Newsletters
2025 Legislative Update
The Nebraska legislative session only a few days left. We are happy to report the full $15 million in biomedical research funding was included in the budget passed by the legislature! We encourage you [...]
Meet Rebekah Gundry
“Our research is truly of Nebraskans and for Nebraskans.” – Rebekah Gundry, PhD Rebekah Gundry, PhD, was recruited to UNMC in 2019, after nine years at the Medical College of Wisconsin and [...]
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 NIH for 2022-2025.” – Allen Thomas, PhD Allen Thomas, PhD, [...]
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 Chandler / University Communication. Since joining the University of [...]
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 educator whose work bridges biomechanics and vascular biology. He focuses [...]
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 and her Audiology Doctorate (AuD) at the University of Massachusetts [...]
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 investment package that included $765,645 in tobacco settlement dollars to [...]
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 lived experience. This includes individuals who have mental health or [...]
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. As noted in recent press reports, the caps would mean [...]
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 by health research. Unfortunately, funding for research is at jeopardy [...]