University of Nebraska Medical Center explained

University of Nebraska
Medical Center
Type:Public academic health science center
Academic Affiliations:Space-grant
Established:1869 (charted in 1881)
Endowment:$970 million budget, 2023–24, 17.3% state supported[1]
Parent:University of Nebraska System
President:Jeffrey P. Gold
Chancellor:H. Dele Davies (interim)
Vice Chancellor:Jane Meza (interim)
Administrative Staff:5,402 FTE (2023)
Students:4,555 (2023)
City:Omaha
State:Nebraska
Country:United States
Colors:Red and white[2]
 
Mascot:Labs[3]

The University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) is a public academic health science center in Omaha, Nebraska. Founded in 1869 and chartered as a private medical college in 1881, UNMC became part of the University of Nebraska System in 1902.[4] Rapidly expanding in the early 20th century, the university founded a hospital, dental college, pharmacy college, college of nursing, and college of medicine. It later added colleges of public health and allied health professions. One of Omaha's top employers,[5] UNMC had an annual budget of $841.6 million for 2020 to 2021 and an economic impact of $4.8 billion.[6]

History

A private medical college was founded in Omaha by the state legislature in 1869 and chartered in 1881 as the Omaha Medical College.[4] It became part of the University of Nebraska system in 1902. A university hospital opened in 1917. In 1968, the University of Nebraska united its health sciences, forming the University of Nebraska Medical Center campus. In 1991, a technology transfer office was created, known as UNeMed. In 1997, the UNMC hospital merged with the nearby Bishop Clarkson Hospital to become what was later renamed Nebraska Medicine.[7]

Ebola epidemic response

During the 2014 Ebola epidemic, the federal government tapped Nebraska as one of three units prepared to accept highly infectious patients in the United States. Today, UNMC/Nebraska Medicine has the largest operational biocontainment unit in the nation.[8]

UNMC's academic, local, state, and federal partnerships have expanded with the initiation of the National Ebola Training and Education Center (NETEC).[9] [10] the Special Pathogens Research Network (SPRN)[11] and the National Training, Simulation & Quarantine Center.[12] These organizations and additional alliances are housed under the Global Center for Health Security.[13]

In 2016, UNMC was awarded a $19.8 million grant from the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Preparedness and Response in the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. The four-year federal grant — which has renewable options for an additional 21 years — enables UNMC to teach federal health care personnel procedures in treating highly infectious diseases.

The University of Nebraska Medical Center created the Global Center for Health Security in 2017. The goal of the creation of the center is to transform and centralize "infectious disease response and biodefense research." Among the reasons behind the move were concerns about outbreaks of viruses, infectious diseases, and an environment where a biological terrorist attack is a possibility.[14]

In 2016, a UNMC team of researchers was awarded a five-year research grant from the National Institutes of Health totaling nearly $20 million, through the Institutional Development Award (IDeA) program and the NIH's National Institute of General Medical Studies.[15] The grant will focus on developing early career researchers into independent scientists and increasing the infrastructure and other resources needed to support clinical/translational research (CTR) around the region. The grant will create the Great Plains IDeA-CTR Network, a collaboration involving nine institutions in four states: Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Kansas[16]

SARS-CoV-2 epidemic response

In 2020, UNMC and Nebraska Medicine were enlisted to support a federal operation that evacuated 57 Americans from Wuhan, China, during an epidemic of novel coronavirus, SARS CoV-2. The group was placed in quarantine at Camp Ashland, a Nebraska National Guard facility near Omaha.[17] Thirteen Americans were repatriated to University of Nebraska Medical Center on February 17, from the Diamond Princess off the coast of Japan. Ten had tested positive, and three others had been exposed.[18] Three days later, eleven of these people tested positive.UNMC scientists, working with evidence gathered in the National Quarantine Center, in the new $119 million Dr. Edwin G. & Dorothy Balbach Davis Global Center on UNMC's Omaha campus, found the SARS-CoV-2 virus spreads through airborne transmission.[19] [20] UNMC led the first clinical trial in the U.S. on the use of remdesivir to treat patients hospitalized with COVID-19.[21] UNMC developed a series of guides to help meatpacking facilities, child development centers, court systems, K-12 education and higher education minimize the risk of COVID-19 and reducedisruptions to business operations.[22] UNMC scientists developed a safe and effective method to decontaminate N95 respirators using ultraviolet light.[18] The process, shared with hospital systems across the U.S., allowed multiple reuse of N95s when personal protective equipment was in short supply.[23]

