Health Security

UNMC forms task force to explore impact of AI

The working group, which crosses the campus and key clinical partners, is a critical step in understanding AI’s benefits and minimizing the risks.

Sep 20, 2023

Emily Glenn and Rachel Lookadoo, JD, co-chairs of the AI task force

UNMC for the record, Sept. 15, 2023

Bill Scott is a polka hall of famer, two upcoming continuing education events, a Sodexo offer and UNMC retirements.

Sep 15, 2023

Bill Scott, here playing his beloved trumpet at a 2011 UNMC event with his son, John, was inducted into the Sokol Omaha Polka Hall of Fame.

UNMC researchers guide strategy for next public health emergencies

The UNMC Global Center for Health Security collaborated with the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network.

Sep 8, 2023

Jocelyn Herstein, PhD, and Lauren Sauer

D-SAFE training program with UNMC advances health security

The U.S. Public Health Service program works closely with the UNMC Global Center for Health Security.

Sep 6, 2023

Public Health Service leadership through the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps attended the D-SAFE training offered by the UNMC Global Center for Health Security.

Global Center group visits counterparts in Japan

The visit to the National Center for Global Health and Medicine follows up on connections made with UNMC last fall.

Sep 1, 2023

Jocelyn Herstein, PhD

Economists get ‘impressive’ look at UNMC’s advances

About 20 members of the National Business Economic Issues Council visited the med center Aug. 7.

Aug 17, 2023

Chris Kratochvil, senior advisor to UNMC’s Global Center for Health Security and interim vice chancellor of external relations, shows economists with the National Business Economic Issues Council an austere training environment housed within the Davis Global Center.

Biopreparedness exhibit showcases med center’s expertise

‘Biopreparedness in Nebraska’ officially opens for public viewing today at the Wigton Heritage Center.

Jun 19, 2023

Mannequins wearing personal protective equipment line up to go on display in the "Biopreparedness in Nebraska" exhibit at the Wigton Heritage Center, in front of an interactive digital board.

Med center experts test readiness of the National Quarantine Unit

A three-day exercise, led by the Global Center for Health Security at UNMC and Nebraska Medicine, was held in April.

May 23, 2023

The National Quarantine Unit tabletop exercise was held in the Sorrell Center on April 25.

Chancellor’s forum offers a series of updates across UNMC

Projects are in the works at the Omaha campus, and expansion is ahead for programs on the Kearney campus.

May 10, 2023

 UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, and Jane Meza, PhD, interim executive director for the UNMC Office of Health Security

Reminder: All-campus forum is today

UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, will be joined online by Jane Meza, PhD, of the Office of Health Security.  

May 8, 2023

UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, and Jane Meza, PhD, interim executive director for the UNMC Office of Health Security