College of Public Health

New faculty to push Nebraska to healthier status

Meet Paul Estabrooks, Ph.D., inaugural Harold M. Maurer Distinguished Chair of Health Promotion, Social & Behavioral Health.

Mar 14, 2016

Paul Estabrooks, Ph.D.

Lookin’ at U – Amanda Lind

Data associate helps maintain database of health care professionals.

Mar 10, 2016

Telehealth grant aims to reduce readmissions

Effort is a collaboration between UNMC’s College of Public Health and Nebraska Medicine.

Mar 10, 2016

Mohammad Siahpush, Ph.D., professor and chairperson, health promotion, social and behavioral health, College of Public Health

Dr. Estabrooks to discuss implementation science

Monday’s lunch presentation will be livestreamed to all College of Nursing campuses.

Mar 10, 2016

Paul Estabrooks, Ph.D.

Dr. Khan to speak at showing of ‘Contagion’

Dean of the UNMC College of Public Health served as a consultant on the 2011 film.

Mar 8, 2016

An image from the film "Contagion." (Courtesy Film Streams)

Group to screen ‘Sober Indian/Dangerous Indian’

The Nebraska Center for Substance Abuse Research hosts documentary screening on March 15.

Mar 7, 2016

An image from the film "Sober Indian/Dangerous Indian"

Student spotlight: Meet Trang Hoang

Student found inspiration in College of Public Health’s mission.

Mar 4, 2016

Trang Hoang

Oman group explores collaboration with med center

Members of delegation will give presentation at noon today.

Mar 3, 2016

From left, bottom row: Amr Soliman, M.D., Ph.D., chair, epidemiology, College of Public Health; Robert Chamberlain, Ph.D., research professor, College of Public Health; Lou Ann Linehan, consultant for Burlington Capital; Yuthar Mohammed Al Rawahy, Oman Cancer Association; Dr. Sultan Albalushi, an Oman representative; and Bruce Grogan, associate director, Center for Global Health & Development, College of Public Health; top row, Cory Shaw, chief operating officer, system network development, Enhance Health Network; Apar Ganti, M.D., associate professor, oncology-hematology; Dr. Talal Al-Balushi, Embassy of the Sultanate of Oman; Ward Chambers, M.D., executive director, international health and medical education, College of Public Health; Dr. Wahid Al Kharusi, Oman Cancer Association; and Dr. Saad Alshahrani, an Oman representative.

UNMC for the record

News and notes from the UNMC community.

Feb 26, 2016

Denise Waibel-Rycek, instructor for the UNMC College of Nursing Kearney Division, describes the functions of the birthing manikin in the Simulation Suite at the new Health Science Education Complex at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. The building, which opened in August, houses more than a dozen UNMC nursing and allied health programs. Ryan Splittgerber, Ph.D., assistant professor with the UNMC College of Allied Health Professions - Kearney Campus, also talked about new technology in the building.

Telehealth definitions and reimbursements vary widely

Study led by Fernando Wilson, Ph.D., was released Thursday by the Health Care Cost Institute.

Feb 26, 2016

Fernando Wilson, Ph.D.