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
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
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