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Food trucks scheduled for campus, High School Alliance recognized, and other news and notes from the UNMC community.
Sep 17, 2021
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Dr. Reid’s journey from Jamaica to Nebraska
St. Patrick Reid, PhD, fell in love with science at an early age.
Sep 17, 2021
![St. Patrick Reid, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Reid0211.jpg)
Brain health of youth football players focus of Science Cafe
Speaker is founder of The First Down Project, a decade long study that focuses on brain health in youth football players.
Sep 16, 2021
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Douglas County health director tours UNMC
Lindsay Huse, DNP, visited the Omaha campus with county epidemiologist Anne O’Keefe, MD.
Sep 16, 2021
![From left, Lindsay Huse, DNP, and Anne O'Keefe, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Huse1.jpg)
New faculty spotlight: Kai Yang, MD
Dr. Yang is an assistant professor in the UNMC Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
Sep 16, 2021
![Kai Yang, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Yang091321.jpg)
New Health Design Thinking Program established
Jennifer Kallio, DDS, T.J. Welniak, MD, Katherine Bravo, PhD, and Amy Pick, PharmD, to lead new effort.
Sep 16, 2021
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Steps to embrace belonging through community
Teams stronger, more inclusive when taking time to know your colleagues.
Sep 16, 2021
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College of Pharmacy holding flu clinics
Operation Immunization project offers walk-in immunization opportunities.
Sep 16, 2021
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Sen. Bostar met with Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, and members of the UNMC College of Public Health during his visit.
Sep 15, 2021
![State Sen. Eliot Bostar tours UNMC, including iEXCEL's Five-Sided Laser Cave.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Bostar090321.jpg)
Special Olympics Nebraska honors HSEC students
Award recognizes those who make significant contributions to equal access to health, fitness and wellness for people with intellectual disabilities.
Sep 15, 2021
![Mia Hyde, associate program director/director of clinical development, physician assistant education; Jannelle Reynolds, assistant professor of PA education; Mary Girard, instructor, nursing; Pam Dickey, assistant professor and admissions director, PA education; Nancy Stuart, instructor of nursing; and Katie Messner clinical instructor, nursing, accept the award on behalf of UNMC, the HSEC and its students.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Golisano091521.jpg)