Outreach
BHECN-UNO program to boost behavioral health in schools
About 25 University of Nebraska at Omaha grad students in behavioral health will intern at Omaha-area schools.
May 23, 2024
![](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/SchoolBasedMentalHealth052324.jpg)
Anna Dalrymple, MD, named Koefoot Award recipient
Dr. Dalrymple, a 2014 UNMC graduate who practices in Gothenburg, was recognized as the outstanding preceptor in rural family medicine.
May 23, 2024
![From left: Jolene Wees, family medicine clerkship coordinator; Kimberly Jarzynka, MD, vice chair of family medicine and residency program director; Mindy Lacey, MD, medical student education director; Anna Dalrymple, MD; Geoffrey Talmon, MD, associate dean for medical education; and Jeff Harrison, MD, chair of family medicine. (Photo by Iris Photography Studios)](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/KoefootAward052324-900x600.jpg)
Haji Zoona Band lecture will explore cancer biology
UNMC’s Hamid Band, MD, PhD, and Vimla Band, PhD, are honoring Hamid’s mother, who died of cancer.
May 22, 2024
![UNMC's Hamid Band, MD, PhD, with his mother, Haji Zoona Band](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/BandCancerBiologyLecture052224-900x600.jpg)
Tornado survey offers ‘boots-on-the-ground epidemiology’
A UNMC College of Public Health team joined local and state health representatives in conducting a Washington County needs assessment.
May 21, 2024
![A team from the UNMC College of Public Health helped conduct the rapid needs assessment May 16-18.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/TornadoSurvey052124-900x600.jpg)
Health care workforce report highlights challenges, accomplishments
The issues involved show the importance of UNMC initiating programming to educate more health care professionals.
May 16, 2024
![Nicole Carritt, UNMC's assistant vice chancellor of health workforce education relations](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/NicoleCarritt090123-900x600.jpg)
Cancer center announces new community outreach leaders
The Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center team will be key in developing community partnerships, cancer education and screening events.
May 15, 2024
![Clockwise from top left: Keyonna King, DrPH, Patrick Maloney, PhD, Rachael Schmidt, DNP, and Juan Santamaria, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/OfficeofCommunityOutreachandEngagement051524-900x600.jpg)
UNMC history: UNMC’s Health Science Meet
For more than 25 years, eighth-grade students from across Nebraska competed to participate in UNMC’s annual Health Science Meet.
May 13, 2024
![Visiting eighth-grade students participate in the 2006 UNMC Health Science Meet.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/HSM2006c.jpg)
Med center to spearhead novel approach to disaster planning
The med center’s health security experts will support the National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health in the planning effort.
May 9, 2024
![Chris Kratochvil, MD, vice chancellor for external relations at UNMC, and Lauren Sauer, associate director of research in the Global Center for Health Security](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/KratochvilSauer050924-900x600.jpg)
Public health researchers develop drought response guide
The UNMC College of Public Health team wrote the guide to better prepare health professionals for responding to impacts from drought.
May 8, 2024
![Jesse Bell, PhD, and Rachel Lookadoo, JD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/BellLookadoo050824.jpg)
Dr. Gold to receive inaugural ‘Heartland Hero Award’
The award comes from Rural Media Group, which broadcasts ‘Rural Health Matters,’ a live weekly program Dr. Gold hosts on RFD-TV.
May 6, 2024
![UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Gold062623-900x600.jpg)