Outreach

Helmsley Charitable Trust gift will impact cardiac care across state

Grant of $1.5 million will provide emergency cardiac care equipment, emergency medical training

May 11, 2020

One of the cardiac simulators.

UNMC ag center offers respiratory protection recommendations

Cloth face coverings are not an acceptable replacement for a respirator at preventing exposure to respiratory hazards in the agricultural workplace. They should only be used as a means of infection control.

May 11, 2020

UNMC’s Gold Humanism Honor Society is ‘exemplary’

UNMC’s chapter singled out for ‘extraordinary contributions to humanism in health care.’

May 9, 2020

Members of the 2019 Gold Humanism Honor Society.

MMI, Children’s Hospital enter affiliation agreement

Agreement aims to enhance genetics, developmental/behavioral pediatrics, behavioral health and primary care medical home services across region.

May 8, 2020

From left, Rodrigo López, interim President & CEO, Children's Hospital & Medical Center, Karoly Mirnics, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Munroe-Meyer Institute, and Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D., chancellor of UNMC and the University of Nebraska at Omaha

University of Nebraska develops pandemic recovery guide for higher education

The 19-page recovery guide is intended as a tool to guide higher education campuses through three steps based on disease prevalence and stability of available resources.

May 8, 2020

Guild members sew masks for MMI, community

Guild members say they “have a lot of friends” at MMI.

May 8, 2020

From left, Luann Rabe, president of the Munroe-Meyer Guild, and Barb Switzer of the Guild and formerly of UNMC, display some of the masks they created for MMI.

UNMC-developed model assists in decisions regarding pandemic recovery

Data-driven model that will help to guide their decision-making.

May 6, 2020

Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D., UNMC chancellor

UNMC students help in med center mask effort

Program already has produced thousands of masks for use at the medical center.

May 6, 2020

From left, the Integrated Service Center's Kathy Hamill, Jaidyn Dalzell, Tina Frey, Pamela Housard and Jonathan Hall

College of Public Health honored for community service

College receives the Harrison C. Spencer Award for Outstanding Community Service from the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health.

May 6, 2020

Public health student Na-Omi Hassane Dan Karami, in green T-shirt, interprets for a French speaking family at the Fall Refugee Health Fair held Nov. 2, 2019 at Benson High School. Na-Omi worked as a navigator during the health fair as part of the UNMC College of Public Health student-led Bridge to Care program, which is one of the many community service activities that led to the recognition by the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health.

Nebraska health care workers asked to share experiences through HERO Registry

Will give insight into impact of pandemic on health professionals

May 5, 2020

James McClay, M.D.