Category: In the News

Celebrating a Legacy of Leadership: Dr. Mark Rupp Honored with SHEA Senior Scholarship Award at IDWeek 2026

The Division of Infectious Diseases is delighted to celebrate Mark E. Rupp, MD, who received the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) Senior Scholarship Award during the opening plenary session of IDWeek 2026.

Oct 22, 2026

An IDWeek conference stage featuring a large presentation screen with a portrait and the text identifying Mark Rupp, MD, as Professor in the UNMC Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. One individual speaks at the podium while another stands nearby on stage.

World Bronchiectasis Day – Raising Awareness, Inspiring Action

Every year on July 1st, the global community comes together to recognize World Bronchiectasis Day—a vital initiative aimed at raising awareness, sharing knowledge, and advocating for better care for those affected by bronchiectasis.

Jul 1, 2025

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Distinguished Scientist: Dr. Sara Bares receives UNMC New Investigator Award

Congratulations to Dr. Sara Bares, who received the UNMC New Investigator Award on November 14, 2024. Dr. Bares is an Associate Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases. She joined the division in 2013 and her clinical and research interests include HIV treatment and prevention, HIV-related comorbidities and HIV in women. Dr. Bares has been successful […]

Nov 15, 2024

Sara Bares, MD, photographed with the Kaneko columns on Medical Center Plaza on Wednesday, October 26, 2022.

UNMC ID Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacists celebrated with Acute Care Pharmacist of the Year and Rising Star Pharmacist Awards

Thirty-three acute care pharmacists received heartfelt nominations from sixty-five peers and colleagues for Pharmacist of the Year 2021. This year, two awards were given – the Acute Care Pharmacist of the Year Award, and the Rising Star Pharmacist Award: both awardees came from the UNMC ID division.

Nov 15, 2021

High-level Review: Updated STI Guidelines Part 2

In July 2021 the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released their sexually transmitted infections (STI) treatment guideline, an update from 2015.1 Below, senior ID fellow Dr. Jonathan Ryder highlights significant (but by no means comprehensive) changes in this new guideline that can be incorporated into clinical practice and some of the evidence supporting these changes. Part 2 – Bacterial Vaginosis, Trichomonas, Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

Sep 7, 2021

Dr. Jonathan Ryder, 2nd year UNMC ID fellow

High-level Review: Updated STI Guidelines Part 1

In July 2021 the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released their sexually transmitted infections (STI) treatment guideline, an update from 2015.1 Below, senior ID fellow Dr. Jonathan Ryder highlights significant (but by no means comprehensive) changes in this new guideline that can be incorporated into clinical practice and some of the evidence supporting these changes. Part 1 – Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Mycoplasma genitalium

Sep 1, 2021

Dr. Jonathan Ryder, 2nd year UNMC ID fellow

The Weekly Corona with Dr. Raquel Lamarche

Dr. Raquel Lamarche is a PGY1 Internal Medicine/Pediatrics resident at UNMC, who will be summarizing updates about SARS-CoV-2 and hopefully make information easier to digest, with additional outlines of implications for graduate medical education. This week Dr. Lamarche discusses “Innovation in the time of COVID-19: No idea is too small”. You can follow Dr. Lamarche on Twitter @LamarcheRaquel.

Apr 15, 2020

Illustration of a pink and blue virus labeled "SARS-CoV-2," with a female researcher smiling in a white lab coat in the bottom left corner. The tone is scientific and optimistic.

COVID-19 – What is UNMC ID doing?

Although it has not been officially declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO), as of this morning, there were 81, 191 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 2,768 deaths worldwide. To date, 57 of these cases are within US borders, and there are increasing cases throughout the world. UNMC & Nebraska Medicine have had […]

Feb 26, 2020

Novel Coronavirus – What You Need to Know Now

Content courtesy of Dr. Angela Hewlett Coronaviruses are common respiratory pathogens, and generally cause mild symptoms of the ‘common cold’.  However, other coronavirus strains have been known to cause outbreaks that lead to more severe disease like pneumonia, and even death.  Examples of these include SARS and MERS, which are both coronaviruses with mortality rates […]

Jan 23, 2020

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Nebraska Medicine receives IDSA Antimicrobial Stewardship Center of Excellence Designation

In 2018, the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) began recognizing “Antimicrobial Stewardship Centers of Excellence” at hospitals that meet or exceed best practice standards.  We are pleased to announce that Nebraska Medicine has recently been designated as an Antimicrobial Stewardship Center of Excellence effective October 2019.  As we celebrate #AntibioticAwarenessWeek for 2019, we are reminded […]

Nov 22, 2019