Health Security
Dr. Boyers inducted into national simulation Hall of Fame
Pamela Boyers, PhD, was honored Tuesday at induction ceremony.
Sep 15, 2021
![Pamela Boyers, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Boyers0919.jpg)
State Sen. John Cavanaugh tours UNMC
Sen. Cavanaugh met with UNMC leaders during visit to campus.
Sep 10, 2021
![UNMC's Ben Stobbe, left, leads Nebraska State Sen. John Cavanaugh on a tour of iEXCEL at the Davis Global Center.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Cavan091521.jpg)
![State Sen. Jen Day, center, views the Susan LaFlesche Picotte exhibit during a tour of UNMC with Bob Bartee, vice chancellor of external relations, and Carrie Meyer, assistant professor at the McGoogan Health Sciences Library.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Day083121.jpg)
University of Nebraska has record year in philanthropic support
Gifts supported many UNMC programs and initiatives.
Aug 31, 2021
![The new Munroe-Meyer Institute building was one project that received philanthropic support in 2021.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/SOAR052721.jpg)
State Sen. Megan Hunt tours UNMC
Hunt praises med center for ‘leadership’ during the pandemic.
Aug 27, 2021
![From left, Emily McElroy, dean of the McGoogan Health Sciences Library, and Nebraska State Sen. Megan Hunt](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Hunt2082421.jpg)
UNMC study confirms COVID air transmission
UNMC’s findings on airborne transmission have passed scientific peer review.
Aug 27, 2021
![From left, Joshua Santarpia, PhD, John Lowe, PhD and St. Patrick Reid, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Aerosol082721.jpg)
USAF surgeon general tours UNMC
Lt. Gen. Robert Miller, MD, praised partnership between UNMC, Air Force.
Aug 25, 2021
![James Lawler, MD, executive director of international programs and innovation at the Global Center for Health Security, escorts Gen. Robert Miller, MD, the surgeon general of the U.S. Air Force, during his visit to UNMC.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Miller082621.jpg)
UNMC, iEXCEL offer new look at Delta variant
James Lawler, MD, unveiled new video animation explaining how Delta variant attacks healthy cells and why COVID vaccines are the best defense.
Aug 6, 2021
![James Lawler, MD, uses video animation developed at UNMC's Interprofessional Experiential Center for Enduring Learning to show how the COVID-19 Delta variant attacks cells and affects patients' lungs.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Lungs080621.jpg)
Jane Meza, PhD, interim executive director for health security, and Kelly Cawcutt, MD, of the UNMC Division of Infectious Diseases, will join Dr. Gold for the forum.
Jul 28, 2021
![UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Goldpick3.jpg)
Under the microscope: Vaccinations
Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, discusses UNMC’s COVID-19 vaccination efforts with Jane Meza, PhD, interim executive director for health security.
Jul 20, 2021
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