Mohamed Taha, MD, presents “The Concept of Uncertainty in Medicine: A Case of Leukoencephalopathy” on Thursday, December 17th from 11:50am to 12:50pm. Dr. Taha will describe the concept of uncertainty in medicine and neurology, review a case of Leukoencephalopathy and related uncertainty, review the characteristics of uncertainty in daily clinic practice, and explain ways to […]
The Brain and Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF) will host Stephen P. Hinshaw, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry and Vice-Chair for Child and Adolescent Psychology at the University of California, San Francisco and the University of California, Berkeley, as he presents “ADHD: Controversy, Key Research Findings, Rising Prevalence, and Promise” on Tuesday, January 12th beginning at 1pm […]
Howard Fox, MD, PhD, the Senior Associate Dean of Research and Development at the College of Medicine Professor, Professor in the Department of Neurological Sciences, and Director in the Center for Integrative & Translational Neuroscience at UNMC, will present “Single Cell Analysis of Myeloid Cells in the Brain in Health and Disease” on Wednesday, January […]
Miki Katzir, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at UNMC, will present “Current Surgical Management of Metastatic Spine Tumors, from Conventional Radiotherapy, Surgery and Radiosurgery” on Thursday, January 14th from 11:50am to 12:50pm. Attendees will learn about the current surgical management of spinal tumors, explore new technologies in the treatment of spinal tumors, and get updated […]
Joy Doll, the Chief Academic Program Officer of the Nebraska Healthcare Collaborative, presents “The Nebraska Healthcare Collaborative: Opportunities for Health Data Utility” on Thursday, January 14th from noon to 1pm. In this presentation, Dr. Doll will review the opportunities to partner with Nebraska Health Information Initiative (NEHII) on projects to support population health. See the […]
The National RE-AIM Workgroup and the Great Plains IDeA CTR Community Engagement and Outreach Core are hosting a panel discussion with dissemination and implementation (D&I) science experts Bridget Gaglio (Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute), Ross Brownson (Washington University St. Louis), and Meredith Fort (University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus) on Thursday, January 14th at noon. […]
Join the Rural Drug Addiction Research (RDAR) Center’s Lunch and Learn Series for “Looking Back; Leaping Forward,” presented by Ryan Herrschaft on January 15th at noon via Zoom. For January's Lunch and Learn Series event, look back at the topics that commanded our attention throughout 2020 and then discuss the topics related to substance use […]
The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (NE DHHS) announced the Fiscal Year 2022 Cancer and Smoking Disease Research Funds grant competition. Funded by LB506, this program focuses on reducing cancer and smoking-related diseases. The program gives priority to scientific, technical or behavioral research proposals relating directly to the prevention of cancer and smoking-related […]
The Omaha Science Café hosts three infectious disease experts from UNMC for a discussion on the FDA-authorized COVID-19 vaccines, as well as UNMC’s Phase 3 clinical trial of an investigational COVID-19 vaccine for adults, on Tuesday, January 19th at 10am. Nada Fadul, MD, Diana Florescu, MD, and Richard Starlin, MD, will outline the importance of […]
The next meeting of the Community-Engaged Research Interest Group (CEnRIG) will focus on the opportunities and expectations concerning the Community-Academic Partnership (CAP) Program, a community-focused funding mechanism established by the Great Plains IDeA-CTR Network's Community Engagement and Outreach (CEO) Core. On Tuesday, January 19th from 10 to 11am, representatives from the CEO Core will present […]