Health Security

UNMC’s saliva PCR testing centers to close March 30

The testing, which began in October 2021, has been a valuable resource for the campus during the pandemic.

Mar 14, 2023

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

Reminder: Masks required in clinical spaces

Although masks are not required in education and research spaces, med center colleagues must protect patients.

Mar 6, 2023

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Reminder: Chancellor’s all-campus forum is today

UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, will be joined online by UNMC’s Anne Barnes and Jane Meza, PhD.

Feb 6, 2023

UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, Anne Barnes, vice chancellor for business, finance and business development, and Jane Meza, PhD, interim executive director for the Office of Health Security

Chancellor’s all-campus forum is Feb. 6

UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, will be joined online by UNMC’s Anne Barnes and Jane Meza, PhD.

Feb 1, 2023

UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, Anne Barnes, vice chancellor for business, finance and business development, and Jane Meza, PhD, interim executive director for the Office of Health Security

Never Again Summit discussion scheduled for Jan. 30

The guest speaker for the virtual discussion is Jeremy Farrar, MBBS, of the charitable foundation Wellcome.

Jan 18, 2023

Jeremy Farrar, MBBS

UNMC aims for balanced approach to work arrangements

Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, discussed the new Alternative Worksite Policy at this year’s first campus forum.

Jan 16, 2023

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

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.

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.

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