Inside UNMC

UNMC forms task force to explore impact of AI

The working group, which crosses the campus and key clinical partners, is a critical step in understanding AI’s benefits and minimizing the risks.

Sep 20, 2023

Emily Glenn and Rachel Lookadoo, JD, co-chairs of the AI task force

New faculty spotlight: Amanda Kistler, MD

Dr. Kistler is an assistant professor in the UNMC Division of Vascular Surgery.

Sep 20, 2023

Amanda Kistler, MD

Dr. Joann Sweasy, expert in DNA repair, named cancer center director

Dr. Sweasy, an internationally recognized comprehensive cancer center director, will begin her new roles at the med center on Nov. 1.

Sep 19, 2023

Joann Sweasy, PhD

New addition to UNMC Ombuds Program

Kristie Hayes, MD, emeritus professor in the UNMC Department of Dermatology, has joined the program part time.

Sep 19, 2023

Kristie Hayes, MD

Dr. Yeh named to research role in ophthalmology

Steven Yeh, MD, was named vice chairman of clinical and translational research in UNMC Ophthalmology.

Sep 15, 2023

Steven Yeh, MD

September’s all-campus forum is next Thursday

UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, will be joined by Emily Glenn, dean of the McGoogan Library.

Sep 14, 2023

UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, and Emily Glenn, dean of the McGoogan Health Sciences Library

Research hub under construction will bring together data, AI experts

The biomedical informatics and research lab will be housed on Eppley Science Hall’s sixth floor.

Sep 13, 2023

UNMC’s Specialty Care Clinic part of ‘landmark’ HIV study

Dozens of local patients were enrolled in the national study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Sep 12, 2023

Sara Bares, MD

New faculty spotlight: Bernd Fritzsch, PhD

Dr. Fritzsch is a professor in the UNMC Department of Neurological Sciences.

Sep 12, 2023

Bernd Fritzsch, PhD

NSRI, NU awarded $24.5 million Defense Health Agency contract

Researchers from UNMC and UNL will develop prophylactic protections for acute radiation syndrome.

Sep 11, 2023

From left, David Berkowitz, PhD, co-principal investigator and Willa Cather Professor of chemistry at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Maj. Gen. USAF (Ret.) Rick Evans, National Strategic Research Institute executive director, and Ken Bayles, PhD, co-principal investigator and UNMC vice chancellor for research