Hey in their defense the UNMC (United Nigerians for Magic City) really came through for us on this one.
November 4, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Hey in their defense the UNMC (United Nigerians for Magic City) really came through for us on this one.
Second year UNMC Clinical Perfusion student Kate Fread recently received the AmSECT Perfusion Without Borders Scholarship and traveled to Oraifite, Nigeria, with the VOOM Foundation. Read about her experience on our blog. #IAmUNMC #Mission #perfusion
Fread recounts trip to Nigeria for perfusion mission - Allied Health Blog
Second year UNMC Clinical Perfusion student Kate Fread recently received the American Society of Extracorporeal Technology Perfusion Without Borders Scholarship and traveled to Oraifite, Nigeria, with...
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November 5, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Second year UNMC Clinical Perfusion student Kate Fread recently received the AmSECT Perfusion Without Borders Scholarship and traveled to Oraifite, Nigeria, with the VOOM Foundation. Read about her experience on our blog. #IAmUNMC #Mission #perfusion
⭐Transmission Newsletter⭐
This week's Transmission is live! Dive in for updates on global health outbreaks like Ebola, Measles, H5N1, Dengue Fever, and more!
Read here: www.unmc.edu/healthsecuri...
#mealses #ebola #denguefever #h5n1 #westnile #globalhealth #unmc
This week's Transmission is live! Dive in for updates on global health outbreaks like Ebola, Measles, H5N1, Dengue Fever, and more!
Read here: www.unmc.edu/healthsecuri...
#mealses #ebola #denguefever #h5n1 #westnile #globalhealth #unmc
November 5, 2026 at 3:04 PM
⭐Transmission Newsletter⭐
This week's Transmission is live! Dive in for updates on global health outbreaks like Ebola, Measles, H5N1, Dengue Fever, and more!
Read here: www.unmc.edu/healthsecuri...
#mealses #ebola #denguefever #h5n1 #westnile #globalhealth #unmc
This week's Transmission is live! Dive in for updates on global health outbreaks like Ebola, Measles, H5N1, Dengue Fever, and more!
Read here: www.unmc.edu/healthsecuri...
#mealses #ebola #denguefever #h5n1 #westnile #globalhealth #unmc
UNMC researchers have now developed an artificial intelligence tool that predicts breast cancer subtype using only DNA mutation data.
Learn more: www.unmc.edu/newsroom/202...
Learn more: www.unmc.edu/newsroom/202...
Researchers develop tool to predict breast cancer subtypes
The team used an AI model and DNA mutation data to arrive at conclusions.
www.unmc.edu
November 3, 2026 at 9:18 PM
UNMC researchers have now developed an artificial intelligence tool that predicts breast cancer subtype using only DNA mutation data.
Learn more: www.unmc.edu/newsroom/202...
Learn more: www.unmc.edu/newsroom/202...
View photo highlights from our 2026 Distinguished Scientist Awards Ceremony:
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2026 Distinguished Scientist Awards Ceremony
The University of Nebraska Medical Center Distinguished Scientist Awards are an annual celebration of research and researchers. The ceremony was held Thursday Oct. 29, 2026.
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November 5, 2026 at 4:31 PM
View photo highlights from our 2026 Distinguished Scientist Awards Ceremony:
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The University of Nebraska Medical Center has canceled classes in the Dr. Edwin G. & Dorothy Balbach Davis Global Center for Monday and Tuesday.
UNMC cancels classes in Davis Global Center due to water leak
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November 3, 2026 at 12:14 AM
The University of Nebraska Medical Center has canceled classes in the Dr. Edwin G. & Dorothy Balbach Davis Global Center for Monday and Tuesday.
Tammy Webster, PhD, Dean of the UNMC College of Allied Health Professions, served as an invited panelist at the ASAHP conference held in Nashville, Tenn., to share our college’s approach to implementation of AI. #IAmUNMC
Dean Webster invited panelist on AI at national meeting - Allied Health Blog
Tammy Webster, PhD, Dean of the UNMC College of Allied Health Professions, served as an invited panelist at the Association of Schools Advancing Health Professions conference held in Nashville, Tenn.,...
