College of Public Health

UNMC to host Society of Student-Run Free Clinics conference

More than 300 attendees from across the U.S. are scheduled to attend.

Feb 20, 2018

Students and faculty involved in the SHARING Clinic from the colleges of medicine, allied health professions, public health, pharmacy and nursing will serve as hosts for the interprofessional conference.

Chambers Scholars report on international research projects

UNMC College of Public Health students spent last summer conducting four-to-six week intensive research.

Feb 16, 2018

The 2017 Chambers Scholars are, from left, Moses New-aaron, Nada Alnaji, M.D., Xiaoting Sun and Sachi Verma.

Caring for incarcerated focus of Feb. 21 Schwartz Rounds

Student-led Do juSTIce will host event.

Feb 14, 2018

Kari Simonsen, M.D., associate professor, UNMC Division of Pediatric Infectious Disease, will be part of the event's panel.

Students explore health care in Rwanda

Applications due Friday for students who want to work in Rwanda.

Feb 7, 2018

Medical student Sophia Schneider, with her partners Linka Kayitare and Patrick Kwizera, present their findings to collaborators in Rwanda.

Rohingya refugee health crisis topic of grand rounds

Ali S. Khan, M.D., M.P.H., dean of the College of Public Health, will speak on his experiences Wednesday.

Feb 5, 2018

Ali S. Khan, M.D., M.P.H., at left, has just returned from the Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh.

University of Nebraska offers free ATV safety courses

Several organizations are collaborating to present free training for the public on the safe use of all-terrain vehicles (ATVs).

Feb 1, 2018

Aaron Yoder, Ph.D., of the Central States Center for Agricultural Safety and Health at UNMC, demonstrating ATV safety tips on the ATV simulator

Diabetes prevention goes digital

UNMC teams on diabetes prevention clinical trial.

Jan 30, 2018

Paul Estabrooks, Ph.D.

New Investigator: John Lowe, Ph.D.

Dr. Lowe’s research focus is on infectious diseases.

Jan 29, 2018

John Lowe, Ph.D.

Study to explore plant’s environmental impact

A new chicken processing plant opening in the countryside near Fremont, Neb., this year, with increased demand for poultry farming to provide the plant’s needed supply, has brought excitement about economic opportunity. And concerns about environmental impact. The plant, built to provide chicken for Costco, will need area farmers to grow some 17 million chickens […]

Jan 28, 2018

UNL postdoctoral researcher Jonathan Ali, Ph.D., takes water samples from the Elkhorn River as part of an ongoing University of Nebraska water-study project.

Lookin’ at U: Ron Shope, Ph.D.

UNMC position is Dr. Shope’s return to academia.

Jan 25, 2018

Ron Shope, Ph.D.