The UNMC College of Public Health will host the second annual Midwest Public Health Innovation and Research Expo (PHIRE) on Oct. 28 to celebrate public health research. The expo is free, but registration is required.
The all-day event will take place in UNMC’s Maurer Center for Public Health on the Omaha campus. Faculty, students and stakeholders will meet collaborators and community and clinical partners, showcase their research, hear updates from UNMC College of Public Health Innovation Fund investigators and brainstorm innovative ideas for federal funding.
Presentations will begin at 9 a.m. and include a keynote address at 11 a.m. by Katharine Smart, MD, pediatrician and past president of the Canadian Medical Association, on “Misinformation and Social Media-Battling Emerging Threats to Health.” Dr. Smart primarily works with children who have experienced trauma and adverse childhood events.
View the full schedule or register for the free event. There is a virtual option for online/remote students or those not able to attend in person — simply denote “virtual” when registering to receive Zoom information closer to the event.
The event also includes oral and poster presentations, with topics ranging from communication and public health to economic analysis of health interventions to global health issues.
PHIRE is co-sponsored by Great Plains IDeA-CTR and University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Journalism and Mass Communications.
For more information, email Daisy Dai.