Laura Vinson, MPH

• 2024 – Present, Interim-Director of Master of Health Administration Program, UNMC, COPH, Office of the Dean
• 2024 – Present, Director of Master’s Program, UNMC, COPH, Office of the Dean
• 2024 – Present, Instructor, Department of Health Promotion
• 2018 - 2024, Applied Practice Manager, UNMC, COPH, Office of Public Health Practice
• 2015 - 2018, Programs Manager, Service Learning/Capstone Experience, UNMC, COPH,
• 2012 – 2015, Interprofessional Service Learning Academy (I-SLA) Coordinator, UNMC, COPH

• 2012, Master of Public Health, UNMC, COPH

• Keeler, H., Vinson, L., Davies, D.H., et al. (2021, September). Moving the Equity Needle: Harnessing Academic Medical Center Collaborative Engagement. Presentation at the Engagement Scholarship Consortium Conference. (Virtual) Philadelphia, PA.
• Grimm, B. & Vinson, L. (2021, June). Creating a Framework to Implement Community-Oriented Interventions to Address Health Inequities in a Rural Setting. Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health.
• Margalit, R., Vinson, L., Ngaruiya, C., Gehring, K., Franks, P., Schulte, C., et al. (2015, June). Bridge to care for refugee health: Lessons from an interprofessional collaboration in the Midwest. Int Public Health J 2015;7(1):163-171.
• Margalit, R., Vinson, L., Boyle, C., et al. (2014, November). Lessons learned from sexual health education programs with incarcerated individuals: from the adult jail to youth corrections. Presentation at the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality Conference. Omaha, NE. 
• Margalit, R., Vinson, L., Ngaruiya, C., Gehring, K., Franks, P., Schulte, C., et al. (2014). Bridge to Care Can Enhance Refugee Health: Lessons from an Interprofessional and Multi-Organization Collaboration in the Midwest. Public Health: Improving Health via Inter-Professional Collaborations. NOVA Publishers. Ch. 12
• Vinson, L., Lemke, A., Schulte, C., Blood, J. (2014, May). Bridge To Care & Refugee Health Collaborative: Addressing Health Disparities of Resettled Refugees While Enhancing Personal and Professional Growth of Students and the Community. Presentation at the Community-Campus Partnerships for Health Conference.  Chicago, IL
• Vinson, L., Margalit, R., Franks, P., Kudlacz, A., Lemke, A., Schulte, C. (2013, November). Local global health – health professions students’ meaningful engagement with resettled refugees. Presentation at Reinvigorating Our Process of Discovery, the 2013 International Association for Research on Service Learning and Community Engagement (IARSLCE) Conference. Omaha, NE
• Haworth, R., Ross, C., Vinson, L, Margalit, R., (2013, June) Bhutanese Refugees’ Perceptions of Cervical Cancer. Presentation at North American Refugee Health Conference. Toronto, Canada
• Margalit R., Watanabe-Galloway S., Kennedy F., Lacy N., Red Shirt K., Vinson L., Kills Small J. (2013). Lakota Elders’ Views on Traditional Versus Commercial/Addictive Tobacco Use; Oral History Depicting a Fundamental Distinction. J Community Health.  2013;38(3):538-545. 
• Islam KM., Vinson L., Nared S., Combs I., Tibbits M, Watanabe-Galloway S., Margalit R. (2013). Combating STI Epidemic: Community Perspectives Learned from Mixed-Gender Focus Group Study. ISRN Infections Diseases.

• UNMC Preceptor Task Force, Member                                                                

• UNMC Community Collaborations Council, Member

• Public Health Association of Nebraska, Membership Committee Member
• American Public Health Association 
• 2020-2023 - United Way of Midlands, Community Investment Review Team, Member
• 2017-2021 - Emerging Professionals Program (EPP), University of Nebraska Medical Center, Co-Chair, Community Engagement                                                                                

As a native rural Nebraskan and also a UNMC alumnus, Laura has a deep commitment to help train the next generation of public health practitioners. Throughout her experiences in higher education and experiential learning in graduate or professional programs, she understands the value of community and campus partnerships as a tool for meaningful contributions toward student education and population health. Laura has witnessed time after time the potential of a student’s growth through immersive, collaborative or culminating experiences and strives to create the environments for students to maximize their growth potential.