Research Studies

UNMC, COVAXX partner to provide large-scale COVID-19 antibody blood testing

The UNMC/COVAXX partnership will provide a comprehensive end-to-end solution to process tens of thousands of COVID-19 antibody tests per day

May 11, 2020

Dr. Wang awarded $2.2 million grant, named Larson Professor of Anesthesia

The R01 grant and endowment funding will aid Dr. Wang’s research on sensory nerves in the heart, lungs and skeletal muscle.

Apr 21, 2020

NIH Clinical Trial of Remdesivir to Treat COVID-19 Begins

Study Enrolling Hospitalized Adults with COVID-19 in Nebraska

Feb 25, 2020

New cystic fibrosis drug is major breakthrough for patients

FDA approval of Trikafta will benefit 90% of cytstic fibrosis patients

Dec 27, 2019

Members of the UNMC/Nebraska Medicine team providing clinical care to cystic fibrosis patients include: Front Row (left-right) - Jill Rollins, Heidi Klasna, Meilinh Thi, D.O., Jill Fliege and Stacy Millikan; Middle Row - Janelle Sorensen, Sandy Wahl, Cristine Batten and Jennifer Rounds; Back Row - Peter J. Murphy, M.D., John Dickinson, M.D., Ph.D., Joseph Poler, Psy.D., Molly Stirek and Laura Romero.

UNMC seeking study participants for two HIV studies

Will use neuroimaging to determine how HIV affects brain activity/cognitive function

Dec 12, 2019

The magnetoencephalography (MEG) unit at UNMC.

Researchers honored at UNeMed banquet

Benson Edagwa, Ph.D., Corey Hopkins, Ph.D., and Jason Johanning, M.D., received top awards.

Oct 21, 2019

From left, Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D., Benson Edagwa, Ph.D., and UNeMed President and CEO Michal Dixon, Ph.D. Dr. Edagwa was named UNeMed's Emerging Inventor of the year at the event.

UNMC research study seeks to identify pancreatic cancer earlier

People with new onset diabetes will be prime candidates to participate in clinical study, which is seeking up to 1,250 people

Sep 30, 2019

Kelsey Klute, M.D.

Global team evaluates CRISPR gene editing methods

Channabasavaiah Gurumurthy, Ph.D., is a corresponding author on the paper in Genome Biology.

Aug 28, 2019

From left, Channabasavaiah Gurumurthy, Ph.D., of UNMC, and Gaetan Burgio, Ph.D., of Australian National University

UNMC scientist part of global team evaluating CRISPR gene editing methods

Findings show that gene editing field has become much more safe, efficient

Aug 27, 2019

Channabasavaiah Gurumurthy, Ph.D. (left), and Gaetan Burgio, Ph.D., were corresponding authors on the paper that appeared in Genome Biology.
Howard Gendelman, M.D.