College of Public Health

Bridge to Care Fall Refugee Health Fair Saturday

UNMC students from all colleges will work alongside 30 community vendors.

Oct 31, 2018

Tschirren works with, joins ranks of graduate students

Besides serving as director of student affairs, Jessica Tschirren is now a Ph.D. student herself.

Oct 25, 2018

Jessica Tschirren

Alumni aim to return to UNMC for convocation ‘walk’

UNMC grads Urmi Basu, Ph.D., and Soumitra Bhuyan, Ph.D., achieve success but face challenge.

Oct 25, 2018

Drs. Urmi Basu and Soumitra Bhuyan

Floating Doctors founder to speak on campus Wednesday

Benjamin LaBrot, M.D., will give three presentations on “The Impact of Cultural Competency in the Global Clinic.”

Oct 23, 2018

E-cigarette, cigar use among youth focus of study

Hongying Dai, Ph.D., associate professor of biostatistics, UNMC College of Public Health, will conduct the NIH-funded study.

Oct 18, 2018

Hongying Dai, Ph.D.

UNMC students elect student officers for 2018-19

Hotovy of York, Neb., also will represent UNMC as a non-voting member of the University of Nebraska Board of Regents.

Oct 8, 2018

UNMC Student Senate officers for 2018-19 are, from left, Scott Mulder (treasurer), Sarah Hotovy (president), Keith Ozanne (vice president) and Jessica Wiens (secretary).

UNMC hosts legislative committee hearing

Three health-related resolutions were discussed.

Oct 4, 2018

Sen. Matt Williams, left, speaks before the Appropriations Committee of the Nebraska State Legislature, which met at UNMC on Friday.

Polio expert to give 2018 Berggren Lecture

Roundtables on public health also will be held at Wednesday event.

Sep 24, 2018

UNMC students participate in ceremonies to mark beginning of health careers

The students are enrolled in programs for medicine, nursing, pharmacy, dentistry, the allied health professions and graduate studies.

Sep 19, 2018

New farm safety website to debut

Website goes live ahead of National Farm Safety Week, Sept. 22-26.

Sep 17, 2018

One of the stories in the Telling the Story Project includes a farm fatality caused by hydrogen sulfide gas at an open lagoon. (Photo courtesy Stephanie Leonard, Telling the Story Project)