Academics and rankings

In 2024, UNMC's bachelor's in nursing program was ranked 23rd of 656 nursing programs by U.S. News & World Report.[24] UNMC was also ranked as a Tier 1 institution for primary care training.[25] Other programs that also received a national ranking include graduates practicing in rural health care (9th of 168); research (Tier 2); the College of Pharmacy (19th of 141); the College of Nursing Doctor of Nursing Practice program (59th of 389); the College of Public Health (46th of 213), and the College of Allied Health Professions' physical therapy program (33 of 245) and physician assistant program (16 of 211).

UNMC was named a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program Top Producing Institution for the 2019–2020 and 2020–2021 academic years by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.[26]

The Durham Research Towers and the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center opened in June 2017.[27] External funding for research, education and public service totaled $250.5 million in fiscal year 2022-23. Federal research grants totaled $173.4 million in fiscal year 2022-23.

The Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, a $370 million project, the largest project ever at the University of Nebraska, opened in 2017.[28] The Buffett Cancer Center is a joint project with UNMC's primary clinical partner, Nebraska Medicine.[29] and includes three areas dedicated to cancer: the Suzanne and Walter Scott Research Tower, the C.L. Werner Cancer Hospital, and a multidisciplinary outpatient treatment clinic. It is one of 69 centers designated by the National Cancer Institute.[30]

Colleges and degree-granting institutes:

Campus growth

Projects completed in recent years include:[31]

