Environmental

Ebola grant expanded from $12 million to $24 million

New funds will allow additional site visits, more education and training courses and will establish special pathogens research network.

Feb 3, 2017

The grant will expand preparedness training and site visits of health care providers and facilities on strategies to manage Ebola and other emerging contagious infectious diseases.

Public health faculty join transportation safety effort

Sharon Medcalf, Ph.D., and Aaron Yoder, Ph.D., will join multidisciplinary research center aimed at improving transportation safety in Nebraska and neighboring states.

Dec 14, 2016

Planning for a worst case scenario

Exercise examined UNMC preparedness for a significant event.

Dec 12, 2016

UNMC study uses technology to improve fitness in rural men

Activity trackers, text messaging, self-monitoring app provide help to 12 study participants

Nov 23, 2016

Chris Johnson, of Bloomfield, Neb., was one of 12 rural northeast Nebraska men who took part in a recent UNMC pilot study to test the feasibility and acceptability of the use of health-related text messages and an activity monitor with its companion app to self-monitor eating and activity.

$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.

$20 million research grant is largest ever for UNMC

Noon event today will examine impact of new funding.

Oct 24, 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.

Event to highlight Global Health Fellowships

Applications for next year’s fellowships will open soon.

Oct 4, 2016

Fellows Trang Hoang (kneeling in light blue shirt) and Kushal Karan, M.D. (standing in red shirt), with their project collaborators from University of Brawijaya in Malang, Indonesia.

Student spotlight: Meet Trang Hoang

Student found inspiration in College of Public Health’s mission.

Mar 4, 2016

Trang Hoang

Ebola team shines in prestigious medical journal

Angela Hewlett, M.D., among authors of New England Journal of Medicine article on Ebola.

Feb 25, 2016

Angela Hewlett, M.D.

Critical thinking focus of presentation

Brian Kanouse, Ph.D., of the University of Nebraska at Omaha’s Critical and Creative Thinking Program, will speak on campus Wednesday.

Nov 16, 2015

Brian Kanouse, Ph.D.
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