Outreach

Health fair addresses refugee health and wellness issues

UNMC students and faculty joined with Restoring Dignity and other community partners for the Nov. 2 event.

Nov 21, 2024

From left, UNMC's Armalita Dosseh, Paw Bway Htoo of Restoring Dignity Omaha and Heidi Keeler, PhD. Photo courtesy of Roger Humphries Photography

UNMC hosts international conference on Health Design Thinking

Health design thinkers from around the U.S. and the world came together to explore ways to build human-centered solutions in health care.

Nov 20, 2024

Leila Shephard, PhD, managing director of the Helix Centre at Imperial College in London, shares her experiences using design thinking in health care and academic research.

Dr. Liu offers expertise to commission on mental health in Ukraine

Lancet Psychiatry convened an international group to study the country’s mental health needs and develop an improvement plan.

Nov 20, 2024

Howard Liu, MD

UNMC hosts Ukrainian health care professionals

The visit is part of the continuing collaboration between UNMC and the Ukrainian Ministry of Health.

Nov 19, 2024

From left, interpreter Volodymyr Bassis, UNMC Interim Chancellor H. Dele Davies, MD, Sara Pirtle, program manager with the UNMC Office of Global Engagement, and Ukrainian guests Andrii Svyst, Victor Romanchuk, Olegsandr Gladyshenko, Viktor Panychev and Hryhorii Petruk. Not picture is facilitator Halyna Kaluzhna.

UNMC welcomes new AHEC scholars

Students will engage with health professionals, community leaders and potential employers in program.

Nov 18, 2024

Lydia Sand, deputy director and program manager for the Nebraska AHEC program

South Omaha leaders host meeting with Dr. Davies, UNMC officials

The conversation offered another opportunity to listen to community members’ experiences and make connections to UNMC resources.

Nov 8, 2024

UNMC Interim Chancellor H. Dele Davies, MD, participates in a roundtable discussion with leaders in the South Omaha community at the Latino Center of the Midlands.

UNMC CPERS receives grant to develop threat training for hospitals

The training will benefit health care organizations nationwide, providing a crucial resource for facilities that face increasing risks of violence.

Nov 7, 2024

Keith Hansen

UNMC named new public health regional center for CDC

As one of 10 Regional Centers for Public Health Preparedness and Response, UNMC will administer the center for Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri.

Oct 30, 2024

Rachel Lookadoo, JD, and Lauren Sauer

Dr. Voss secures Fulbright award for partnership in Indonesia

Nursing’s Joachim Voss, PhD, will use the prestigious opportunity in Jakarta to aid faculty and research development and improve health care education.

Oct 30, 2024

Joachim Voss, PhD

Second ‘One-Stop Cancer Shop’ event set for Saturday

The event is sponsored by the UNMC College of Nursing, Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, Nebraska Medicine and community partners.

Oct 25, 2024

Claire Thiele, UNMC nursing student, volunteered at the first One-Stop Cancer Shop event in September.