Health Security

CDC Awards UNMC $9.5M Grant to Enhance Rural Infection Prevention and Control

UNMC, in partnership with Nebraska Medicine, was awarded a $9.5 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to enhance infection prevention and control (IPC) initiatives in small and rural healthcare facilities and advance the ability of health care workers to provide safe and effective clinical care.  To address rural healthcare facility […]

Oct 18, 2020

Dr. Jana Broadhurst explores ISTARI's patient care capabilities.

GCHS Participates in Dedication of Dr. Edwin G. & Dorothy Balbach Global Center

  The Dr. Edwin G. & Dorothy Balbach Davis Global Center, home to UNMC’s iEXCEL program and the Global Center for Health Security, celebrated its virtual dedication on October 13, 2020. iEXCEL is a highly technologically advanced center that provides clinical simulation for exper iential learning by using a wide range of technologies including augmented and […]

Oct 18, 2020

iEXCEL announces inaugural innovation award recipients

Thursday’s awards ceremony will follow today’s dedication of the Davis Global Center.

Oct 13, 2020

Under the Microscope: Davis Global Center dedication set for Tuesday

Iconic landmark made possible through public-private partnership.

Oct 12, 2020

LiveGreen: Chilled beams

Innovative technology keeps spaces cool while saving energy.

Oct 6, 2020

Chilled beams systems have been used successfully in patient rooms since 2013.

Chancellor’s forum: A problem and a solution

Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, and guests talked IT issues, COVID-19 concerns at last week’s virtual forum.

Oct 5, 2020

From left, Michael Ash, MD, vice chancellor for information and technology, Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, and Ted Cieslak, MD, interim executive director for health security, spoke at Tuesday's forum.

Davis Global Center’s dedication set for Oct. 13

Iconic landmark made possible through public-private partnership.

Sep 30, 2020

The formal dedication of the Dr. Edwin G. & Dorothy Balbach Davis Global Center will be held virtually on Oct. 13.

Chancellor’s forum set for Tuesday

Ted Cieslak, MD, interim executive director for health security, and Michael Ash, MD, vice chancellor for information and technology, will join Dr. Gold at the all-campus forum.

Sep 28, 2020

Michael Ash, MD, will join Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, and Ted Cieslak, MD at Tuesday's forum.

Chancellor’s forum set for Sept. 29

Ted Cieslak, MD, interim executive director for health security, will join Dr. Gold at the all-campus forum.

Sep 24, 2020

Ted Cieslak, MD

NSRI to continue to lead national security research

New $92 million contract will expand University of Nebraska national defense research.

Sep 16, 2020

Ted Carter, president of the University of Nebraska