Research

Graduate Student Alex Wiesman receives National Institute of Aging Award

Hearty congratulations to our own Mr. Alex Wiesman, who just received a four-year F31 predoctoral fellowship from the National Institute of Aging (NIA/NIH) for his project, Oscillatory Markers of Cognitive Deficits in Patients with Alzheimer's Disease.  Alex is a graduate student in the IGPBS Neuroscience Program working in Dr. Tony Wilson's Laboratory.  Great work, Alex!

Jul 31, 2017

Alex Wiesman

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

UNMC/UNL team develops growth plate model where cells grow, communicate

Team achieves first step in quest to begin search for new ways to treat growth plate disorders.

Jul 17, 2017

UNMC Internet support program focuses on women with new breast cancer diagnosis

Study will form the basis for a future larger study to compare one group of women using the program to a group who don’t use it.

Jun 27, 2017

Robin Lally, Ph.D.

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.

Regents approve new Child Health Research Institute

Will strengthen 10-year affiliation between Children’s and UNMC and build research in four key areas

Jun 1, 2017

John Sparks, M.D.

Public invited to May 27 open house at Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center

The facility, which opens to patients June 5, is the largest project ever for the University of Nebraska Medical Center, and its clinical partner, Nebraska Medicine.

May 25, 2017

The Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center

Munroe-Meyer Guild’s Garden Walk set for June 11

49th annual event will feature five gardens, including H.O.P.E. Garden

May 24, 2017

The H.O.P.E. Garden is one of the featured gardens in this year's Garden Walk.

Study shows device significantly reduces blood draw contamination, patient risk

Could save billions in health care costs and reduce antibiotic resistance

May 17, 2017

Mark Rupp, M.D.

UNMC scientist dies Saturday in gliding accident

Michael Boska, Ph.D., 59, was expert in magnetic resonance imaging research

May 16, 2017

Michael Boska, Ph.D.