Research
Abstracts sought for CHRI Scientific Conference
The deadline to submit abstracts is Sept. 21, and early registration for the conference is open until Sept. 22.
Sep 15, 2023
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New research describes risks on vaping CBD among youth
Daisy Dai, PhD, led the national study, which published its results in JAMA Network Open.
Sep 14, 2023
![Daisy Dai, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/HongyingDai072423-900x600.jpg)
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
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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](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/SaraBares091223-900x600.jpg)
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](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/NSRI091123-900x600.jpg)
Nursing’s Dr. Alonso, team tackle groundbreaking exercise research
The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute is funding the project working with certain heart failure patients.
Sep 8, 2023
![Windy Alonso, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/WindyAlonso2090723.jpg)
Fellow of the month, September 2023
Peter Pellegrino, MD, PhD, is a pain medicine fellow in the UNMC Department of Anesthesiology.
Sep 6, 2023
![Peter Pellegrino, MD, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/PellegrinoCOM-900x600.jpg)
Dr. Yeh named to research role in ophthalmology
Steven Yeh, MD, has been named vice chairman of clinical and translational research in the UNMC Department of Ophthalmology.
Sep 6, 2023
![Steven Yeh, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/StevenYeh030223-900x600.jpg)
Medical research highlights, September 2023
The UNMC College of Medicine received grant and funding awards representing more than $1.1 million in new funding in July.
Sep 6, 2023
![Micah Schott, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/MicahSchott021723-900x600.jpg)
COM employee of the month, September 2023
Dr. Fashina is an ophthalmic clinical research supervisor.
Sep 6, 2023
![Tolulope Fashina, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/FashinaCOM-900x600.jpg)