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November 2, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Tammy Webster, PhD, Dean of the UNMC College of Allied Health Professions, served as an invited panelist at the ASAHP conference held in Nashville, Tenn., to share our college’s approach to implementation of AI. #IAmUNMC
You’re invited! Join the med center on Nov. 20 for an engaging conversation with physician, researcher and author Dr. Kemi Doll.
The event will highlight the importance of health, leadership and resilience and the experiences of women and families in our communities.
Details + registration:
The event will highlight the importance of health, leadership and resilience and the experiences of women and families in our communities.
Details + registration:
Author and physician Kemi Doll, MD, to speak at UNMC
Registration open to community for Nov. 20 event.
www.unmc.edu
November 3, 2026 at 10:00 PM
You’re invited! Join the med center on Nov. 20 for an engaging conversation with physician, researcher and author Dr. Kemi Doll.
The event will highlight the importance of health, leadership and resilience and the experiences of women and families in our communities.
Details + registration:
The event will highlight the importance of health, leadership and resilience and the experiences of women and families in our communities.
Details + registration:
Congratulations to Dr. Babu Guda and Dr. Sushil Shakyawar for their new breakthrough in developing a tool to prevent certain types of breast cancer! You can read more on how they developed this tool and how it works in today's UNMC Today report:
www.unmc.edu/newsroom/202...
www.unmc.edu/newsroom/202...
Researchers develop tool to predict breast cancer subtypes
The team used an AI model and DNA mutation data to arrive at conclusions.
www.unmc.edu
November 3, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Congratulations to Dr. Babu Guda and Dr. Sushil Shakyawar for their new breakthrough in developing a tool to prevent certain types of breast cancer! You can read more on how they developed this tool and how it works in today's UNMC Today report:
www.unmc.edu/newsroom/202...
www.unmc.edu/newsroom/202...
Tracking West Nile virus dynamics using viral loads from trapped mosquitoes
Very proud of this paper led by @punya-alahakoon.bsky.social in collaboration with Joseph Fauver at UNMC, combining agent based modelling, trapped mosquito data and pooled testing for WNV
elifesciences.org/articles/111...
Very proud of this paper led by @punya-alahakoon.bsky.social in collaboration with Joseph Fauver at UNMC, combining agent based modelling, trapped mosquito data and pooled testing for WNV
elifesciences.org/articles/111...
Tracking West Nile virus dynamics using viral loads from trapped mosquitoes
Mosquito-pool Ct values reflect biologically meaningful variation in viral load, while integrating viral kinetics improves prevalence estimates and helps distinguish potentially infectious from non-in...
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October 28, 2026 at 10:35 AM
Tracking West Nile virus dynamics using viral loads from trapped mosquitoes
Very proud of this paper led by @punya-alahakoon.bsky.social in collaboration with Joseph Fauver at UNMC, combining agent based modelling, trapped mosquito data and pooled testing for WNV
elifesciences.org/articles/111...
Very proud of this paper led by @punya-alahakoon.bsky.social in collaboration with Joseph Fauver at UNMC, combining agent based modelling, trapped mosquito data and pooled testing for WNV
elifesciences.org/articles/111...
Every two seconds, someone in the United States needs blood. From cancer patients and trauma victims to mothers experiencing complications during childbirth, donated blood saves lives every day.
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#MED #UNMC #BloodDonation
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#MED #UNMC #BloodDonation
October 29, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Every two seconds, someone in the United States needs blood. From cancer patients and trauma victims to mothers experiencing complications during childbirth, donated blood saves lives every day.
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#MED #UNMC #BloodDonation
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#MED #UNMC #BloodDonation
Congratulations to four of our faculty members, who were honored Thursday by UNMC for their research work. From left: Dr. Jennifer Bailey-Lundberg (Distinguished Scientist Award) and Drs. Amanda Brinkworth, Pengwei Zhang and Jian Xie (New Investigator Award).
