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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 [...]
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 Nebraska Kearney (UNK) professor Dr. Surabhi Chandra was promoted to [...]
Nominations Open for 2025 Nebraska Women in STEM Awards
Bio Nebraska and Nebraska Cures announced today that they are accepting nominations for the third annual Nebraska Women in STEM Awards. The awards will honor one outstanding Nebraska woman in STEM and one outstanding business [...]
UNMC leader urges improved data access to boost cancer research
Original story written by UNMC,s Karen Burbach and published Nov. 18, 2024 is here. UNMC leadership, in collaboration with several community groups, recently testified before the Nebraska Legislature’s Health and Human Services Committee on an [...]