Elizabeth Kumru UNMC public relations

Working to improve childbirth outcomes in rural India

A study by lead author Pinaki Panigrahi, M.D., Ph.D., shows sanitation practices are linked to an elevated risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes.

Sep 23, 2016

A mother with her newborn is forced to stay in this small hut near the main house for several days after birth.

Preparedness Fair today

Fair kicks off several National Preparedness Month activities planned for September.

Sep 7, 2016

College of Public Health gives back on Volunteer Day

Forty-one students, faculty and staff took part in annual event.

Aug 30, 2016

College of Public Health volunteers work in an assembly line to prepare food boxes for Open Door Mission.

Grant to improve immunization rates

UNMC colleges of public health and pharmacy to initiate a model that improves access to and reporting of immunizations among adults.

Aug 12, 2016

Nizar Wehbi, M.D., is principal investigator on the grant.

Dr. Khan to read from ‘The Next Pandemic’ on Aug. 25

College of Public Health dean’s new book recounts his encounters with the world’s deadliest diseases.

Aug 4, 2016

Ali S. Khan, M.D., M.P.H.

Goal: Early detection of pancreatic cancer

Surinder Batra, Ph.D., seeking a marker that will enable earlier diagnosis.

Jul 29, 2016

Surinder Batra, Ph.D., Stokes-Shackleford Professor and chair of biochemistry and molecular biology

War on Obesity

Nebraska may be the 29th most obese state in the U.S., but not for long.

Jul 19, 2016

Distinguished Scientists Honored for Accomplishments

UNMC’s emerging and top researchers are recognized.

Jul 19, 2016

Goal: Early Detection of Pancreatic Cancer

The pancreas is located deep within the abdomen, where cancer cells can flourish to a lethal stage without detection. It kills 74 percent of its hosts within the first year of diagnosis and 93 percent within five years. If it has spread to other parts of the body, the average life expectancy dwindles to three […]

Jul 19, 2016

MAA May be the New Disease Predictor

Is coronary artery disease, rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes or autoimmune disease in your future? MAA may be able to tell you years in advance.

Jul 19, 2016