Innovation Expo
The Midwest Public Health Innovation and Research Expo is an annual, all-day event that serves as a center for collaboration and fosters meaningful connections within the college and throughout the University of Nebraska system. This event enables faculty, students and stakeholders to meet collaborators and community/clinical partners, showcase their research, hear updates from UNMC College of Public Health Innovation Fund investigators, and brainstorm innovative ideas for federal funding.
Over the lunch hour, the Expo showcases student talent by featuring their poster presentations and current research. This interactive session provides a platform for students to share their innovative projects, exchange ideas, and receive valuable feedback from peers, faculty, and visiting experts.
Beyond the formal sessions, the Innovation Expo also offers opportunities for networking and forging connections. Our attendees are made up of researchers, faculty, and students within and outside of the UNMC College of Public Health, which provides a diverse set of backgrounds to collaborate with.
The Expo also features an award ceremony to honor the outstanding students that shared their research. Join us in celebrating their achievements and envisioning the potential they hold for the future of public health during our next 2024 session.
The Midwest PHIRE is made possible through the College of Public Health Innovation Fund and is co-sponsored by The Great Plains IDeA-CTR, Creighton University’s Institute for Population Health, and CyncHealth.2024 Expo
This year, we're hosting the Midwest Public Health Innovation and Research Expo on October 25th, 2024 from 9 am - 4 pm in the UNMC College of Public Health and over Zoom. A schedule is now available.
Invited Speaker
Presentation Time: 10:30 AM CST
Dr. Svetla Slavova is a Professor of Biostatistics at the University of Kentucky. She has been the principal investigator on grants funded by the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
Dr. Slavova has authored and co-authored many peer-reviewed publications highlighting analytical approaches to understanding and combating the opioid epidemic. She received a Distinguished Leader Award from the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists for her leadership for improved drug overdose mortality surveillance and building epidemiological capacity in state and local health departments, and the Lexington Public Health Hero award for providing free naloxone to her community
Registration
Registration has closed for the 2024 event. Please email our team with questions.
Call for Abstracts
Abstracts are no longer being accepted as the deadline has passed.
2024 Sponsors
The 3rd Annual Expo
Learn about the final proceedings of the 2023 expo.
2022 Expo Poster Awardees
In alphabetical order by investigator’s last name.
Assistant Professor of Advertising & Public Relations
University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Journalism and Mass Communications
Co-Author: Sungkyoung Lee
#momlifeisthebestlife: How Social Media’s Portrayals of Motherhood are Harming New Mothers
Health Promotion, College of Public Health, UNMC
Co-Authors: Iftikher Mahmood, Wael ElRayes, Md Golam Hafiz, Farhana Ul Hoque, and Shireen Rajaram
Evaluation of the GBV Response among the Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh
Biostatistics, College of Public Health, UNMC
Co-Author: Su Chen
Do we need multiple testing adjustment in both discovery and replication cohorts?
PharmD and MPH Student, Colleges of Pharmacy and Public Health, UNMC
Co-Authors: Alfred Anzalone, Cheng Zheng, and Ran Dai
Understanding COVID-19 recurrence events using National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C) Enclave data