College of Public Health

Incentive program helps people lose weight

Evidence-based weight loss approach includes modest financial incentives.

Jan 9, 2020

Dejun Su, Ph.D.

Dr. Khan deploys to Tonga to fight measles outbreak

College of Public Health dean in Tonga to combat the measles outbreak.

Jan 7, 2020

Ali S. Khan, M.D., M.P.H.

UNMC for the record

The Center for Reducing Health Disparities receives Community Impact Award.

Jan 3, 2020

Dejun Su, Ph.D.

Public health students excel at national conference

Fourteen UNMC College of Public Health students attended the annual American Public Health Association (APHA) conference in November.

Dec 27, 2019

Three of 14 public health students who attended the 2019 American Public Health Association conference were, from left, Erin Johnson, Suswara Mandala Rayabandla and Sabrine Chengane.

Student group brings music to med center

Doc’Apella will perform at the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center today.

Dec 20, 2019

Members of the UNMC student group Doc'Apella, which will be performing today at the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center. Back row from left, Mariel Kean, Sarah Hotovy, Sierra Garth, Kara Lung, Enakshi Roy, Wyatt Anderson and Luke Witte. Front row, from left, Sara German, Opeoluwa Oyewole, Laura Newton and Carlos Vera-Esquivel.

UNMC study: Marijuana use in e-cigarettes increases among youth

Hongying Dai, Ph.D., has study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Dec 18, 2019

Hongying Dai, Ph.D.

UNMC study: Marijuana use in e-cigarettes increases among youth

Among all students, the proportion who reported ever using marijuana in an e-cigarette increased from 11.1% in 2017 to 14.7% in 2018.

Dec 18, 2019

New memoir explores life in the ‘hot zone’

Mark Kortepeter, M.D., has written a memoir about biodefense work.

Dec 13, 2019

Mark Kortepeter, M.D.,

College of Public Health online programs get high rankings

Dean Khan: Everyone in college has worked to raise UNMC’s stature in field of public health.

Dec 5, 2019

Ali S. Khan, M.D., M.P.H., dean of the UNMC College of Public Health

Epidemiology master’s program ranks in top 25

College of Public Health program also has attracted a diverse student body.

Nov 12, 2019

Deborah Levy, Ph.D., chair of the UNMC Department of epidemiology in the College of Public Health.