Elizabeth Kumru UNMC public relations

Deadline is Feb. 28 to submit Sparks Award nominations

The College of Public Health dean’s office is now accepting nominations for the 2012 Chancellor Robert D. Sparks, M.D. Award in Public Health and Preventive Medicine.

Feb 14, 2012

UNMC to offer doctoral degree in epidemiology

A Ph.D. program in epidemiology, the basic science of public health, will be offered by UNMC’s College of Public Health starting next fall.

Jan 30, 2012

‘When there is no hope’ the focus of Tuesday’s Schwartz Round

For more than a year, an illegal immigrant lay in a persistent vegetative state in the hospital.

Jan 20, 2012

Growing clinical research — Translators sought

Read a story from the latest UNMC Discover about the medical center’s translational research efforts.

Dec 29, 2011

Legendary professor Dr. Harry McFadden dies

Harry McFadden Jr., M.D., a legendary UNMC professor and mentor died Monday in Omaha. He was 92.

Dec 14, 2011

Community reaction to Dr. McFadden’s death

Members of the UNMC community react to the death of Harry McFadden Jr., M.D., a legendary UNMC professor and mentor who died Monday in Omaha at 92.

Dec 14, 2011

UNMC to offer doctorate degree in biostatistics

The University of Nebraska Board of Regents has approved a new doctoral program in biostatistics for the UNMC College of Public Health.

Dec 12, 2011

Dr. Peck to lead new public health school in Wisconsin

Magda Peck, Sc.D., who was instrumental in the building the UNMC public health infrastructure during the last 22 years, will head to Wisconsin to build another school of public health.

Nov 2, 2011

College of Public Health achieves accreditation

The UNMC College of Public Health has been granted accreditation by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) and now is a full member of the Association of Schools of Public Health.

Oct 24, 2011

COPH lands two large grants with rural focus

The College of Public Health announces two large grants that stand to benefit rural Nebraskans. Such announcements could become more common as the college’s newly-acquired accreditation makes its eligible for more funding opportunities, the college’s dean says.

Oct 24, 2011

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