Inside UNMC

Director’s message: MMI interns represent the future

A total of 23 new interns started at the Munroe-Meyer Institute in July through the nationally accredited Nebraska Internship Consortium.

Aug 1, 2022

Keith Allen, PhD

UNMC response model adapted in Sudan

Nada Fadul, MD, helped create the Community Medical Response Team model, and that is now being applied to public health issues by engineering students.

Aug 1, 2022

Nada Fadul, MD

New faculty spotlight: Kiel Woodward, MD

Kiel Woodward, MD, is an assistant professor in the UNMC Department of Neurological Sciences, Division of Movement Disorders

Aug 1, 2022

Kiel Woodward, MD

Camp Munroe gives campers a wildlife experience

The popular Camp Munroe at the Munroe-Meyer Institute is marking its 40th year, and the Wildlife Encounters sessions held July 21 have become a favorite.

Aug 1, 2022

The red kangaroo from Wildlife Encounters made the rounds to greet Camp Munroe participants.

Chancellor’s all-campus forum set for Aug. 8

UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, will be joined in the Zoom forum by Jane Meza, PhD, interim executive director for health security.

Aug 1, 2022

UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, and Jane Meza, PhD, interim executive director for health security for UNMC

MMI’s Silver U Award winner: Sydney Norton

Norton, who joined MMI in 2019, is a speech-language pathologist and works at the RiteCare Clinic in Hastings.

Jul 30, 2022

Sydney Norton

UNMC for the record, July 29, 2022

News items on Ashley Wysong, MD, named to a fellowship and registration open for the CHRI Pediatric Academic Workshop.

Jul 29, 2022

Ashley Wysong, MD

MMI grant work with Winnebago Tribe in the spotlight

The University of Nebraska’s Buffett Early Childhood Institute has highlighted the grant work of Amy Encinger, PhD, of UNMC’s Munroe-Meyer Institute.

Jul 29, 2022

Amy Encinger, PhD

New faculty spotlight: Po-Jung Chen, DDS

Po-Jung Chen, DDS, is an assistant professor of growth and development and orthodontics in the UNMC College of Dentistry.

Jul 28, 2022

Po-Jung Chen, DDS

Transit users must be registered for TravelSmart

For the last year, med center employees using TravelSmart have not been required to swipe their badges for Metro rides, but that is no longer the case.

Jul 28, 2022

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