Research Studies
Two common mental illness meds could pose health risk for certain individuals
Combined UNMC, Vanderbilt research team reports results in leading scientific journal
Nov 14, 2017
![Zeljka Korade, D.V.M., Ph.D. (left), and Karoly Mirnics, M.D., Ph.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/ZeljkaKaroly_BT_2017_cropped.jpg)
Research suggests potential treatment for autism, intellectual disability
Findings published in Nature Neuroscience online issue
Nov 10, 2017
![Woo-Yang Kim, Ph.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Kim_Ph_D_510.jpg)
UNMC researcher studying nanofiber sutures to prevent surgical site infections
$1.3 million NIH grant seeks to determine if vitamin D can produce infection-fighting peptide
Nov 6, 2017
![Jingwei Xie, Ph.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Xie.jpg)
UNMC hosting largest international study on orthostatic tremor
Movement disorder makes people feel like they are going to fall down when they are standing
Sep 28, 2017
![Diego Torres-Russotto, M.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/DiegoTorres3.jpg)
Molecular Psychiatry journal publishes results of UNMC/Vanderbilt study
Combination of infection, diabetes in mother could predispose children to psychiatric disorders in later life
Sep 26, 2017
![Karoly Mirnics, M.D., Ph.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Dr_Karoly_Mirnics_0612.jpg)
UNMC study shows probiotics prevent sepsis in infants
Findings reported in Aug. 16 issue of Nature
Aug 16, 2017
![Dr. Pinaki Panigrahi monitors a baby's progress in a clinical trial in India.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Panigrahi.jpg)
UNMC study aims to improve pancreatic cancer therapies
Study is published in Cancer Cell, a leading cancer research journal
Jul 31, 2017
![Pankaj Singh, Ph.D](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Singh0728.jpg)
Great Plains IDeA-CTR announces scholar grant recipients
Three scholars are from UNMC, fourth is from Boys Town National Research Hospital
Jun 28, 2017
![Deepta Ghate, M.D., from the UNMC Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, is one of the scholar grant awardees.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/GhateDeepta.jpeg)
Fremont organization donates $25,000 to help fund Alzheimer’s research at UNMC
Collaboration has contributed more than $100,000 over past five years
Jun 26, 2017
![Marv Welstead, 96, has raised more than $100,000 over the past five years for Alzheimer's research at UNMC. His wife, Jean, died of Alzheimer's in 2009. Here Welstead is seen as he demonstrates the driving simulator in 2016 in the Mind and Brain Health Labs at UNMC.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/MarvWelstead11.jpg)
UNMC participating in aspirin study on patients with vascular disease
Electronic health records will play key role in study
Mar 31, 2017
![James Campbell, M.D., is one of the principal investigators for UNMC. He is joined by James McClay, M.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/JamesCampbell.jpg)