Research
The American Heart Association summarizes new, key findings from its annual scientific meetings that could help people with cardiovascular disease.
On Thursday, the University of Nebraska Board of Regents unanimously approved the program statement for the research component of the building that will serve as the cornerstone of UNMC’s new Saddle Creek Campus in Omaha.
Bleeding out is the most common cause of preventable death after injury. Researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and Nebraska Medicine are notifying the community on their involvement in an international study and how the community can opt out, if they do not wish to participate.
Louis Jan (LJ) Pilaz and his lab of researchers at Sanford Research recently received a $2 million grant from the National Institute of Health.
The American Medical Association (AMA) issued new research today examining the status of digital health advancement in the commercial health insurance industry by comparing current coverage across private health insurers and exploring how coverage decisions are made for digitally enabled care services.
UNMC’s Chad Vokoun, MD, is part of a cross-sectional, nationwide study of how these barriers contribute to the length of a hospital stay.
Abdelhalim Loukil and his lab of researchers at Sanford Research recently received a $2 million grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS, NIH).
Ten undergraduate students from four Nebraska colleges and universities recently received the 2023 Richard Holland Future Scientist Award from Nebraska Cures.
The University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing doctoral students Gisele Tlusty and Andy Lim will present their research related to patients with cancer and cancer prevention at the upcoming UNMC Science Café.
The University of Nebraska Medical Center, Nebraska Medicine and the University of Nebraska Foundation have successfully secured the funds necessary to qualify for the state match funding of $15 million for the Pancreatic Cancer Center of Excellence, university officials announced this week.
The Morrison Cancer Center (MCC) is now offering clinical trials, giving its patients a foot in the door to new treatments and potentially lifesaving procedures.
Seth Winfree, PhD, assistant professor of pathology and microbiology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, is one of the lead authors on a paper recently published in the journal Nature.
Hypertension is a leading risk factor for cardiovascular disease, including, but not limited to, stroke and coronary artery disease. It continues to be an exceedingly common diagnosis amongst patients, especially in rural South Dakota.
Columbus Community Hospital’s commitment to health extends far beyond the hospital walls.
The University of South Dakota Department of Physical Therapy strives to develop practitioners and life-long learners who provide evidence-based physical therapist services.
Kidsights Data, an initiative to generate population-level data on the development of children from birth to 5, has completed a pilot in Nebraska.
Nathan Skelley, MD, orthopedic surgeon at Sanford Health in Sioux Falls, is the recipient of the 2023 Chester B. McVay Award for Excellence in Teaching and Research for his outstanding teaching and commitment to medical students at the University of South Dakota School of Medicine.
Sanford Research was recently awarded a $6.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for its continued cancer research in the upper Midwest.
University of Nebraska Medical Center Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, praised the community partnerships that keep UNMC on the cutting edge of research, education and clinical care Monday at a ground-breaking event for the Innovation Hub at Catalyst, which the university is building near 48th Street and Saddle Creek Road in Omaha.
The Child Health Research Institute is a site in the Eating, Sleeping and Consoling for Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal (ESC-NOW) study, a nationwide clinical trial funded by the National Institutes of Health.
Combinations of long acting antiretroviral and gene-editing therapies have effectively eliminated HIV-1 in experimental animals…
In March 2022, Essentia Health-Fargo launched a clinical trial titled, “Effect of Hyperbaric Oxygen on Persistent Post-Concussive Symptoms after Mild Traumatic Brain Injury” (HOINPCS).
Recent University of South Dakota graduate Mattie Jones just stepped into her position as a grants project coordinator with The South Dakota Network Against Family Violence and Sexual Assault. She was led to a career in this area through the research she completed at USD.
Sanford Research has been awarded a nearly $400,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to fund undergraduate cellular and molecular biology research.
The University of South Dakota School of Health Sciences, in partnership with Sanford Research, will begin offering a Clinical Research Coordinator Certificate program, a 12-credit undergraduate certificate that prepares students for careers as clinical research coordinators (CRC).
Heart disease is the No. 1 cause of death in the United States. In fact, more than 8,500 people in Minnesota died from heart disease in 2021. Scientific advances are key to fighting these conditions and improving outcomes.
Bleeding out is the most common cause of preventable death after injury. Researchers at Sanford Health are asking for community input on whether they should participate in an international study. The study will see if a blood clotting drug, given soon after arrival in the emergency department, can improve survival.
Bleeding out is the most common cause of preventable death after injury. Researchers at Sanford Health are asking for community input on whether they should participate in an international study. The study will see if a blood clotting drug, given soon after arrival in the emergency department, can improve survival.
The USD School of Health Sciences has established a new Office of Research & Innovation (ORI) that will help the school move to the next stage of innovation and impact for its faculty, staff, students and all the populations they serve.
Years of dreaming, planning and anticipation culminated into jubilant celebration for the School of Health Sciences officials, students, alumni and friends on Sept. 8, when hundreds gathered at the southwest corner of the University of South Dakota campus to officially welcome students to South Dakota’s newest home for health careers education, a state-of-the-art Center for Health Education building.