Jo Giles UNMC public affairs
Actor John Beasley to present Martin Luther King Jr. Day address
Actor John Beasley — who is celebrated for his work on the big and small screens — will deliver a commemorative address at The Nebraska Medical Center on Monday, Jan. 21 to honor slain civil rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr.
Jan 9, 2008
Center for Reducing Health Disparities is on a mission
While health care advances provide improvements in overall public health, there are significant differences in the health outcomes of low-income, minority, rural and underserved populations.
Jan 2, 2008
UNMC outreach program celebrates a decade of service
UNMC, through its partnership with the North Omaha Community Care Council, has taught healthy behaviors to dozens of elementary and middle school children through the ALL STARS program. The ten-year program is part of the after-school activities in several OPS schools.
Dec 31, 2007
SNMA members take break from exams to serve others
In the midst of semester end exams and holiday plans, a group of Student National Medial Association (SNMA) members recently took time to say, “thank you” to a special campus group — the environmental service staff.
Dec 28, 2007
Dr. Pamies receives one of the first Gershom Awards
Rubens Pamies, M.D., UNMC vice chancellor for academic affairs, received an inaugural award from Omaha’s new Gershom Empowerment Center. The award recognizes the unique contributions and service immigrants have made to the United States.
Dec 12, 2007
UNMC psychiatrists head west to discuss vulnerable brain syndrome
From small groups to a packed house, two UNMC psychiatry professors recently took off on a trip across rural Nebraska to teach health care providers about vulnerable brain syndrome or executive dysfunction. It’s a term that comprises a range of diseases and it doesn’t just affect the elderly.
Dec 11, 2007
Center for Reducing Health Disparities making a difference
Recent news reports of ongoing and escalating violence in north Omaha don’t tell the area’s entire story. Through health fairs and positive community events, staff from UNMC’s Center for Reducing Health Disparities North Omaha office is trying to save lives — one at a time.
Dec 6, 2007
UNMC’s Ira Combs to appear in national insurance calendar
Ira Combs, community nurse liaison in UNMC’s Center for Reducing Health Disparities, is one of the 12 faces that will appear in Aetna’s African-American History Calendar.
Dec 4, 2007
Constantino to lead dentistry and pharmacy diversity efforts
Growing up in a family of educators, Anne Constantino told her mother she’d never be a teacher. Instead, she graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with a degree in psychology. After a stint at AmeriCorps, she landed a job in the very field she swore she wouldn’t enter. But that job sparked a passion. Constantino is now the diversity specialist for both the UNMC College of Pharmacy and College of Dentistry.
Nov 21, 2007
National speaker discusses health disparities during UNMC visit
Sandra Millon Underwood, Ph.D., recently spoke about health disparities to a packed house in the UNMC College of Nursing’s Cooper Auditorium during a presentation that also was viewed by satellite at the college’s Scottsbluff and Kearney campuses.
Nov 20, 2007