Creighton University The First Annual Nebraska Innovation Forum

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Creighton UniversityThe First AnnualNebraska
Innovation Forum

• Kimberly A. Galt, Pharm.D.
• Associate Dean for Research
• Director, Creighton Health Services Research
  Program
• kgalt_at_creighton.edu

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Creighton Today... Rev. John P. Schlegel, S.J.,
University President

• Committed to
• science education innovative science and
  technology integration
• Investing in
• endowments for scholarships and faculty needs
• research and technology
• Building upon
• firm foundation of private business and
  community partnerships
• excellent relationships with the surrounding
  communities.
• outstanding undergraduate student research
  program
• solid graduate program

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Professional Schools and Programs

• Creighton University Medical Center - Creighton
  Health Sciences Center
• School of Medicine
• School of Pharmacy and Health Professions
• School of Nursing
• School of Dentistry
• General University
• School of Business Administration
• Arts and Sciences
• School of Law
• Graduate School
• University College

50 Undergraduate programs 22 Masters degree
programs 3 Ph.D. programs
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Research Grants and Contracts

• Total approximates 26 million annually
• Federal and state awards are prominent in
  Clinical and Basic Science
• Federal awards for Infrastructure Capacity
  Building
• Federal and state awards for Translational
  Research
• Federal and state awards for Educational Research
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www.chrp.creighton.edu
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Creighton Health Services Research
Program
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Services and Expertise Available

• Patient Safety research
• Health Information Technology assessment
  studies
• Clinical Informatics studies
• Medicaid and Medicare research
• Clinical, Economic and Humanistic Outcomes
  studies
• Psychometric instrumentation
• Interprofessional and team based studies
• Translation and Dissemination studies
• Studies of Models of Care Delivery and
  Effectiveness
• Consumer based studies
• Bioterrorism and Emergency Preparedness
  Educational Research
• Workforce distribution studies
• Faith-based intervention studies

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Other Program Highlights

• School of Dentistry
• Innovative educational programs in restorative
  dentistry, dental implants, dental service
  learning
• Internationally recognized dental materials
  research program
• Newly developing inter-professional health
  services initiatives in conjunction with CHRP
• School of Business Administration
• Joe Ricketts Center -promote Information
  Technology (IT) education and build bridges with
  the business community. Supports graduate and
  faculty research in IT annual Information
  Technology in the Workplace (ITW) conference
  (www.itwconference.org)
• School of Nursing
• Health promotion research collaboration in
  osteoporosis, hereditary cancer prevention and
  other areas
• Improving nursing care outcomes

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Other Program Highlights

• School of Pharmacy and Health Professions
• Rehabilitation Science Research Laboratory
• Novel drug delivery systems pharmaceutical
  design
• Nanotechnology research
• Pharmacogenomics, pharmacokinetics and patient
  outcomes
• Service learning and distance education research
• College of Arts and Sciences
• Center for Marriage and Family
• Center for Mathematics of Uncertainty
• Kripke Center for the Study of Religion and
  Society
• Klutznick Chair in Jewish Civilzation
• Undergraduate student honors program
• Irish Studies Program
• Encuentro Dominicano
• Justice and Peace Studies
• School of Law
• Werner Institute for Negotiation and Dispute
  Resolution

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Other Program Highlights

• School of Medicine

• Discoveries
• Lynch Syndrome, most common form of hereditary
  colorectal cancer
• American Founder mutation as a screening target
  for diagnosis of colorectal cancer
• gene mutation related to hearing loss
• novel estrogen signaling pathway in breast
  cancer
• relationship of bone loss to calcium intake and
  absorption efficiency
• calcium absorbability in various dietary sources
  
• gut hormone that inhibits food intake which may
  have potential for preventing and treating
  obesity
• Research areas
• Bioterrorism and Bacterial Resistance Cancer
  Biology
• Hearing loss and regeneration Inflammatory
  Diseases
• Inherited Cancer/Cancer Genetics Osteoporosis/Bon
  e Quality
• Study of Violence in Society

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Research and Innovation EPSCoR/IDeA and
Creighton

• Founding member organization
• NSF Members of Underrepresented Groups in Science
• School of Pharmacy and Health Professions,
  College of Arts and Sciences
• NSF Summer Research Program for Minority Students
• HS-MACA Office of Multicultural Affairs at
  Creighton
• NSF Research Infrastructure Improvement Grant
• Nebraska Center for Cell Biology (NCCB)
• NIH COBRE (Centers of Biomedical Research
  Excellence)
• Center for Molecular Genetics - Dr. Shelley
  Smith, UNMC
• Nebraska Center for Cell Signaling - Dr.
  Margaret Wheelock, UNMC
• Nebraska Center for Virology - Dr. Charles
  Wood, UNL

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Nebraska Center for Cell BiologyNSF-EPSCoR
Research Infrastructure Improvment Grant
Contact information Richard HallworthNebraska
Center for Cell BiologyDepartment of Biomedical
SciencesCreighton University2500 California
PlazaOmaha, NE 68178hallw_at_creighton.edu (402)
280-3057
For more information http//www.biomedsci.creight
on.edu
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Creighton University is a place where the
gospel is in dialogue with culture and faith
meets reason.
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Contact InformationCreighton University

• Office of Technology Transfer
• Lee I. Fenicle, Director
• Main Office 402-280-3633
• Office of Development, University Relations
• Lisa Calvert, Vice-President
• Office 402-280-2741
• Grants Administration and Research Compliance
• Kathleen Taggart, Director
• Office 402-280-2360
• EPSCoR State Committee Representatives
• Dr. Michael Cherney, Professor of Physics
• Office 402-280-3039
• Dr. Richard F. Murphy
• Chairman, Biomedical Sciences

• School of Pharmacy and Health Professions
• Dr. Kimberly Galt, Associate Dean for Research
• Office 402-280-4259
• School of Nursing
• Dr. Joan Norris, Associate Dean for Research
• Office 402-280-2023
• School of Dentistry
• Dr. Mark Latta, Associate Dean for Research
• Office 402-280-5044
• School of Medicine
• Dr. Barbara McLaughlin Wittebort
• Associate Dean for Research
• Office 402-280-2588