A new effort is underway to better prepare future doctors and other health care professionals to treat people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Read more here: disabilityscoop.com/2020/12/11/new… #pwd #accessibility #inclusion #acceptance #mentalhealth #mentalhealthcare

For Inclusive Healthcare Week, The AADMD is sharing stories like Doreen and Danny's. I was reminded to approach patients facing challenges with appropriate positivity, not compounding their stress with my own judgement of circumstances. UNMC Student Alliance for People of All Abilities youtu.be/mDEYbI5AN9E

Today is #SpreadTheWord Inclusion Day! Munroe-Meyer Institute is a place where everyone is welcome. We've signed the #PledgeToInclude for 2021. Will you join us? Visit spreadtheword.global/pledge! #unmcMMI #inclusion #InclusionMatters #connections Spread the Word

After old age, intellectual disability is greatest risk factor for death from COVID-19 bit.ly/3bjI9Qr via Thomas Jefferson University EurekAlert!

It's National #CPAwarenessDay! Everyone's going green for #CerebralPalsy from coast to coast, including the “King” and “Queen” buildings outside Atlanta, GA, and the Columbia Weinberg Family Cerebral Palsy Center in NYC 💚 Be sure to tag Cerebral Palsy Foundation and #GoGreen4CP today!

We're back again on the Green Space TOMORROW, September 9th from 4-6:30 PM with free food and Coneflower ice cream! This week features the new See Us, Hear Us: A UNMC Student Spoken Word Event. If you want to perform, sign up today! Find out more here: bit.ly/38RFr2M

Yesterday, the #AAPI Student Association University of Nebraska Medical Center held the first campus-wide celebration of Mid-Autumn Festival in UNMC's known history. We celebrated with mooncakes & paper lantern crafts!

Join us for our first fall general body meeting TOMORROW Monday, Sept 27th, from 5-6pm in Sorrell Room 2014! At this meeting, we will be discussing our upcoming plans for the fall! If you are interested in getting involved on the SAPA board, we'd love for you to come and meet us.

Save the date and register for our next lecture by Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens on the humanities and health sciences. Register at: bit.ly/2WiAXzk

This Saturday, the @UNMCInclusion is helping to sponsor this student event University of Nebraska Medical Center with UNMC Student Success Hope you can attend! @unmcunogsrc UNMC MD-PhD Scholars Program UNMC College of Medicine UNMC College of Public Health UNMCCAHP UNMC CON UNMC Student Alliance for People of All Abilities

New research on the effect of #lactateions on respiratory motor output through the induction of conserved mechanisms of #synapticplasticity from @santin_joe UNCG Research UNCG Biology Find out more 👉 buff.ly/30QXJAC

The UNMC SHARING Clinics are student run, multidisciplinary health care clinics that provide free services to underprivileged populations in Omaha.

The Expressions of Clinician Well-Bring exhibit is ending soon. View the exhibit on the 8th floor of the library today!

We are thrilled to share our new Nature article on Thought-Controlled Walking after a spinal cord injury! Powered by #BCI technology! We enabled an individual with a spinal cord injury to regain mobility through the power of his thoughts. tinyurl.com/yec99y9z

This is a landmark achievement. 25 yrs ago, I watched Superman in a wheelchair after falling from a horse tell me that one day neuroscientists would fix spinal cord damage. Today, a digital bridge over the broken spinal cord enabled this guy to walk again nature.com/articles/s4158…

Bravo Delta for developing a new first-of-its-kind airline seat that allows wheelchair users to stay in their chairs. I previous went to the Capitol to advocate for this with United Spinal ! insider.com/delta-developi…

Blessed to have my inspirational sister with me at the UNMC Match Day as I matched into child neurology at Columbia University - NY Presbyterian. Excited and thankful to be moving to NYC for the next big adventure in training as a physician-scientist! Columbia Neurology Residency