October 30, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Congratulations to four of our faculty members, who were honored Thursday by UNMC for their research work. From left: Dr. Jennifer Bailey-Lundberg (Distinguished Scientist Award) and Drs. Amanda Brinkworth, Pengwei Zhang and Jian Xie (New Investigator Award).
Congratulations @unmcmmi.bsky.social faculty member and CHRI researcher, Jennifer Blackford, PhD, for being chosen to receive a @unmc Research Leadership Award. Well done! Read more below - www.unmc.edu/newsroom/202...
October 27, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Congratulations @unmcmmi.bsky.social faculty member and CHRI researcher, Jennifer Blackford, PhD, for being chosen to receive a @unmc Research Leadership Award. Well done! Read more below - www.unmc.edu/newsroom/202...
Join us for a free #MMIwebinar exploring the new #unmcMMI Primary Care Clinic. Learn how the clinic helps children and adults with complex healthcare needs, how to access care, and what resources are available.
go.unmc.edu/primarycare26
5 NOV, 12–1p
#mmiFCEP #FCEP #FamilyCareEnhancementProject
go.unmc.edu/primarycare26
5 NOV, 12–1p
#mmiFCEP #FCEP #FamilyCareEnhancementProject
October 29, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Join us for a free #MMIwebinar exploring the new #unmcMMI Primary Care Clinic. Learn how the clinic helps children and adults with complex healthcare needs, how to access care, and what resources are available.
go.unmc.edu/primarycare26
5 NOV, 12–1p
#mmiFCEP #FCEP #FamilyCareEnhancementProject
go.unmc.edu/primarycare26
5 NOV, 12–1p
#mmiFCEP #FCEP #FamilyCareEnhancementProject
Join Eileen Hebets, PhD, George Holmes Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, for the Oct. 27 Omaha Science Café as she presents “Sex, Silk, and Eight Legs...
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#MED #UNMC #ScienceCafe #Spiders
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#MED #UNMC #ScienceCafe #Spiders
October 27, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Join Eileen Hebets, PhD, George Holmes Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, for the Oct. 27 Omaha Science Café as she presents “Sex, Silk, and Eight Legs...
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#MED #UNMC #ScienceCafe #Spiders
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#MED #UNMC #ScienceCafe #Spiders
So proud of my mentee and UNMC ID fellow Albert Wu for his oral abstract presentation on the effects of including plasma mcfDNA tests in CLABSI surveillance definitions #IDWeek2026
October 22, 2026 at 7:38 PM
So proud of my mentee and UNMC ID fellow Albert Wu for his oral abstract presentation on the effects of including plasma mcfDNA tests in CLABSI surveillance definitions #IDWeek2026
Great to see Dr. Broadhurst, UNMC Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology Assoc Prof, and her laboratory figuring out why mosquitos who may carry WNV do so well in western Nebraska's unique ecology.
UNMC, public health officials exploring West Nile virus www.unmc.edu/newsroom/202...
UNMC, public health officials exploring West Nile virus www.unmc.edu/newsroom/202...
UNMC, public health officials exploring West Nile virus
Mosquito-borne disease has become surprisingly common in Nebraska.
www.unmc.edu
October 22, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Great to see Dr. Broadhurst, UNMC Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology Assoc Prof, and her laboratory figuring out why mosquitos who may carry WNV do so well in western Nebraska's unique ecology.
UNMC, public health officials exploring West Nile virus www.unmc.edu/newsroom/202...
UNMC, public health officials exploring West Nile virus www.unmc.edu/newsroom/202...
Wow! CHRI members, Eric Peeples, MD, PhD, and @unmc Chancellor Dele Davies, MD, were named to the Stanford-Elsevier Top 2% Scientists list as being in the top 2% of scientists globally and the top 1% in pediatrics. @aandersonberry.bsky.social
October 22, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Wow! CHRI members, Eric Peeples, MD, PhD, and @unmc Chancellor Dele Davies, MD, were named to the Stanford-Elsevier Top 2% Scientists list as being in the top 2% of scientists globally and the top 1% in pediatrics. @aandersonberry.bsky.social
Jesse Bell, director of the Water, Climate and Health Program at the University of Nebraska Medical Center - UNMC, is a co-author of the commentary “Research priorities for robust climate assessments in the United States,”...
