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UNMC for the record

News and notes from the UNMC community.

Aug 28, 2020

Howard Liu, MD

Back to campus: Wellness resources

UNMC has resources available for faculty, staff and students.

Aug 28, 2020

Improving Safety at Nebraska’s Long Term Care Facilities

The GCHS collaborates with partners, ICAP and NETEC, to assist long term care facilities with COVID-19 risk mitigation.

Aug 28, 2020

C-STARS Deployment in Support of Air Force COVID-19 Air Transport Capability

U.S. Airforce C-STARS Omaha team deployed to operationalize the Transportation Isolation System for COVID-19

Aug 28, 2020

The Negatively Pressurized CONEX (NPC)

The GCHS Spotlight: Kathleen Boulter, MPH, BAN (HONS), RN

The August GCHS Spotlight features Ms. Kathleen Boulter. Ms. Boulter has been instrumental in the battle against highly infectious diseases–both Ebola Virus Disease and more recently the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

Aug 28, 2020

Richard Lutz, MD, to retire from MMI

Dr. Lutz spent 20 years with the Munroe-Meyer Institute Department of Genetic Medicine.

Aug 27, 2020

Richard Lutz, MD

Back to campus: Cleaning protocols

Cleaning workspaces ‘just as important’ as masks, EVS professionals say.

Aug 27, 2020

Cleaning and disinfecting surfaces is part of the new normal as people continue to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Managing suspected or confirmed cases of COVID-19

What to do if you’ve tested positive for or suspect you have COVID-19.

Aug 27, 2020

Questions with Chancellor Gold

If I think I had COVID-19 earlier this summer, should I be tested for antibodies?

Aug 27, 2020

Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, chancellor of UNMC and the University of Nebraska at Omaha

$5 million gift creates program on water, climate and health

Donor of $5 million wishes to raise awareness of the importance of public health.

Aug 27, 2020

At left, Anne Hubbard, MD, donated $5 million to create the Water, Climate and Health Program, which will be based in the UNMC College of Public Health and led by Jesse Bell, PhD, at right.