Biomedical Research Is Nebraska’s Brain Gain
By Juliane Strauss-Soukup, Associate Vice Provost for Research and Scholarship at Creighton University. Creighton University is a critical partner in growing the State of [...]
A Smart Nebraska Investment in Research and People
By Tammy Kielian, PhD - UNMC Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology As a native Nebraskan from Stanton, I graduated from the University of [...]
$1.7 Million NIH Grant Recognizes Creighton Research into Lyme Disease
Travis Bourret, PhD, Associate Professor of Medical Microbiology and Immunology at Creighton University, has received a four-year, $1.7 million National Institutes of Health grant [...]
Zempleni’s research shows payoff of Legislature’s tobacco settlement investment
Initial investment from tobacco settlement funding: $1.26 million Research portfolio: $30 million Return on investment: 24 to 1 Janos Zempleni has [...]
From First Words to Brighter Futures
Initial investment from tobacco settlement funding: $250,000 Current portfolio: $3 million (two multi-year NIH awards) Return on investment: 11 to 1 Every [...]
Meet Dr. Surinder Batra & His Work Detecting Cancer
Investment from tobacco settlement funding: $3.7 million (since 2002)Total portfolio through FY24: $41.1 millionReturn on investment: 10 to 1 For more than three [...]
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 [...]