College of Public Health

UNMC’s regional agricultural center grant renewed

Highly competitive grant renewed for the next five years.

Nov 14, 2016

The health and safety of native and non-native bison herd workers is the focus of a UNMC agriculture center research project.

Presentation explores male perspective on violence

EMPOWER will host noon event Thursday at Sorrell Center.

Nov 9, 2016

Summer program expands to cover more professions

UNMC one of only 13 schools to host expanded Summer Health Professions Education Program.

Nov 9, 2016

Amari Parham, from Georgia State University in Atlanta, took part in the Summer Medical and Dental Education Program this year. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has expanded the program into the Summer Health Professions Education Program to include more learning opportunities.

Rural rotation goes interprofessional

Two sessions of the first-ever interprofessional rural rotation were completed this year.

Nov 4, 2016

State Sen. Mike Gloor, who has introduced legislation to raise the tobacco tax, meets with Katie Earll (left) and Melissa Leon during their interprofessional rural rotation this fall.

Student spotlight – Alena Skrundevskiy

Student hopes to improve health care system through health administration.

Nov 4, 2016

Alena Skrundevskiy

Nominations for Student Impact Award now open

The Student Senate Student Impact Award will go to a student from each of the six UNMC colleges.

Nov 1, 2016

Med center to create Training, Simulation and Quarantine Center

UNMC and Nebraska Medicine awarded nearly $20 million to develop national training center for U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

Oct 31, 2016

Artist's rendition of the Global Center for Advanced Interprofessional Learning, which will house the new Training, Simulation and Quarantine Center.

UNMC for the record

News and notes from the UNMC community.

Oct 28, 2016

UNMC/Nebraska Medicine awarded $20 million to develop national training center

Center to be located in iEXCEL facility that will soon be built on UNMC/Nebraska Medicine campus

Oct 28, 2016

Here's a rendering of the iEXCEL facility that will soon be constructed on the UNMC/Nebraska Medicine campus. The new training facility will be located on the first floor of this building.

$20 million research grant is largest ever for UNMC

Will focus on clinical/translational research, developing early career researchers into independent scientists

Oct 25, 2016

Some of the steering committee members of the Great Plains IDeA-CTR Network include: (left-right) Ted Mikuls, M.D., Ann Fruhling, Ph.D., Ashok Mudgapalli, Ph.D., Fang Yu, Ph.D., Jim McClay, M.D., Matt Rizzo, M.D., Mary Cramer, Ph.D., Shinobu Watanabe-Galloway, Ph.D., Risto Rautiainen, Ph.D., Howard Fox, M.D., Ph.D., and Karla Klaus. NOTE: Dr. Fruhling is from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. All others in the photo are from UNMC. Those UNMC steering committee members missing from the photo are: Paul Estabrooks, Ph.D., Lani (Chi Chi) Zimmerman, Ph.D.,  Jane Meza, Ph.D., and Babu Guda, Ph.D.