Health Security

Legislative candidate Chris Anderson tours UNMC

Anderson is a candidate for Legislative District 20 in central Douglas Conuty.

Oct 19, 2026

Candidate Chris Anderson toured iEXCEL last week.

Chancellor Davies looks back on first 100 days

Chancellor H. Dele Davies, MD, praises the commitment, expertise and collaborative spirit of the UNMC community.

Oct 14, 2026

UNMC Chancellor H. Dele Davies, MD

Candidate Cindy Johnson tours UNMC

Johnson is a candidate for Legislative District 10.

Oct 6, 2026

Cindy Johnson, right, observes a Holobox demonstration by iEXCEL's Jayme Boyko.

UNMC breaks ground on Infectious Disease Air Transport training facility

New facility will allow advanced training for aeromedical, healthcare and response personnel.

Sep 14, 2026

From left, Lee Williames, MD, director, Office for the Advancement of Military Medicine, UNMC; Christopher Kratochvil, MD, vice chancellor for external relations, UNMC; Gov. Jim Pillen; Mayor John W. Ewing, Jr.; H. Dele Davies, MD, chancellor of UNMC; Sen. Deb Fischer; Col. Elizabeth Schnaubelt, MD, director, Center for Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills-Omaha, USAF; University of Nebraska President Jeffrey P. Gold, MD; Lt. Gen. John J. DeGoes, MD, surgeon general and commander, Medical Command, USAF; Lt. Col. Robert Schafer, JD, regent, University of Nebraska System; Congressman Don Bacon; Jennie Bartholomew, UNMC associate vice chancellor and Nebraska Medicine vice president, facilities management and planning.

Candidate Brinker Harding tours UNMC

Harding is running to represent Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District in Congress.

Sep 11, 2026

From left, Brinker Harding and UNMC Director of Government Relations Jeff Kratz.

Campus invited to IDAT groundbreaking today

Infectious Disease Air Transport (IDAT) training facility will expand UNMC’s role in national defense preparedness.

Sep 4, 2026

IDAT rendering showing a white, rectangular building, with three large bay doors in front, wit the UNMC shield displayed at the top left on the that wall as well. The building extends backward from the entry, more deep than wide, with a smaller entrance cubicle for people on the side.

HHS Secretary visits, praises med center facility 

The med center’s National Quarantine Unit deemed “legendary” for its role in serving the nation.

Aug 21, 2026

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is flanked by University of Nebraska President Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, left, and Gov. Jim Pillen, right, during a news conference Thursday in the Davis Global Center.

Candidate Patrick Leahy tours UNMC

Leahy visited the Davis Global Center and the Nebraska Medicine Emergency Department.

Aug 3, 2026

Candidate Patrick Leahy toured UNMC on July 22.

The work behind the welcome

For six weeks, hundreds of colleagues worked together to make a complicated situation feel ordinary.

Jul 31, 2026

The Dr. Edwin G. & Dorothy Balbach Davis Global Center, home of the National Quarantine Unit

Abbey Lowe, PhD, selected to serve as NATO expert

Dr. Lowe is an expert in the intersection of ethics, health policy and health security, and will advise NATO in those areas.

Jul 23, 2026

Abigail Lowe, PhD