UNMC for the record

Below is a list of achievements, activities and happenings involving UNMC staff, faculty and students.

Sheila Ryan, Ph.D.

Sheila Ryan, Ph.D., professor in the College of Nursing, recently spoke at the First International Nursing Congress of Armenia at Erebouni College in Yerevan, Armenia. About 10 years ago, Yerevan was the site of the College of Nursing’s first effort in delivering five, online graduate courses to nurse faculty.

Next week, more than 425 public health experts will converge on Omaha for the annual meeting of the Association of Public Health Laboratories. One of the featured speakers will be Ayman El-Mohandes, M.B.B.Ch., M.D., M.P.H., dean of the College of Public Health. Topics to be discussed at the meeting include:

• Environmental issues;
  
• Emerging infectious diseases
  
• Emergency preparedness;
  
• Informatics;
  
• Food safety;
  
• Newborn screening; and
  
• Global health.

Jenny Solheim — daughter of Eppley Institute professor Joyce Solheim, Ph.D. — advanced all the way to the semifinal round of this week’s Scripps National Spelling Bee.