Research Announcements

Advance your technology with the DOD Seminar

Reminder, please join us June 24th (12-1PM) as we hear from Barry Datlof, the Chief of Business Development and Commercialization at U.S. Army Medical Research & Development Command (USAMRDC), will discuss how you can advance your research and technology with the Department of Defense (DoD). Mr. Datlof serves as an advocate for developing researchers’ technologies and provides researchers with guidance on identifying and navigating potential funding opportunities in the DoD. Presented by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and UNeMed. Login information for this Teams meeting can be found here.

Science Cafe explores anxiety during pandemic

Ali DeLizza, PhD, a clinical psychologist and director of wellness programming at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, and Steve Wengel, MD, vice-chancellor for wellness at UNMC and the University of Nebraska at Omaha, will discuss how to deal with anxiety during and after the COVID-19 pandemic during the March 30 Science Cafe.  

The pair will discuss the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on mental health in America. In addition, Drs. DeLizza and Wengel will discuss practical ways to manage anxiety and stress caused not only by the pandemic, but also the uncertainty that accompanies the gradual reopening of the country.  

To ensure social distancing, the Science Café will be offered via Facebook Live and begin at 10 a.m.: https://www.facebook.com/ScienceCafeNE/. (Viewers do not need a Facebook account to view the livestream.)  

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An Insider’s Guide to VA Grant Funding: Research Priorities, Eligibility, and Conduction VA-funded Research

Fredick Hamel, PhD will present this session of the co-sponsored seminar series “Show Me the Money: Funding for Early Career Faculty”.  Dr. Hamel is the ACOS/Research, Research Integrity Officer (RIO) at the Omaha VAMC and Professor of Internal Medicine and Pharmacology & Experimental Neuroscience at UNMC.  This seminar series is sponsored by the College of Allied Health Professions and the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research.

Wednesday, March 20, 2019
12:00 – 12:50 PM
MSC 2014 on the UNMC Main Campus
HSEC 102 on the UNK Campus

Streaming is available for our off-site colleagues at: https://unmc.zoom.us/j/950153457