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Spotlight: Ji-Woo Suk, PhD

Ji-Woo Suk, PhD, was born and raised in Daejeon, South Korea. She received her doctoral degree in Neuropsychology from Chungnam National University. She worked at the Korean Basic Science Institute as a researcher and Honam University as an Assistant Professor of Psychology. What are your job duties/title at UNMC? I am a postdoctoral research associate […]

Jul 6, 2021

Omaha chapter of NAMI donates books to PES

The Omaha chapter of the non-profit NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) donated dozens of books to Psychiatric Emergency Services (PES). NAMI board members delivered two full boxes of books to the PES on June 24. Last fall, the PES was opened to help treat emergency room patients with mental health and substance use issues. […]

Jul 6, 2021

Dr. Sara Zachman will join the UNMC faculty in August

Sara Zachman, MD, MPH, will return to Nebraska this summer after accepting a faculty position in the Department of Psychiatry. Dr. Zachman, an Omaha native, graduated from UNMC College of Medicine in 2016 before finishing her training at the University of Southern California and the Medical University of South Carolina. “I’m grateful to have been […]

Jul 6, 2021

Drs. Steven Wengel and Thomas Magnuson team with College of Public Health to promote wellness

Over the course of the 2021 winter and spring, Deborah Levy, PhD, co-director of the UNMC College of Public Health’s (CoPH) Center for Biosecurity, Bio-preparedness, & Emerging Infectious Diseases (CBBEID) invited Steven Wengel, MD, and Thomas Magnuson, MD, both Geriatric Psychiatrists from the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) Psychiatry Department, to collaborate with the […]

Jul 6, 2021

Dr. Strong awarded Canedy prize

Sheritta Strong, MD, has been unanimously selected as the next Canedy Executive MBA scholar. The award pays for Dr. Strong, an adult psychiatrist, to receive her Executive Masters of Business Administration. Dr. Strong graduated from UNMC College of Medicine in 2004 and finished her Creighton-Nebraska Psychiatry Residency Program in 2008. Dr. Strong said the award […]

Jun 3, 2021

Psychiatry residents, fellow celebrate first year of new program

The Department of Psychiatry celebrated the first graduate of UNMC’s Addiction Medicine Fellowship as well as a successful first year for the Psychiatry Residency Program. The department’s education division gathered to honor Claudia Moore, MD, on finishing the year-long fellowship.  “I’m really honored to have had Claudia Moore as our first graduating fellow,” said Ken […]

Jun 3, 2021

Salzbrenner receives grant for time-saving software

Stephen Salzbrenner, M.D., continues his quest to help providers with insurance prior authorizations. Dr. Salzbrenner has been working on a healthcare software application since 2019. Along the way, he has worked with UNeTech (UNMC’s Startup Incubator) and H4 Technologies, an Omaha-based healthcare technology company who is developing the application.  The company he founded to build […]

May 5, 2021

NAMIWalks set for May 22

Once again, members of the Department of Psychiatry will participate in NAMIWalks, a fundraiser for the National Alliance on Mental Illness, the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness. Celeste Akers, Behavioral Health Connections Director in the Psychiatry Department, chairs Nebraska Medicine’s […]

May 5, 2021

Spotlight: Randy Vest, RN

Randy Vest has been a nurse with UNMC, ASAF, Midlands Hospital, Immanuel Hospital and Nebraska Medicine. He has worked in dual diagnosis, geriatrics, ECT, ACT and currently works with the Department of Psychiatry’s ASPIRE Team. What made you apply at Nebraska Medicine?  A big thanks to Phoebe Gearhart for calling and notifying me of an […]

May 5, 2021

Psychiatry Department provides support for important research project

UNMC Department of Psychiatry Research Director Soonjo Hwang’s expertise in neuroimagine has made him a sought-after partner for other departments and institutions.  His work in the default mode network came to the attention of UNMC Associate Professor and Director of Inpatient Palliative Medicine at the Omaha VA, Lou Lukas, MD, in 2020 and a collaboration […]

May 5, 2021