite institutions, better understand complexities of brain

Jan 9, 2019

The new research-dedicated MRI will allow UNMC to compete with elite research institutions around the country and should help the medical center bring in millions of more dollars in research funding.

UNMC, DCHD working with Omaha pharmacies on vaccine campaign

Two-year campaign made possible by $300,000 anonymous donation to NU Foundation

Jan 4, 2019

Don Klepser, Ph.D., UNMC College of Pharmacy, and Shannon Maloney, Ph.D., UNMC College of Public Health, are co-principal investigators on the vaccine campaign in the greater Omaha area geared to adolescent-aged children.