Research
Children’s, UNMC to participate in neonatal/pediatric genome sequencing trial
Technology should provide complete genetic information on newborns within two weeks rather than three months it currently requires.
Feb 28, 2018
![Luca Brunelli, M.D., Ph.D., is the lead investigator on the clinical study.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Brunelli1.jpg)
Bunny Pozehl, Ph.D., named to second Dorothy Hodges Olson Chair in Nursing
Demonstrates excellence in teaching, research, clinical practice
Feb 21, 2018
![](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Bunny_Pozehl_0037_1_.jpg)
Nebraska registry to help newborns at risk of neonatal brain injury
The goal of the registry is to gather data to unlock clues that could lead to improved detection and treatment of infants with neonatal encephalopathy
Feb 20, 2018
![](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Eric_Peeples_Neonatology_2016.jpg)
Faculty Publications – Fourth Quarter 2017
Authors, Title, Year, Source Title, Volume, Issue, Pages, Document Type, Link, Source, EID Poole J.A., Mikuls T.R., Duryee M.J., Warren K.J., Wyatt T.A., Nelson A.J., Romberger D.J., West W.W., Thiele G.M., A role for B cells in organic dust induced lung inflammation, 2017, Respiratory Research, 18, 1, , Article, https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85038935516&doi=10.1186%2fs12931-017-0703-x&partnerID=40&md5=17baec72aa956d228b944a531175e16b, Scopus, 2-s2.0-85038935516 Akhtar […]
Feb 9, 2018
Research and Non-Research Awards – Fourth Quarter 2017
From 10/01/2017- To 12/31/2017 Proposal Title, ID#, Sponsor, Dates, Direct Cost, Indirect Cost, Total Cost Duan, Bin, MSC derived myelinating schwann cell for PN regeneration, 21387, NE DHHS – LB606, 10/01/17-06/30/18, $101,500 , $0 , $101,500 Casey, Carol A, Altered Lipid Droplet Trafficking Role in Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, 19689, DHHS/NIH/NIAAA, 05/01/17-04/30/18, $57,596 , […]
Feb 9, 2018
Marvin Welstead will receive UNMC Community Service to Research Award
Fremont man has devoted his life to finding cure for Alzheimer’s disease
Feb 9, 2018
![Marvin Welstead](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Marvin_Welstead_2014_horizontal.jpg)
Chemically modified drug shows promise for HIV treatment and elimination
UNMC discovery reported in Nature Communications
Feb 6, 2018
![The four key researchers on the breakthrough that could eventually lead to an HIV cure were (left-right) Benson Edagwa, Ph.D., Aditya Bade, Ph.D., Brady Sillman, and Howard Gendelman, M.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/GendelmanTeam.jpg)
UNMC Skate-a-thon for Parkinson’s brings in more than $20,000
More than 600 skaters participate in 24-hour event
Jan 27, 2018
![Ryan Cary (center) is flanked by his father, Stephen, and his mother, Jeanne, after completing the UNMC Skate-a-thon for Parkinson's. Cary recruited 42 skaters for the event and brought in $2,600. His LeaseTeam, Inc. competed in the Rock the Clock category, which required the team to have at least one skater on the ice throughout the 24-hour event. Stephen Cary, a retired property manager for NP Dodge, has had Parkinson's disease for the past 12 years.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/CaryFamily.jpg)
UNMC, UNL collaborating in search for new drugs to counteract radiation exposure
Two-year Department of Defense contract could provide nearly $8 million in funding
Jan 22, 2018
![Ken Bayles, Ph.D](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/BaylesCropped1.jpg)
UNMC Skate-a-thon for Parkinson’s set for Jan. 26-27
24-hour ice skating event – now in its 8th year at UNMC – has raised more than $170,000
Jan 17, 2018
![Six skaters skated all 24 hours at the 2017 UNMC Skate-a-thon for Parkinson's. They celebrated their accomplishment by chilling out on the ice at the end of the event.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Skaters_24hours.jpg)