College of Public Health

UNMC announces first LaFlesche scholarship recipient

Kirsten Concha-Moore, MD, an enrolled member of the Taos Pueblo Tribe, will receive the public health scholarship.

Dec 28, 2022

Kirsten Concha-Moore, MD

Grad’s research driven by kids’ COVID-19 schooling

UNMC graduate Corbyn Baggett graduated in December from the College of Public Health.

Dec 27, 2022

Corbyn Baggett

December 2022 Silver U Award Recipient: Stephen Peters

Stephen Peters is the recipient of the UNMC College of Public Health Silver U Award for December 2022.

Dec 16, 2022

Stephen Peters, UNMC College of Public Health Department of Health Services Research and Administration

Former surgeon general praises UNMC as ‘amazing’

Jerome Adams, MD, visited the Omaha campus to meet with UNMC leaders and speak to several groups.

Dec 15, 2022

Former U.S. surgeon general Jerome Adams (left), MD, tours the Davis Center for Global Security with John Lowe, PhD, and James Lawler, MD, of the UNMC Global Center for Health Security.

College of Public Health trains students in media communications

Public health is partnering with the UNL College of Journalism and Mass Communications.

Dec 15, 2022

Nicole Kolm-Valdivia, PhD

Dr. Jameton remembered for medical ethics expertise, curiosity

Dr. Jameton, who died at age 79, was a longtime professor in the UNMC College of Public Health.

Dec 14, 2022

Andrew Jameton, PhD

Dr. Khan and UNMC reappointed to global outbreak committee

UNMC is one of only two U.S. entities to serve on the steering committee.

Nov 22, 2022

Ali S. Khan, MD, MPH

Chilled water services restored to all buildings

Site will remain an active construction zone in the coming days.

Nov 7, 2022

$1.5 million grant will support Public Health Scholarship Program

The program aims to grow workforce in tribal, rural and under-resourced communities.

Oct 26, 2022

Brandon Grimm, PhD

Grant will aid UNMC in building community health workforce

Nearly $3 million in funding will allow UNMC College of Public Health to recruit 240 workers over the next three years.

Oct 23, 2022

Dejun Su, PhD, associate professor at the UNMC Department of Health Promotion