Division of Infectious Diseases
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
Special contributor: Dr. Shipra Goel
Dr. Shipra Goel joined us for the summer as an observer in the Infectious Disease Department. We’re excited to include her contributions to our blog during the month she was with us! My journey to an exciting observership at UNMC was enabled by my passion for infectious diseases (ID) which was virulent enough to infect […]
Sep 12, 2019
Journal Club – Stewardship in Community Hospitals: How should we spend our limited resources?
Stewardship in Community Hospitals: How should we spend our limited resources? The following is a review by our ID Fellowship Program Director Dr. Trevor Van Schooneveld from our last Infection Control/Antimicrobial Stewardship Journal Club. He discussed the article by Anderson et al: Feasibility of Core Antimicrobial Stewardship Interventions in Community Hospitals. JAMA Network Open. 2019;2(8):e199369. Antimicrobial stewardship is […]
Sep 9, 2019
Deanna Hansen: Catalyst for Education Award Nominee
We are thrilled to announce that Deanna Hansen was among a group of elite individuals nominated for the Catalyst for Education award. This award comes from the UNMC Interprofessional Academy of Educators, and recognizes the integral role of those who serve in an educational support role on campus. The award values the impact that nominees […]
Sep 6, 2019
UNMC IDSHEAroes #RaceAgainstResistance Fundraising Milestone Unlocked!
The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) is sponsoring the Race Against Resistance for the 4th year. Money raised is used to fund educational scholarships involved in treating, and researching, ways to prevent the 2050 predictions from coming true. This is a chance to take a stand against ‘superbugs’, to support those fighting against them today, to […]
Sep 3, 2019
Treatment of Osteomyelitis – What’s the Evidence for our Strategies?
New UNMC ID publication alert! #ReadUNMCID Recently, the newest member of our Division of Infectious Diseases at UNMC/Nebraska Medicine, Dr. Nicolas Cortes-Penfield published an invited review in Open Forum Infectious Diseases entitled: The History of Antibiotic Treatment of Osteomyelitis. Dr. Cortes-Penfield wrote this summary describing the review article, which was commissioned after he published a […]
Aug 29, 2019
Meet Jessica Quick, our new ID administrator
We’re excited to welcome Jessica Quick, MBA, to our UNMC ID team as a new administrator! Why did you choose to come work at UNMC? UNMC has a wonderful reputation in the community for innovation and growth. Joining the ID Division gave me the chance to expand my horizons and learn more about the academic […]
Aug 26, 2019
Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Oncology-ID Open for Applications!
The University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) is pleased to announce the opening of a tenure-track faculty position in Oncology-ID in the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine. Successful candidates will hold an academic appointment at the assistant or associate professor level and will be employed by UNMC and Nebraska Medicine. Candidates should be Board Eligible/Certified in Infectious Diseases. Specialized training or experience in immunocompromised host ID is desirable. A […]
Aug 22, 2019
How Clean is the Hub?
New UNMC ID publication alert! #ReadUNMCID Recently, several members of the Division of Infectious Diseases at UNMC/Nebraska Medicine published a study in American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC) entitled: Microbial colonization of intravascular catheter connectors in hospitalized patients. Drs. Richard Hankins (former ID fellow, class of 2019), and Kelly Cawcutt (Associate Medical Director of Infection […]
Aug 19, 2019
Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Solid Organ Transplant ID Open for Applications!
The University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) is pleased to announce the opening of a tenure-track faculty position in Solid Organ Transplant Infectious Diseases in the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine. Successful candidates will hold an academic appointment at the assistant or associate professor level and will be employed by UNMC and […]
Aug 15, 2019
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