Meet Rebekah Gundry
“Our research is truly of Nebraskans and for Nebraskans.” – Rebekah Gundry, PhD Rebekah Gundry, PhD, was recruited to UNMC in 2019, [...]
Meet Allen Thomas
“My participation in the grant writing workshop sponsored by tobacco funds made a huge impact on my ability to get funding of $395K from the [...]
Meet Janos Zempleni
Janos Zemplini in his Leverton Hall lab. USDA funding supports Zempleni research on breastmilk consumption and brain development. June 16, 2023. Photo by Craig [...]
Meet Alexey Kamenskiy
Alexey Kamenskiy, PhD, chair of UNO’s Department of Biomechanics and director of the Center for Cardiovascular Research in Biomechanics (CRiB) is a distinguished researcher and [...]
Meet Gabrielle Merchant
Gabrielle Merchant, AuD, PhD, came to Boys Town National Research Hospital (BTNRH) in 2018 after completing her PhD at Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology [...]
Meet Peter Steyger
Peter Steyger, PhD, was recruited to Creighton in 2019, after 22 years at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon. He received an initial [...]
Mental Health & Addiction Survey
We are conducting a statewide research study on mental health and addiction services in Nebraska and seeking input from individuals with direct or indirect [...]
Advocating Against NIH Funding Cuts
Nebraska Cures is deeply concerned about the Trump administration's proposed caps on costs associated with National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding for medical research. [...]
2025 Legislative Priorities
The Nebraska legislative session is underway, and Nebraska Cures is once again engaged in ensuring that public policy is rooted in science and driven [...]
Woman in STEM: Dr. Surabhi Chandra
Nebraska Women in STEM talked to University of Nebraska Kearney’s Dr. Surabhi Chandra about her unexpected path to leadership in academia. In June, University of [...]