College of Public Health

Program promotes bone marrow donation

Topic of panel discussion will be “Bone Marrow Donation Saved My Life.”

Oct 16, 2014

Greg Bociek, M.D.

Ground broken for improved Student Life Center

Omaha philanthropists Ruth and Bill Scott on hand to mark ceremonial beginning of construction.

Oct 15, 2014

Bill and Ruth Scott at the ceremonial groundbreaking on Tuesday.

Mentors sought for Healer’s Art series

Five-session series explores human dimension of medicine.

Oct 15, 2014

Charity Evans, M.D., is one of the faculty mentors for the Healer's Art Course.

Student’s experience shows value of RHOP initiative

Nearly 100 attend annual Rural Health Opportunities Program event on campus.

Oct 14, 2014

Ali Khan, M.D., dean of the College of Public Health; Shelby Watson, a UNMC public health student via the PHEAST program; Derry Stover, an epidemiologist at the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services and Watson’s mentor; and Patrik Johansson, M.D., associate professor, health promotion, social & behavioral health, and director, Rural Health Education Network.

Forum examines patient-centered outcomes research

Monirul Islam, M.D., Ph.D., will lead the discussion.

Oct 14, 2014

Monirul Islam, M.D., Ph.D.

Nebraska Medicine name, emblem unveiled

UNMC will share new emblem with Nebraska Medicine.

Oct 14, 2014

From left, Jim Canedy, M.D., Large King, Ann Adler, Carl Smith, M.D., and UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold join in the applause at the unveiling of the new emblem for Nebraska Medicine and UNMC.

UNMC for the record

News and notes from the UNMC community.

Oct 10, 2014

Goal! UNMC holds its most successful United Way drive

Final figures: $165,837 raised with 50 percent participation.

Oct 10, 2014

An ice cream social was one of the events held for faculty and staff during the United Way drive.

Events continue for Domestic Violence Awareness Month

EMPOWER, a Service Learning Academy Legacy Project, spearheads awareness efforts on campus.

Oct 10, 2014

EMPOWER student leaders Jessica Semin, left, and Sarah Vetter at the Domestic Violence Awareness Month shoe drive display at the ice rink on the Bill and Ruth Scott Student Plaza.

Second Ebola patient ‘sick, but stable’

Two UNMC physicians met with reporters Wednesday to discuss case.

Oct 9, 2014

Philip Smith, M.D., and Diana Florescu, M.D., speak with reporters about Ebola patient Ashoka Mukpo.