Center for Chronic Illness Self-Management & Prevention

UNMC nursing innovation launches nationally

Familyroom.health is a digital platform designed to support families of ICU patients.

Oct 21, 2025

Breanna Hetland, PhD

Dr. Lally and team explore two studies for breast cancer survivors

Robin Lally, PhD, is conducting two studies to support breast cancer survivors.

Jun 18, 2025

Robin Lally, PhD, presented information from the Nebraska Site of the COACH study of cancer survivors at the Society of Behavioral Medicine's annual conference in San Francisco.

Health outreach conference to be held in Omaha

The National Health Outreach and Engagement Conference, hosted by UNL, is seeking presentation proposals.

Dec 6, 2024

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Human of UNMC: Bailey Hendricks, PhD

UNMC’s social media accounts profile the people you meet each day around campus.

Aug 12, 2024

Bailey Hendricks, PhD, was inspired to become a nurse after helping care for her mother, and her research focuses on supporting children caring for parents with cancer.

Nursing’s Dr. Alonso, team tackle groundbreaking exercise research

The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute is funding the project working with certain heart failure patients.

Sep 8, 2023

Windy Alonso, PhD

Nursing to honor faculty members

Campus is invited to Sept. 14 celebration for nursing research awardees.

Aug 31, 2023

Michele Balas, PhD

Med center reps study digital health coaching for cancer survivors

The COACH study is one of the first to investigate augmented coaching and an individual’s health outcomes.

Jul 21, 2023

Robin Lally, PhD, and Rachael Schmidt, DNP