Health Security Fellowship

In the first quarter of the 21^st century, our global community has faced health emergencies of an unprecedented nature — from global disease outbreaks of SARS, Ebola and Zika; to the global COVID-19 pandemic; to record flooding, heat waves, fires; and armed conflict and terrorism events. Globally, the United States is looked to as a leader in health emergency preparedness, yet our health systems have repeatedly struggled to meet the challenges of these events on a local and national scale. Leaders and systems at a local community level are the key step in advancing U.S. readiness and building a science and culture of health emergency resilience nationally and internationally. The UNMC clinical fellowship in health security will be the first attempt to build this capability within the clinical specialties of health care delivery.

This fellowship has core faculty from multiple specialties and a vast array of experiences and training. Our mission is to develop future clinician leaders in health security, grow the science and clinical practice of health emergency preparedness and response, and foster a culture of readiness in health systems and communities. Our fellows will train with faculty who have built their expertise through decades of experience.