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#MED #UNMC #ClimateAndHealth #PublicHealth
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#MED #UNMC #ClimateAndHealth #PublicHealth
October 21, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Jesse Bell, director of the Water, Climate and Health Program at the University of Nebraska Medical Center - UNMC, is a co-author of the commentary “Research priorities for robust climate assessments in the United States,”...
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#MED #UNMC #ClimateAndHealth #PublicHealth
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#MED #UNMC #ClimateAndHealth #PublicHealth
We were proud to host the 2026 Antimicrobial Peptide Conference this week featuring Zoom presentations from leading researchers from around the world. Conference chairs (L-R) were Monique van Hoek (George Mason University), Gus Wang (UNMC) and Chuck Bevins (UC Davis).
October 21, 2026 at 5:04 PM
We were proud to host the 2026 Antimicrobial Peptide Conference this week featuring Zoom presentations from leading researchers from around the world. Conference chairs (L-R) were Monique van Hoek (George Mason University), Gus Wang (UNMC) and Chuck Bevins (UC Davis).
UNMC's transplant program has not only performed over 10,000 life-saving transplants but also generated a staggering $500 million in economic impact for Nebraska!
Learn more here
#NE #CitizenPortal #CommunityImpact #HealthcareEconomics #MedicalEducation
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#NE #CitizenPortal #CommunityImpact #HealthcareEconomics #MedicalEducation
UNMC transplant leaders tell Regents program drives clinical volume and statewide economic activity
UNMC transplant presenters told the Board of Regents their program has performed more than 10,000 transplants and — per a Tripp Umbach analysis — generated hundreds of millions of dollars in statewide economic impact and supported thousands of jobs.
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October 21, 2026 at 5:12 PM
UNMC's transplant program has not only performed over 10,000 life-saving transplants but also generated a staggering $500 million in economic impact for Nebraska!
Learn more here
#NE #CitizenPortal #CommunityImpact #HealthcareEconomics #MedicalEducation
Learn more here
#NE #CitizenPortal #CommunityImpact #HealthcareEconomics #MedicalEducation
Distinguished Scientist: Jennifer Bailey-Lundberg, PhD www.unmc.edu/newsroom/202...
Distinguished Scientist: Jennifer Bailey-Lundberg, PhD
Dr. Bailey-Lundberg is an associate professor in the UNMC Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, UNMC College of Medicine.
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October 19, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Distinguished Scientist: Jennifer Bailey-Lundberg, PhD www.unmc.edu/newsroom/202...
October 2026, UNMC #MMImonthly 📰
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This Munroe-Meyer Institute publication features #unmcMMI stories that may be of interest to people with #Disability and the wider #IDD community. #IntellectualDisability #DevelopmentalDisability #PWD
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This Munroe-Meyer Institute publication features #unmcMMI stories that may be of interest to people with #Disability and the wider #IDD community. #IntellectualDisability #DevelopmentalDisability #PWD
October 19, 2026 at 6:58 PM
October 2026, UNMC #MMImonthly 📰
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This Munroe-Meyer Institute publication features #unmcMMI stories that may be of interest to people with #Disability and the wider #IDD community. #IntellectualDisability #DevelopmentalDisability #PWD
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This Munroe-Meyer Institute publication features #unmcMMI stories that may be of interest to people with #Disability and the wider #IDD community. #IntellectualDisability #DevelopmentalDisability #PWD
Shawn Freed, PhD, a clinical microbiology fellow in our department, is studying whole-genome sequencing as a way to more quickly confirm healthcare-associated infections: go.unmc.edu/xq2y
October 16, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Shawn Freed, PhD, a clinical microbiology fellow in our department, is studying whole-genome sequencing as a way to more quickly confirm healthcare-associated infections: go.unmc.edu/xq2y