Patient Care

iEXCEL announces inaugural innovation award recipients

Thursday’s awards ceremony will follow today’s dedication of the Davis Global Center.

Oct 13, 2020

Dr. Salzbrenner looks to streamline ‘prior authorization’

Faculty member’s company received an NIH grant to explore a software solution.

Oct 12, 2020

Stephen Salzbrenner, MD

Dr. Skar to study infections in pediatric shunts

NIH award will fund five-year study on immune system’s role in infection-related complications.

Oct 9, 2020

Gwenn Skar, MD

Grant to support behavioral health resources in five rural counties

BHECN’s Opioid Response Program grant will connect people, resources in five counties.

Oct 7, 2020

Brent Khan, EdD, co-director of the Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska

Health workforce report shows need in rural areas

Study was commissioned and funded by Office of Rural Health Initiatives and Nebraska Area Health Education Center Program.

Oct 6, 2020

Nizar Wehbi, MD, assistant professor and deputy director for the UNMC Center for Health Policy

Med center scientists, physicians make statement on COVID-19

Now is not the time to let down our guard, infectious disease experts stress.

Oct 6, 2020

Mark Rupp, MD, chief of the UNMC Division of Infectious Diseases, was one of the med center experts who spoke at the Monday afternoon press conference.

Grant-funded COVID-19 registry to provide gold mine of information

UNMC will participate in national effort to collect and share data on COVID-19-related patient outcomes.

Oct 2, 2020

Matthew Rizzo, MD, Frances & Edgar Reynolds Chair and professor in the UNMC Department of Neurological Sciences

MMI’s Gormley to aid provider-patient communication

Jessica Gormley, PhD, tapped to help in national effort led by Penn State.

Oct 1, 2020

Jessica Gormley, PhD

Paper suggests cause for COVID-19’s aftereffects in children

Siddappa Byrareddy, PhD, co-authored work on multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children.

Oct 1, 2020

Siddappa Byrareddy, PhD

Study aims to help teens control aggression

UNMC collaborating on $2.2 million grant to improve mental health in teens.

Sep 17, 2020

Soonjo Hwang, MD