Health Security

New Team Member Joins the Global Center for Health Security

Lisa Brand joins the GCHS as the new Program Manager for the Region VII Disaster Health Response Ecosystem (RDHRE), an expansion of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response's Regional Disaster Health Response System demonstration grant.  The grant has now expanded beyond Nebraska to include Iowa, Missouri, and […]

Aug 29, 2020

Improving Safety at Nebraska’s Long Term Care Facilities

The GCHS collaborates with partners, ICAP and NETEC, to assist long term care facilities with COVID-19 risk mitigation.

Aug 28, 2020

C-STARS Deployment in Support of Air Force COVID-19 Air Transport Capability

U.S. Airforce C-STARS Omaha team deployed to operationalize the Transportation Isolation System for COVID-19

Aug 28, 2020

The Negatively Pressurized CONEX (NPC)

The GCHS Spotlight: Kathleen Boulter, MPH, BAN (HONS), RN

The August GCHS Spotlight features Ms. Kathleen Boulter. Ms. Boulter has been instrumental in the battle against highly infectious diseases–both Ebola Virus Disease and more recently the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

Aug 28, 2020

Chancellor’s forum set for Aug. 31

Ted Cieslak, MD, interim director for health security, will join Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, for event.

Aug 27, 2020

Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD

Second family town hall forum set for next week

UNMC, Nebraska Medicine staff and families are invited to attend Sept. 1 virtual meeting for updates on the pandemic.

Aug 25, 2020

Second Lady Karen Pence, Rep. Bacon tour med center

The Second Lady met with UNMC experts and leaders during the visit.

Aug 24, 2020

A message from the chancellor: Welcome back

Dr. Gold: We need to “take care of each other.”

Aug 19, 2020

Chancellor: Safety key as new semester begins

At Thursday’s forum, UNMC leaders outlined steps to address COVID-19 concerns as semester begins.

Aug 17, 2020

Omaha City Council passes mask mandate

UNMC, Nebraska Medicine experts testify at council meeting.

Aug 12, 2020