Category: Medical Education
Mentorship and the Future of Infectious Diseases
Created through an IDSA ID STEP grant, UNMC BRIDGE-ID (Building Recruitment, Inclusion, and Development for Growth in Infectious Diseases Education) was developed to foster early interest in infectious diseases, support scholarly engagement, and create lasting mentorship networks for learners. On August 26, the IDSA STEP/UNMC BRIDGE-ID Trainee Networking Event brought together medical students and infectious diseases professionals for an evening focused on mentorship, career exploration, and community building.
Sep 16, 2026
Outstanding Trainee Scholarship Highlighted at the 2026 Nebraska ID Conference
The 2026 Nebraska Infectious Diseases Conference brought together infectious diseases clinicians, pharmacists, researchers, public health professionals, and trainees from across Nebraska for a day of learning and collaboration. The highlight of the meeting was the trainee scholarship session…
Sep 11, 2026
UNMC Awarded IDSA ID STEP Grant to Advance Infectious Diseases Education
We are excited to share that the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) has been selected as a 2025 recipient of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) ID STEP (Infectious Diseases – Spark, Train, Educate, and Prepare) grant. Read on to hear more about what we will do with the funding.
May 27, 2026
Publication Alert: The Value of a Longitudinal HIV Track for Medical Students
In a recent publication authored by many UNMC ID faculty, including Dr. Jasmine Marcelin, Susan Swindells, Dr. Nada Fadul, and Dr. Sara Bares, the successes of the EMET program are explored through the lens of feedback from the 14 existing graduates of the program.
Jun 2, 2022
Introducing a new Nebraska DHHS funded UNMC ID ECHO Educational Series
Introducing a newly launched educational initiative, the UNMC ID Health equity and Quality Improvement ECHO Project. The goal of the program is to achieve health equity, address COVID-19 disparities, and improve the health of all Nebraskans using a quality improvement approach. The course is being offered at no cost to the learners through the University […]
Oct 26, 2021
Our Fellowship Leaders can’t wait to review your applications!
Fellowship application season is open and the leaders of our ID fellowship wanted to highlight some of the exciting aspects of our program.
Aug 12, 2020
Strong, Smart, and Bold: UNMC ID Faculty Empower Young Women at Girls, Inc.
Strep, pneumonia, microbiome, oh my! ID physicians Dr. Alison Freifeld, Dr. Andrea Zimmer, and Dr. Erica Stohs and Dr. Caitlin Murphy, Assistant Director of the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, recently brought the world of infectious disease medicine to young women at Girls Inc. Omaha. Girls learned about common infections and the bugs that cause them, the […]
Sep 16, 2019
UNMC Highlights Women in Science
As a medical student, I feel fortunate to be at UNMC, which values and supports women in medicine. One of the greatest examples of this empowerment championed is a program held this year called “UNMC’s Women in Science: Our Voices, Our Stories.” This event – sponsored by the McGoogan Library of Medicine, the Women’s Mentoring […]
Jul 29, 2019
When you see CRE: Add Equal Parts Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Control
The following was previously posted by Dr. Marcelin to SHEA Journal Club published online in April 2019. Dealing with carbapenem resistant organisms presents both an antimicrobial stewardship and infection control problem. Richter et al. aimed to predict risk factors for carbapenem resistance among Gram-negative rods (CR-GNR). The authors were particularly interested in whether differences exist […]
May 2, 2019
Congratulations to UNMC ID Faculty designated as Top Teachers for 2018!
After every rotation, medical students and Internal Medicine Residents at UNMC submit evaluations on their faculty members. The Department of Internal Medicine pools all of the evaluation data and designates the faculty with the top 33% of evaluation scores as “Top Teachers”. For the year 2018, three of our Infectious Disease faculty members who attend […]
Apr 25, 2019
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