College of Public Health
Ebola crisis allowed Sayles to see courage at work at UNMC.
Mar 30, 2017
![Harlan Sayles and his 8-year-old daughter, Maizie.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Sayles0330.jpg)
Childhood obesity treatment focus of $1.9 million grant
UNMC to collaborate with the University of Virginia School of Medicine on grant from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute.
Mar 30, 2017
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No fooling, students are cleaning up
UNMC Gives Back Day kicks off the College of Public Health’s observance of National Public Health Week.
Mar 28, 2017
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Student spotlight: Kushal Karan, M.D.
Family of physicians sparks early interest in health care.
Mar 24, 2017
![Kushal Karan, M.D.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Karan0324.jpg)
![Calysta Trevino (left), an eighth grader from Alliance Middle School, talks to science fair judge, Katie Juarez, ESU #13 teacher, VALTS- Valley Alternative Learning Transitioning School. Trevino was one of more than 40 middle and high school students from the Panhandle who competed in the second annual Nebraska Panhandle Area Health Education Center (NP-AHEC) and Nebraska Junior Academy of Science (NJAS) Combined Regional Science Fair in Scottsbluff on March 1. One of the organizers, Wendy Wells, UNMC College of Nursing West Nebraska Division instructor and education coordinator of the NP-AHEC, said science projects were judged on scientific method, communication skills and personal growth. Participants competed to earn a trip to Lincoln in April for the State NJAS competition and, for eighth graders only, a trip to UNMC in June for the Health/Science Meet. The event is sponsored by the Nebraska Coalition for Lifesaving Cures, ESU #13, NP-AHEC and the UNMC College of Nursing West Nebraska Division.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Student0310.jpg)
UNMC faculty named Rural Future Institute Fellows
College of Public Health’s Athena Ramos and College of Allied Health Professions’ Greg Karst, Ph.D., join new program.
Mar 10, 2017
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Final Learn@Lunch presentation set for March 16
Speaker will discuss the language of privilege and oppression.
Mar 6, 2017
![Natalie Burke](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Burke0313.jpg)
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UNMC partners in Global Outbreak Alert workshop
Ali S. Khan, M.D., M.P.H., dean of the UNMC College of Public Health, and Sharon Medcalf, Ph.D., director of the Center for Biosecurity, Biopreparedness and Emerging Infectious Diseases, were invited to attend the workshop.
Mar 3, 2017
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UNMC professor/pediatrician poses new parenting shift for 21st century
Her book, which applies beyond toddlerhood, has less to do with the alphabet or numbers and more to do with ME, WE, WHY, WILL, WIGGLE, WOBBLE and WHAT IF.
Feb 28, 2017
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