Research

Dr. Bartels is anesthesiology’s inaugural vice chair of research

Karsten Bartels, MD, PhD, aims to build a research program that spans the complete translational spectrum.

Apr 26, 2021

Grants available for new technology development

Attendees will learn about Nebraska Business Development Act, how to gain access to ‘valley of death’ funding.

Apr 22, 2021

Saddle Creek development project to transform area

Site will be home to an ‘innovation hub.’

Apr 21, 2021

Campus leaders will preserve as much as possible from the historic Omaha Steel Works facilities as they develop the Innovation Hub.

Project reveals asymptomatic spread of COVID-19 in schools

OPS PROTECTS pilot project showed much higher infection, case rates in OPS schools.

Apr 21, 2021

UNMC first-in-nation school project reveals much higher COVID infections

OPS PROTECTS studied asymptomatic spread of COVID-19

Apr 20, 2021

Jana Broadhurst, MD, PhD

Study: Enzyme protects cells from oxidative damage

Dr. Borgstahl’s lab contributed to study recently published in Nature Communications.

Apr 16, 2021

Like a vacuum cleaner, electrostatic forces found on the surface of the human manganese superoxide dismutase active site funnel (blue positively charged vectors) draw in the negatively charged superoxide (O2•-) to the manganese metal. The superoxide is destroyed and the oxidative damage associated with aging and disease is prevented. The Borgstahl group at UNMC has revealed the unusual biochemistry that make this happen.

College of Nursing highlights research during conference

Faculty, staff were honored during virtual event.

Apr 8, 2021

From left, Ann Berger, PhD, and Robin Lally, PhD, of the UNMC College of Nursing

UNMC, Children’s participate in national COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial

Study expects to enroll more than 12,000 college students across the U.S., including at UNO.

Apr 6, 2021

Jasmine Marcelin, MD, is one of the co-principal investigators leading the nationwide study.

NETEC helps develop strategy for National Special Pathogen System of Care

NETEC is a consortium of the University of Nebraska Medical Center/Nebraska Medicine; Emory University; and NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue. It is funded by ASPR and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Apr 2, 2021

UNMC, international team study first Ebola relapse case to cause more infections

Study published in the New England Journal of Medicine

Apr 2, 2021