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University of Nebraska Medical Center

BHECN Central

As part of the Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska’s strategy to grow Nebraska’s rural behavioral health workforce, along with our offices at the UNMC campus in Omaha, we also have a presence at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. The BHECN Central office is located in the new Health Sciences Education Complex, Room 252, on the UNK campus.

BHECN Central serves as one of our locations for training and workforce development in the central parts of the state. A large portion of our in-person training is based out of the Kearney office.

BHECN Central Advisory Board Members

Peggy Abels

Director, Health Services, University of Nebraska at Kearney

Beth Baxter

Regional Administrator, Nebraska Behavioral Health Region 3

Cathrin Carithers, DNP, RN

Assistant Dean, College of Nursing, UNMC
Clinical Associate Professor, College of Nursing, UNMC

Sandra Cook-Fong, PhD

Assistant Professor, Grace Abbott School of Social Work, University of Nebraska at Omaha

Kati Cordts, PhD

Associate Director, BHECN

Marley Doyle, MD

Director, BHECN

Mark Ellis, PhD

Professor and Dean of Graduate Studies, University of Nebraska at Kearney

Krista Fritson, PhD

BHECN Central Director
Professor, University of Nebraska at Kearney

Nancy Foster, PhD

Assistant Professor, Munroe-Meyer Institute, UNMC

Ingrid Gansebom

Regional Administrator, Nebraska Behavioral Health Region 4

Tamara Gavin

Deputy Director, Division of Behavioral Health, Department of Health and Human Services

Hugo Gonzalez, MD

Physician, CHI Health

Becky Kraenow, MPH

Executive Director, Help Care Clinic

Grace Mims, PhD

Professor, College of Education, University of Nebraska at Kearney

Carol Renner, PhD

Associate Dean, Kearney Public Schools (Retired)

Kathy Seacrest

Regional Administrator, Nebraska Behavioral Health Region 2

Kenton Shaffer, MD

Medical Director, Kearney UniNet

Jody VanLaningham, PhD

Associate Professor and Department Chair, Social Work, University of Nebraska at Kearney

Melissa Wheelock

Administrator, Educational Service Unit 10

Lacey Witt

Director, Richard Young Hospital

Denise Zwiener

Executive Director, Buffalo County Community Partners