{"id":56528,"date":"2016-09-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-02T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2016\/09\/02\/legislative-candidate-vargas-tours-unmc\/"},"modified":"2022-09-02T17:05:21","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T22:05:21","slug":"legislative-candidate-vargas-tours-unmc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2016\/09\/02\/legislative-candidate-vargas-tours-unmc\/","title":{"rendered":"Legislative candidate Vargas tours UNMC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p>Tony Vargas, a candidate for the Nebraska State Legislature in District 7, toured UNMC in August.<\/p>\n<p>Vargas met with UNMC leadership as well as College of Public Health leaders to discuss the university&#8217;s collaboration with the state and its public health outreach efforts.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;UNMC is part of the fabric of our University of Nebraska system, and it&#8217;s been doing amazing work in the community, not just in terms of providing health care access, but also in terms of preventive care, mental health care,&#8221; Vargas said. &#8220;I represent a district with a very diverse constituency, and I want to continue to figure out UNMC&#8217;s ability to support my district and Omaha.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Vargas, who also met with UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. 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