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C-STARS Introduces Two New Team Members

The Center for Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills (C-STARS) has welcomed two new team members to their Omaha office:  Major David Kline, MD , and Captain John McClain, MD.   Dr. Kline recently completed his infectious disease fellowship at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. For a year prior to fellowship, he was […]

Oct 19, 2020

MMI researchers partner on parent-support web app

KIPS app helps train workers who support families.

Oct 19, 2020

Rosie Zweiback, associate director of the MMI Department of Education and Child Development

McMillan named director of distance learning

Analisa McMillan, PhD, will work as a liaison between UNMC and NU Online.

Oct 19, 2020

Analisa McMillan

Tips to discourage thefts from cars

Theft from motor vehicles is on the rise in Omaha.

Oct 19, 2020

BHECN names award recipients in six Nebraska counties

Awards recognize individuals who made a significant impact in the behavioral health field in the state.

Oct 19, 2020

Marley Doyle, MD, director of the Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska

Tips as NUFlex enrollment nears

Annual NUFlex benefit enrollment begins Oct. 26.

Oct 19, 2020

Region VII Emerging Special Pathogen Treatment Center Provides Webinar Training

On October 7, 2020, the Region VII Emerging Special Pathogen Treatment Center (RESPTC) hosted a virtual biopreparedness course for Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri learners. The course was attended by over 150 physicians, emergency managers, nurses, respiratory therapists, and other health care workers. By live and active participation in the course, attendees were able to […]

Oct 19, 2020

GCHS Spotlight: Dr. Muhammad Salman Ashraf

Muhammad Salman Ashraf, MBBS, is an Associate Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, at University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska, where he also serves as the medical director for Nebraska Infection Control Assessment and Promotion Program (ICAP) and co-medical director for Nebraska Antimicrobial Stewardship Assessment and Promotion Program […]

Oct 19, 2020

Ethics for Preparedness, Response, and Recovery

Witnessing the Global Center for Health Security and federal partners’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Director of Ethics and Public Health Preparedness Abbey Lowe observed ethics-related questions, centered on quarantined individuals, rising from the daily operations meeting’s discussions. Those unprecedented ethical issues needed quick responses. Dr. David Brett-Major, an internal medicine and infectious diseases physician […]

Oct 18, 2020

CDC Awards UNMC $9.5M Grant to Enhance Rural Infection Prevention and Control

UNMC, in partnership with Nebraska Medicine, was awarded a $9.5 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to enhance infection prevention and control (IPC) initiatives in small and rural healthcare facilities and advance the ability of health care workers to provide safe and effective clinical care.  To address rural healthcare facility […]

Oct 18, 2020

Dr. Jana Broadhurst explores ISTARI's patient care capabilities.