Rural

$300,000 grant to fund behavioral health internship training in underserved

The one-year grant will support stipends for 21 counseling interns from these four graduate counseling programs.

Oct 17, 2016

Dr. Watanabe-Galloway tapped for new role at BHECN

Shinobu Watanabe-Galloway, Ph.D., is joining the Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska as research director.

Aug 9, 2016

Shinobu Watanabe-Galloway, Ph.D.

ER course aims to help rural providers

This year’s course had an increased focus on pediatric emergencies.

Apr 28, 2016

Bree Almgren, a nurse practitioner from Spencer, Iowa, who attended the 2016 course, said the emergency medicine course hones useful skills for rural providers.

Rural Futures Institute calls for proposals

Institute seeks research and teaching ideas to impact rural communities.

Jan 14, 2016

Kearney allied health students to aid underserved

Effort begins in 2016; aims to help those with no insurance who do not qualify for Medicaid or Medicare.

Dec 7, 2015

Annual RHEN workshop continues to grow

Weeklong workshop focused on public health critical component elements.

Jul 29, 2015

Twenty-two undergraduate students from Nebraska attended the 2015 Weeklong Public Health Workshop.

St. Paul, Neb., physician assistant lauds UNMC for its rural efforts

Praises Rural Health Opportunities Program, Health Science Education Complex at UNK

Mar 18, 2015

Roger Wells

Nebraska LEAD program fellows visit UNMC

The group was learning more about UNMC’s rural initiatives, outreach and educational efforts

Mar 2, 2015

Rural Futures grant fuels mentoring beacon

The Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska (BHECN) will use funds to create a virtual mentorship program.

May 1, 2014

Howard Liu, M.D., and Heidi Keeler, Ph.D.

National committee on campus to explore rural concerns

National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services meeting at UNMC this week.

Apr 30, 2014

From left, committee member Roger Wells, a physician assistant in St. Paul, Neb., and a graduate of the UNMC School of Allied Health Professions, UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D., and Tom Morris, federal office for rural health policy.