This initiative from the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) will support multidisciplinary research examining mechanisms underlying racial and ethnic disparities in maternal mortality and morbidity, testing the efficacy and/or effectiveness of multi-level interventions, and/or research strategies to optimally and sustainably deliver proven-effective prevention and treatment interventions to reduce these disparities. Research projects can […]

COVID-19 is threatening agricultural communities on many fronts. Occurring every Thursday at 11am until the end of May, a national COVID-19 Ag Task Force will convene to identify and address risks that farmers, farm workers and ranchers face as it relates to the current pandemic. This series of web-meetings is hosted by the AgriSafe Network […]

The Great Plains IDeA-CTR Network is sponsoring an early-career faculty forum presentation. Sasha Shillcutt, MD, Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at UNMC, presents “Time Management for Faculty: Tools to Help” on Friday, May 1st from 12-1 pm. Dr. Shillcutt will review common time management traps and myths, compare and contrast tools to set healthy […]

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will make 20 awards with total funding of $24 million to support research into firearm-related injuries, deaths, and crime, including mass shooting incidents, suicides/self-harm, and unintentional firearm deaths and injury. Eligible applicants include public and private higher education institutions, nonprofit organizations, Native American tribal organizations, and governments […]

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 CHRI Pediatric Research Forum will be hosted virtually. All faculty, fellows, researchers, residents and students are encouraged to participate in this two day event. Posters will be available online beginning on Thursday, May 7. The keynote, trainee awards and grand rounds will be available through Zoom. Registration […]

COVID-19 is threatening agricultural communities on many fronts. Occurring every Thursday at 11am until the end of May, a national COVID-19 Ag Task Force will convene to identify and address risks that farmers, farm workers and ranchers face as it relates to the current pandemic. This series of web-meetings is hosted by the AgriSafe Network […]

COVID-19 is threatening agricultural communities on many fronts. Occurring every Thursday at 11am until the end of May, a national COVID-19 Ag Task Force will convene to identify and address risks that farmers, farm workers and ranchers face as it relates to the current pandemic. This series of web-meetings is hosted by the AgriSafe Network […]

The Vice Chancellor for Research at UNMC is hosting Dr. Babu Guda on Thursday, May 14th from 1 to 2pm as part of the Tech Talk series. Dr. Guda is the Director of the Bioinformatics & System Biology Core and a Professor in the Department of Genetics at UNMC. He will present “New Services and […]

Join the Rural Drug Addiction Research (RDAR) Center for their next Learning Seminar Series. On Thursday, May 14th from 3:30 to 4:30pm, Dr. Nicholas Hubbard and Dr. Roberto Abadie will present a new paper from their areas of study. They will also give an overview of their RDAR Center project so that we may all […]