College of Public Health

Public health scholars receive national fellowships

Dean Khan: Fellowships will help showcase LaKaija Johnson, Kylie Johnson and Christian Minter as “emerging national health leaders.”

May 11, 2022

From left, LaKaija Johnson, Christian Minter and Kylie Johnson

UNMC faculty among new NSRI fellows

Eight UNMC names among 49 new fellows announced Wednesday by the National Strategic Research Institute.

May 5, 2022

Maj. Gen., USAF (Ret.) Rick Evans, NSRI director

1,062 UNMC students to receive diplomas during commencement ceremonies

Ceremonies, which will take place May 5 in Norfolk, Kearney and Lincoln and on May 7 in Omaha and Scottsbluff, also will be livestreamed for those who prefer or are unable to attend in person.

May 4, 2022

UNMC, community volunteers to map heat inequities in Omaha this summer

Effort is part of 2022 Omaha summer campaign to prevent heat-related illnesses launched by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Apr 26, 2022

Med student honored for public health efforts

Frantzlee LaCrete is a recipient of the United States Public Health Service Excellence in Public Health Award.

Apr 18, 2022

Frantzlee LaCrete and family on Match Day.

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

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

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

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

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.