In the news:
2024:
- KETV (6/20/24): UNMC, health officials working to improve heat alerts in Nebraska
- Public News Service (6/11/24): NE farmworkers, others face heightened risks of heat, humidity
- UNMC Today (5/21/24): Tornado survey offers ‘boots-on-the-ground epidemiology’
- KETV (5/17/24): Health departments conduct needs survey in Washington County
- UNMC Today (5/9/24): Med center to spearhead novel approach to disaster planning
- Nebraska Examiner (5/9/24): UNMC gets federal grant to lead effort to design better response to national health disasters
- UNMC Today (5/8/24): Public health researchers develop drought response guide
- Washington Post - OPED by Lauren Sauer (5/7/24): If many dairy fams workers contract H5N1, we risk a pandemic
- KETV: Officials (4/23/24): Ground beef from Omaha packing plant may be contaminated with E. coli, public health alert issued
- The North Platte Telegraph (4/20/24): Tractor safety training dates set
- NebraskaFarmer (4/19/24): Deal with back pain on the farm
- Omaha World-Herald (3/25/24): February Health Matters: Climate change already impacting Nebraskans' health
- UNMC Today (4/17/24): Climate and health experts gather at UNMC, discuss collaboration
- UNMC Today (4/3/24): UNMC hosting course on clinical trials involving high consequence pathogens
- NebraskaFarmer (3/22/24): It’s time for a ‘tick talk’
- Progressive Cattle (2/12/24): Creating a culture of safety in your feedyard
- USA Today (1/25/24): Do you flush with the lid open or closed? When it comes to germs, it might not matter.
- NebraskaFarmer (1/19/24): How technology can save your life on the farm
- NebraskaFarmer (1/3/24): Stay safe during calving season
- Doctoral Student Sara Tucker named Outstanding Student of the Year by U.S. Department of Transportation's University Transportation Centers. (p.31)
Sarah was the first author on “Exploring wearable technology use and importance of health monitoring in the hazardous occupations of first responders and professional drivers” published in the Journal of Occupational Health.
- UNMC Today: Academia and real life products: Chemical engineer finds perfect fit
- UNMC Today: Alcohol Center of Research-Nebraska awarded $8.8 million grant
- Associate professor Lauren Sauer, MSc, guest hosts NETEC Podcast Transmission Interrupted: "Pathogens in Pop Culture"
- Omaha World-Herald: Global Center's role grew during the pandemic, formed foundation of Project NExT
- Omaha World-Herald: February Health Matters: Climate change already impacting Nebraskans' health
- Omaha World-Herald: Heat mapping study revealed temperatures in eastern Omaha varied by 9 degrees
- UNMC Today: UNMC hosts Bangladeshi health delegation
- Midwest Messenger: Safety goggles: Virtual reality game teaches kids farm safety
2022:
- Nebraska Public Media: A hotter, drier future could change how we eat, how we breathe and where we get our water
- UNMC Today: Japanese delegation visits its ‘role model’ at UNMC
- Flatwater Free Press: Nebraska’s nitrate problem is serious. Two dozen experts say how they’d solve it.
- Flatwater Free Press: Nebraska’s nitrate problem is growing worse. It’s likely harming our kids.
- KETV: 'Impacts are already happening': Scientists mapping heat exposure inequity in Omaha
- Flatwater Free Press: Amidst rising heat, are redlined neighborhoods hotter than the rest?