Tiffany Moore, PhD, named president-elect of National Perinatal Association
Tiffany Moore, PhD, associate professor in the UNMC College of Nursing, has been named as president-elect for the National Perinatal Association for 2021-2023. Dr. Moore, a perinatal nurse scientist, will begin a two-year term as president of NPA starting in 2023.
“I am so grateful for this opportunity to work with an amazing group of people dedicated to perinatal health,” Dr. Moore said. “This unique organization is a multidisciplinary team composed of obstetric and neonatal health care providers, including physicians, therapists, nurses, psychologists and, most importantly, parents of former NICU patients.”
Dr. Moore’s clinical background includes neonatal nursing and neonatal transport care, and her research interests include effects of stress and health and disease in the perinatal population; oxidative stress and inflammation in the perinatal population; and feeding intolerance in the neonatal population.
UNMC student-faculty team explores effects of low community vaccine uptake
Vaccine has published an opinion article by UNMC researchers David Brett-Major, MD, Jana Broadhurst, MD, PhD, and Kristin Gaffney that argues that primary vaccination to as many persons as possible remains incredibly important to effective pandemic risk management in conjunction with other mitigation measures.
First-author Gaffney, a student in the UNMC College of Public Health, developed the article with Drs. Brett-Major and Broadhurst from a paper she’d written for her “Theory and Methods of Infectious Diseases Epidemiology” class.
The article, “Mumps to COVID-19: Vaccinated persons remain vulnerable when community uptake is low,” was published Feb. 14 by the journal, which is part of Science Direct. In it, the authors address a 2016-17 mumps outbreak in Arkansas to argue that when a “vaccinated sub-group” is “well mixed in the unvaccinated population,” vaccine-induced immunity can be inadequate when disease rates and exposure opportunities increase.
The article’s core message is that “community-level risk does not get separated between sub-groups that are vaccinated and sub-groups that are not vaccinated.”
UNMC is a Department of Defense SkillBridge partner
UNMC is now a Department of Defense SkillBridge program partner. Through the program, UNMC can tap into the expertise of former service members by sponsoring internship and pre-apprenticeship opportunities.
The SkillBridge program is for separating or transitioning service members during their time on active duty and for selected groups of the National Guard and the Reserves. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation's "Hiring Our Heroes Program" matches SkillBridge candidates with UNMC internship/fellowship opportunities in such areas as information technology, research, administration and human resources.
Fellowships are granted for 11 weeks and conducted through three cohorts. To participate in the SkillBridge program, interested department managers and administrators must complete the SkillBridge DOD Fellowship Form and email it to Kimberly Snow, manager talent acquisition. Email Kimberly Snow with questions.
More information, including a cohort schedule, is available at NU Values SkillBridge.
Congratulations, Dr. Moore! This is a great accomplishment!