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More than 400 students fit-tested for N95 respirators

Students will be going into clinics, long-term care facilities or coming into contact with patients.

Jul 30, 2020

Chandran Achutan, PhD, fit tests student Alex Ciurej.

UNMC experts develop COVID-19 guidelines for meat processing facilities

Team toured 10 facilities across state to develop ‘playbook.’

May 1, 2020

From left, Jocelyn Herstein, Ph.D., infectious disease expert for the Global Center for Health Security, and Shelly Schwedhelm, executive director of emergency management and biopreparedness for Nebraska Medicine and executive director of emergency management for the Global Center for Health Security at UNMC, was part of a team of experts that toured 10 meatpacking plants over the past two weeks to provide technical assistance and further develop guidelines to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 while the facilities continue to operate.

Severe Weather Awareness Week begins Monday

Week is a good time to review emergency plans.

Mar 20, 2020

Distinguished Scientist: John-Martin Lowe, Ph.D.

Dr. Lowe’s research focus is detecting and disrupting transmission of highly infectious diseases.

Feb 27, 2020

John-Martin Lowe, Ph.D.

Susan Swindells, M.B.B.S., is 14th Scientist Laureate

Research Awards ceremony will be at 4 p.m. on March 3 in the Durham Research Center Auditorium.

Jan 21, 2020

Susan Swindells, M.B.B.S.

College of Public Health online programs get high rankings

Dean Khan: Everyone in college has worked to raise UNMC’s stature in field of public health.

Dec 5, 2019

Ali S. Khan, M.D., M.P.H., dean of the UNMC College of Public Health

International award given to UNMC and consortium

Michael Wiley, Ph.D., helped develop integrated solution for better preparedness and faster response to outbreaks in high-risk areas.

Nov 1, 2019

An international award for best collaboration dedicated to the developing or underserved populations worldwide was presented to Michael Wiley, Ph.D.

UNO nets largest single research grant in its history

Department of Biomechanics — a frequent UNMC collaborator — awarded $10.3 million COBRE grant.

Sep 16, 2019

Nicholas Stergiou, Ph.D., center, professor, founding chair, distinguished community research chair in biomechanics, and the director of the Biomechanics Research Building, stands with, from left, Philippe Malcolm, Ph.D., Vivien Marmelat, Ph.D., Nathaniel Hunt, Ph.D., and Jorge Zuniga, Ph.D., of the UNO Department of Biomechanics. The four researchers have projects that will be funded under the new COBRE grant.

Survey: Only half of feedyards have dedicated safety personnel

College of Public Health faculty conducted study to explore safety training practices.

Jul 26, 2019

From left, Ellen Duysen, Aaron Yoder, Ph.D., and Athena Ramos, Ph.D., conducted the study.

UNMC reaches out to ag community in wake of flood

College of Public Health’s CS-CASH identified health and safety issues facing farmers and ranchers in the flood clean-up stage.

May 29, 2019

Ellen Duysen is the outreach specialist for the Central States Center for Agricultural Safety and Health in the UNMC College of Public Health.