College of Medicine

- Admissions Overview
- - MD Program
    UNMC's rigorous academics, diverse clinical experiences and supportive environment put you on the path to becoming a skilled, compassionate physician.
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    A combined MD-MBA degree equips you with the tools you need to become highly skilled in both management and medicine.
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    Pursue your passion for public health and medicine with a combined MD-MPH and help solve complex health problems.
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    Do you have a passion for caring for patients and for research? Consider the dual MD-PhD degree.
- Education Overview
- - Curriculum
    Our curriculum produces physicians whose foundation in basic, clinical, and health systems sciences prepare them to promote health and reduce patient suffering.
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    Review requirements for students pursuing an MD at the UNMC College of Medicine to graduate and receive their degree.
  - Objectives
    The objectives of UNMC's medical degree program are to prepare you for success in primary care or specialty fields.
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    Active participation in community service provides critical opportunities to apply skills and knowledge gained in medical school and develop a sense of empathy.
- - Enhanced Medical Education
    Enhanced Medical Education Tracks offer medical students an opportunity to perform an in-depth study of an interdisciplinary field of medicine.
  - Enhanced Medical Education Tracks
    EMET applicants are selected for Tracks based on their interest in the topic and motivation to complete work above and beyond the primary MD curriculum.
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    The MD honors thesis encourages students to engage in scientific research during medical education and become eligible to graduate with honors.
- Research Overview
- Internal Grants
  The College of Medicine has a variety of research-related grant and award opportunities available to UNMC faculty.
- Comparative Effectiveness Research
  The Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) program identifies knowledge gaps in the effectiveness of clinical care and improves CER in these areas.
- Great Plains IDeA-CTR
  The Great Plains IDeA-CTR is a collaborative effort between nine regional institutions that provides training, resources. and funding to regional researchers.
- Research and Development Committee
  The Research and Development Committee handles funding opportunities for faculty, including the Bridge Funding program, and student research opportunities.
- Student Opportunities
  The College of Medicine provides a variety of research opportunities for both current and prospective UNMC students.
- Residencies & Fellowships Overview
- Graduate Medical Education Programs
  UNMC's dozens of programs--including nearly 20 in internal medicine--allow residents and fellows a variety of specialties.
- House Officer Resources
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- House Officer Wellness
  Wellness resources for residents and fellows include an assistance program and a private wellness lounge.
- Research
  We aim to facilitate house officers’ involvement in research in the areas of patient safety, quality improvement, healthcare disparities and education research.
- Salary and Benefits
  Paid vacation and professional leave, health insurance and meal allowances are just a few of the benefits residents receive in addition to their yearly salary.
- Contact Us
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Departments

— College of Medicine — Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology — Research — Programs — Microbiology — Bacteriology — Staphylococcus Research — Fey Laboratory

Fey Laboratory

Biofilms and Amino Acids

Paul D. Fey, PhD

Vice Chair of Research, UNMC Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
Professor
Associate Director, UNMC Center for Staphylococcal Research

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Paul Fey, PhD

Staphylococcus aureus and S. epidermidis are highly significant causes of community and hospital acquired infections. Currently, the two major themes in the research laboratory of Dr Fey include the function and relevance of biofilm accumulation molecules in Staphylococcus epidermidis including polysaccharide intercellular adhesin and accumulation-associated protein. Secondly, we are investigating amino acid metabolism and the importance of the use of amino acids as carbon sources in an in vivo environment.

We work in close collaboration with investigators at the Center for Staphylococcal Research in the Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology and Division of Infectious Disease investigating multiple aspects of biofilm formation, bacterial metabolism, pathogenesis and the host response.

Dr. Fey serves as medical director of the Nebraska Medical Center Clinical Microbiology Laboratory. This work has afforded our laboratory great insight into relevant questions related to infectious disease and bacterial pathogenesis including mechanisms of antibiotic resistance.

Teaching

Dr. Fey is current course coordinator for the following:

PAMM 871: Antibiotics-Mechanisms of Action and Resistance
PAMM 910: Bacterial Pathogenesis

PhD students typically take the following courses during their tenure in the Fey laboratory.

IPBS 801 - Fundamentals of Biomolecules
PBS 802 - Molecular Cell Biology
IPBS 803 - Fundamentals of Receptors & Cell Signaling
PAMM 857: Introductory Immunobiology
PAMM 898: Bacterial Genetics
PAMM 910: Bacterial Pathogenesis
PAMM 950: Topics in Bacterial Physiology and metabolism
BIOS 816: Biostatistical Methods 1
PAMM 992: Advanced Topics in Immunology, Pathology and Infectious Disease.

The Center for Staphylococcal Research has a weekly journal club

Electives

PAMM 871: Antibiotics: Mechanisms of Action and Resistance
PAMM 890: The Molecular Biology of Viruses
PAMM 955 Advanced Immunology