College of Public Health
UNMC for the record, April 15, 2022
Recognition for health equity work, VCR search committee adds a member, new community engagement directors, a neuroscience seminar today and UNMC retirements. And food trucks.
Apr 15, 2022
![Armando De Alba, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Armando022820.jpg)
COVID-19 boosters focus of April’s campus forum
Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, also addressed numerous points of progress around UNMC.
Apr 7, 2022
![Jane Meza, PhD, interim executive director for health security for UNMC, and Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/MezaGold111121.jpg)
Week full of events will celebrate graduate students
Graduate-Professional Students Appreciation Week runs April 4-8, and here are more than a dozen ways to take part.
Apr 4, 2022
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UNMC, Nebraska Extension announce tractor safety course for teens at 6 sites
The course is sponsored by the University of Nebraska Extension and the Central States Center for Agricultural Safety and Health at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Public Health.
Apr 1, 2022
![](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Tractor_Safety_Backing_Up.jpg)
Global Center names inaugural scholars class
Through the initiative, 16 med center experts will provide a new level of collaboration in advancing health security at UNMC.
Mar 29, 2022
![At right, David Brett-Major, MD, one of the newly named Global Center for Health Security scholars, talks with Lt. Gen. Robert Miller, surgeon general for the U.S. Air Force, during a 2021 tour of UNMC's Davis Global Center.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/DavidBrettMajor032922.jpg)
UNMC for the record, March 18, 2022
Andrea Jones, MD, will be honored by the Women’s Center for Advancement, and the Central States Center for Agricultural Safety and Health awards grants.
Mar 18, 2022
![](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/AndreaJones031822.jpg)
UNMC for the record, Feb. 25, 2022
Associate professor is president-elect of national association, a paper on low community vaccine uptake and UNMC partners with SkillBridge.
Feb 25, 2022
![Tiffany Moore, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/TiffanyMoore022522.jpg)
Community members honored for service to research
Rev. Portia Cavitt, Kathy Karsting to receive UNMC Community Service to Research Awards at ceremony on Thursday.
Feb 23, 2022
![From left, the Rev. Portia Cavitt and Kathy Karsting](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/CavittKarstings0225211.jpg)
Dr. Wescott named as national life sciences leader
List spotlights 46 who have made a ‘significant impact in the life sciences.’
Feb 23, 2022
![Siobhan Wescott, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/SiobhanWescott022222.jpg)
Research leadership: Risto Rautiainen, PhD
Dr. Rautiainen’s research focus is health and safety in agriculture.
Feb 22, 2022
![Risto Rautiainen, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Raut022222.jpg)