Outreach
Grants address health disparities, health equity
Six grants totaling $230,000 were awarded through the UNMC College of Public Health.
May 19, 2021
![Paul Estabrooks, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Esta041721.jpg)
Science Cafe explores skin cancer, sun safety
Ashley Wysong, MD, founding chair and residency program director of the UNMC Department of Dermatology, will speak.
May 17, 2021
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UNMC SIM-NE program to resume in-person training
Customized trucks will return to the road in June.
May 14, 2021
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Dr. Shillcutt leads record-breaking international meeting
Multiple anesthesiology faculty contributed to the SCA’s annual meeting.
May 12, 2021
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UNMC recognizes 19 state public health directors for leadership, service
The directors partnered with their communities to engage in providing expert COVID-19 public health guidance since March 2020.
May 11, 2021
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AAPI panelists share experiences, perspectives
Med center voices shared their stories at May 5 event.
May 10, 2021
![Panelists at the event included, from left, Yun Saksena, DMD, Linda Huynh, and Dejun Su, PhD. Not pictured are panelists Bo Chao and Sharon Ishii-Jordan, PhD.](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/AAPI051021.jpg)
Critical hurdle cleared for Project NeXT
UNMC and Nebraska Medicine selected as one of five sites for all-hazard medical response program.
May 6, 2021
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Speaker to discuss Ramadan at MMI event
Naser Alsharif, PhD, will speak at the May 11 event.
May 4, 2021
![Naser Alsharif, PhD](https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Naser050421.jpg)
UNMC to recognize individuals for leadership, service during May 8 commencement
Awardees include a visionary who helped usher in UNMC’s current world leadership in biopreparedness; a native Nebraskan who is now one of the world’s leading scientists; the state’s top health official who helms Nebraska’s response to the pandemic; and Nebraska’s public health directors, who lead community efforts in the fight against COVID-19.
May 3, 2021
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UNMC SIM-NE program to resume on-site, in-person training June 1
Since its launch in 2017, SIM-NE staff have conducted trainings in 89 of 93 Nebraska counties and provided training to 7,267 individuals.
Apr 30, 2021
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