Health Security
Former surgeon general praises UNMC as ‘amazing’
Jerome Adams, MD, visited the Omaha campus to meet with UNMC leaders and speak to several groups.
Dec 15, 2022
![Former U.S. surgeon general Jerome Adams (left), MD, tours the Davis Center for Global Security with John Lowe, PhD, and James Lawler, MD, of the UNMC Global Center for Health Security.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/AdamsTour121622-900x600.jpeg)
UNMC develops revolutionary patient care system
The ISTARI device, marketed as the CareCube, is a modular, disposable isolation system.
Sep 27, 2022
![A flight crew preps the ISTARI (Isolation System for Treatment and Agile Response for high-risk Infections) prototype for loading.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/ISTARI092822-900x600.jpg)
Global Center for Health Security launches The Transmission
The weekly newsletter will focus on news and data on emerging infectious diseases and critical global health security topics.
Sep 22, 2022
![Claudinne Miller, a former defense intelligence analyst, will produce The Transmission newsletter for the UNMC Global Center for Health Security.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/ClaudinneMiller2092322.jpg)
From social media: Limited use of Paxlovid
The UNMC Global Center for Health Security keeps the community updated on the latest with COVID-19.
Sep 19, 2022
![](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/CoronavirusUpdates123021.jpg)
UNMC called nation’s top biocontainment resource
The U.S. Air Force surgeon general and team members tour UNMC.
Sep 12, 2022
![At right, Lieutenant General Robert Miller, MD, surgeon general of the U.S. Air Force, listens to UNMC's James Lawler, MD, during a tour of the Davis Global Center and iEXCEL program.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/RobertMiller1091322-900x600.jpg)
Bob Bartee set to retire in early 2023
Chris Kratochvil, MD, named interim vice chancellor for external relations.
Sep 8, 2022
![Bob Bartee](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/BobBartee090822-900x600.jpg)
Dr. Schiller’s research aims to aid nation’s military
Alicia Schiller, PhD, is director of combat casualty medicine at UNMC.
Jun 9, 2022
![Alicia Schiller, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Schiller061022.jpg)
Maker Studio scales down biocontainment unit
The model will be used in training Air Force participants in the Center for Sustainment of Trauma Readiness Skills (C-STARS) Program.
Jun 1, 2022
![From left, Brian Maass of the Maker Studio, Kathleen Boulter, Angela Vasa, Cheryl Rand, James Lawler, MD and Jackson Gruber of the Nebraska BIocontainment Unit and the Global Center for Health Security.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Biocontainment051222.jpg)
Alla Shapiro, MD, PhD, revisits Chernobyl experiences May 12
At Thursday’s event, Chernobyl first responder will discuss nuclear accident, recent events.
May 10, 2022
![Alla Shapiro, MD, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/AllaShapiro2041922.jpg)
Conference focus: Data security amid new technology
Second annual Great Plains Interoperability Conference set for June 7.
May 9, 2022
![Matthew Rizzo, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Rizzo0113.jpg)