Education & Training
"The Nebraska Method” for biopreparedness set a new global gold standard in special pathogen health security.
Our expertise is now sought worldwide and officially sanctioned by the U.S. government. The Global Center for Health Security is the home base to the national Training, Simulation, and Quarantine Center. The result of a nearly $20 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR), the Training, Simulation, and Quarantine Center encompasses an entire floor of the new $119 million Dr. Edwin G. & Dorothy Balbach Davis Global Center on UNMC’s Omaha campus.
State-of-the-art facilities include the 20-bed National Quarantine Unit, the nation's only federal quarantine unit, and a six-bed simulated biocontainment unit for advanced experiential training – the National Biocontainment Training Center. This high-fidelity simulation center includes a mock lab and autoclave. Within the Davis Global Center building, this center is in close proximity with several high-tech advanced interprofessional simulation and learning environments.
Degree-Seeking & Certificate Programs
Health Security Fellowship
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Katie Willet and a team of national and international specialists worked to create a novel subspecialty of medicine with the development of the UNMC Health Security Clinical Fellowship. This fellowship helps to establish and advance the practice of health security by training clinicians to promote health system preparedness from preparation to response and recovery. and training takes an all-hazards approach including education on all-hazards disaster response, emerging infectious diseases, infection outbreak preparation and management, public health response, engagement with government agencies and disaster leadership. The fellowship has core faculty from multiple specialties and a vast array of experiences and training. In August 2024, the fellowship started with the inaugural fellow and is currently pending ACGME approval.
Learn MoreBiological Defense and Health Security (BDHS)
This course is designed to provide the graduate student with a fundamental understanding of airborne microorganisms. Major topics to be covered include basic aerosol physics, as it applies to aerobiology topics, the behavior of microbial aerosols, modern measurement techniques and practices, and factors impacting stability of airborne microorganisms as it applies to both the spread of disease and their measurement and characterization. At the conclusion of this course, the student will propose a project to address a research question in aerobiology that demonstrates understanding and synthesis of the course material and reasonable review of current literature. Prerequisite: A basic knowledge of mathematics, through introductory calculus, introductory physics, introductory chemistry and common microbiological techniques is expected to be successful in this course. Permission of the instructor prior to enrollment is suggested, but not required.
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RESPTC | NBU
As the RESPTC for the Region VII area, the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit is prepared to care for patients with highly hazardous communicable infectious diseases and has committed to sharing our knowledge and expertise by providing educational offerings. The education will be delivered in multiple formats such as courses, webinars, videos, and zoom conversations with experts on relevant topics.
Learn MoreTSQC | NQU
The Training, Simulation, and Quarantine Center at UNMC is a state-of-the-art facility which includes the 20-bed National Quarantine Unit, the nation's only federal quarantine unit, and a six-bed simulated biocontainment unit for advanced experiential training – the National Biocontainment Training Center.
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The Nebraska Public Health Laboratory (NPHL) is a cooperative partnership among the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC), the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (NE-DHHS), and Nebraska Medicine.
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