Category: UNMC ID Achievements
Antibiotic Awareness Week 2021,”an annual observance that raises awareness of the threat of antibiotic resistance and the importance of appropriate antibiotic use” runs this year from November 18-24 2021. This is a global campaign with messaging from the CDC and the WHO calling on all of us to not only Be Antibiotics Aware, but to actively engage in activities to reduce the spread of antimicrobial resistance. To kick off #USAAW21 and #WAAW21, we share this #ThrowbackThursday publication from September 2020: Confronting antimicrobial resistance beyond the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2020 US election.
Nov 18, 2021
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
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
Publication Alert: Structural Vulnerability among Patients with HIV and SARS-CoV-2 Co-Infection
Publication Alert: Structural Vulnerability among Patients with HIV and SARS-CoV-2 Co-Infection. This content was provided by Natasha Hongsermeier-Graves, MD/MPH student at UNMC College of Medicine/Harvard School of Public Health. She led a recently published study, collaborating with another UNMC medical student Rohan Khazanchi, and UNMC ID faculty Drs. Jasmine Marcelin and Nada Fadul.
Oct 19, 2021
Farewell (but not Goodbye) to our Graduating Fellows
In this post we bid Farewell (but not Goodbye) to our Graduating Fellows, Drs. Mark Ridder and Clayton Mowrer. Dr. Ridder will be joining an ID practice in Wisconsin, and Dr. Mowrer will be pursuing his Pediatric ID fellowship here at Children’s Omaha. Good luck to them both!
Jun 21, 2021
A few last words from Dr. Clayton Mowrer
It was a joy to work with a group of physicians who were such advocates for us fellows and who truly helped us not only become better ID clinicians/researchers but helped us grow as humans.
Dr. Clayton Mowrer shares his last words on graduating from ID Fellowship
Jun 11, 2021
A few last words from Dr. Mark Ridder
I think in the end, I believe that training in infectious disease truly rounded out my education.
Dr. Mark Ridder provides some last words as he graduates from our fellowship
Jun 8, 2021
To say that dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic has been challenging may be the understatement of the year. Yet despite COVID-19, our faculty and staff are continuing to publish impactful papers, engage with their communities, transform medical education, practice extraordinary medicine, and change people’s lives. In this post, we want to highlight our division members […]
Jun 1, 2021
LIVE from #IDWeek2020, it’s UNMC ID!
#IDWeek2020 is completely virtual, with a full 24hrs of #ChasingTheSun COVID coverage starting October 21, 2020. We want you to know where you can find UNMC ID faculty and trainees this week presenting and moderating, and follow us on twitter at @UNMC_ID!
Oct 21, 2020
Farewell and new beginnings for our graduating fellows
On Wednesday, June 10, 2020, the Infectious Diseases Division gathered to celebrate two outstanding fellows, Drs. Lindsey Rearigh and Randy McCreery. Both are graduating and moving on to amazing next steps. This year’s graduation was unprecedented for our program (and every other training program) due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But even though these graduating fellows […]
Jun 26, 2020
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