Notable alumni

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fast Facts University of Nebraska Medical Center.
  2. Web site: UNMC Brand Wise | Color Palette .
  3. News: University of Nebraska Medical Center unveils new mascot. April 27, 2023. WOWT.
  4. Book: Praeger . American Universities and Colleges. 19th. 2010. ABC-CLIO. 978-0-313-36608-6 . 769.
  5. News: Largest Employers in Omaha. Omaha World Herald. December 19, 2014.
  6. Web site: Fast Facts. University of Nebraska Medical Center. September 16, 2019.
  7. Web site: Home - Nebraska Medicine Omaha, NE. nebraskamed.com.
  8. Web site: June 7, 2017. UNMC's Global Center for Health Security. June 26, 2017. Nebraska Radio Network.
  9. Web site: Ebola Virus Declared a Global Health Emergency Everyday Health.
  10. Web site: Home.
  11. Web site: Research Network.
  12. News: Joseph . Morton . Omaha World-Herald. UNMC awarded $19.8 million to develop national training center for fighting Ebola, other infectious diseases.
  13. News: Julie Anderson. UNMC, Nebraska Medicine team training Ugandan health-care workers screening for Ebola. Omaha.com.
  14. News: Galford. Chris. June 19, 2017. University of Nebraska reorganizes public health efforts to face future disease threats under central umbrella. en-US. Homeland Preparedness News. June 26, 2017.
  15. Web site: $20 million research grant is largest ever for UNMC UNMC. October 24, 2016.
  16. Web site: GP IDeA-CTR – the Great Plains IDeA-CTR is a collaborative effort between nine regional institutions. The IDeA-CTR strives to provide training, education and mentorship; tools and resources; and funding to regional researchers.
  17. Web site: KETV Staff Report. February 6, 2020. Officials speak on bringing rescued Americans to Nebraska for quarantine amid coronavirus spread. KETV.
  18. News: Anderson . Julie . Ruggles . Rick . 13 people, some of whom have tested positive for coronavirus, quarantined at Nebraska Med Center . Omaha World-Herald . 2020-12-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200221001711/https://www.omaha.com/news/local/people-some-of-whom-have-tested-positive-for-coronavirus-quarantined/article_0c9c09f9-a6ff-5b83-8a59-6cf3a0b2041e.html . 2020-02-21 . en . 2020-02-17.
  19. Web site: Jaimie Etkin. July 22, 2020. There's now proof these two things you do constantly spread covid. MSN.
  20. Santarpia. Joshua L.. Rivera. Danielle N.. Herrera. Vicki L.. Morwitzer. M. Jane. Creager. Hannah M.. Santarpia. George W.. Crown. Kevin K.. Brett-Major. David M.. Schnaubelt. Elizabeth R.. Broadhurst. M. Jana. Lawler. James V.. July 29, 2020. Aerosol and surface contamination of SARS-CoV-2 observed in quarantine and isolation care. Scientific Reports. en. 10. 1. 12732. 10.1038/s41598-020-69286-3. 32728118. 7391640. 2020NatSR..1012732S. 2045-2322. free.
  21. Web site: NIH staff Report. February 25, 2020. NIH clinical trial of remdesivir to treat COVID-19 begins. NIH.
  22. Web site: Erin . Duffy. April 30, 2020. UNMC experts write playbook to help meatpackers prevent spread of coronavirus. omaha.com.
  23. Web site: Sara . Berg. April 2, 2020. COVID-19: Tackling the N95 shortage with novel decontamination. AMA.
  24. Web site: Best Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) Programs . . https://web.archive.org/web/20230811021614/https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/nursing-overall . 2023-08-11 . live.
  25. Web site: University of Nebraska Medical Center - Best Medical Schools . US News . 2024 . July 29, 2024.
  26. The Chronicle List . Top Producers of Fulbright U.S. Scholars and Students, 2019-20 . The Chronicle of Higher Education . February 9, 2020 . June 6, 2020.
  27. Web site: Home - Cancer Center — University of Nebraska Medical Center. unmc.edu.
  28. Web site: Buffett Cancer Center hopes to create new culture of patient treatment. Chris. Dunker. JournalStar.com.
  29. Web site: Home — Nebraska Medicine Omaha, NE. nebraskamed.com.
  30. News: $323 million Buffett Cancer Center designed to spur collaboration between doctors, researchers. Omaha World Herald. September 16, 2019.
  31. https://www.unmc.edu/publicrelations/media/growth.html/>
  32. Web site: UNMC boldly goes where no generation has gone before in health care education. the University of Nebraska Medical. Center. Omaha.com.
  33. Web site: UNMC launches $86 million renovation for "unparalleled" center for those with disabilities. Henry J. Cordes. Omaha.com.
  34. News: UNMC breaks ground on $26 million renovation project. Julie Anderson World-Herald staff. Omaha.com.
  35. Web site: $18 million renovation of UNMC's Wittson Hall aims to make building "a Class A-type facility" again. Rick Ruggles. Omaha.com.
  36. Web site: $44M collaboration gets UNL health, education center. Rick Ruggles BH News. Service. Kearney Hub.
  37. News: With new College of Pharmacy home, UNMC aims to be leader in battling "superbugs", other infectious diseases. Julie Anderson. Omaha.com.
  38. Web site: New artwork to grace UNK's Health Science atrium. U. N. K.Communications. Kearney Hub.
  39. News: . December 21, 2009 . 1–2.
  40. Web site: UNMC page. unmc.edu.
  41. Web site: UNMC continues to address nursing shortage.
  42. Web site: Omaha aging center to focus on 'whole person wellness'. MARK ANDERSEN / Lincoln Journal. Star. JournalStar.com.
  43. Web site: UNMC breaks ground on second research tower UNMC. August 9, 2006.
  44. Web site: UNMC opens low vision center today UNMC. April 15, 2008.
  45. Web site: Campus invited to Bennett Hall open house today UNMC. September 26, 2008.

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