Brown Bag Lectures 2025-2026
Lecture Offerings
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- Sunshine on Your Plate: A Guide to Summer Nutrition
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Unhappy Feet: Understanding Common Foot Problems in Women (and Men!)
- Beyond Hot Flashes: Understanding How Menopause Affects Your Joints
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Coronary Artery Disease and Myocardial Infarction (heart attack) in Men and Women
- Starting Fresh: Practical Self-Care and Wellness Strategies for the New Year
- Grief During the Holidays
- Endometriosis: The Basics of a Complex Diagnosis
- From Conflict to Collaboration: Transforming Difficult Relationships into Productive Partnership
Sunshine on Your Plate: A Guide to Summer Nutrition
Courtney Aken, MMN, RD, LMNT, LD
Nutrition Therapist
Patient-Centered Medical Home
Nebraska Medicine
Tues., May 19, 2026 | 12 to 1 p.m.
Online Only
With the changing of seasons comes new nutritional considerations and opportunities to capitalize on, in regard to your health and well-being! Nebraska Medicine Nutrition Therapist, Courtney Aken, MMN, RD, LMNT, LD, will describe how hot summer temperatures highlight the importance of adequate hydration and the desire for lighter meals that use seasonal produce. Participants will learn what to look out for, focus on, and enjoy this summer!
Please pre-register by any of the following methods:
- Email the Olson Women’s Health Resource Center at OlsonWHRC@unmc.edu
- Call the Olson Center at (402) 559-6345
- Register online: ENGAGE: Sunshine on Your Plate: A Guide to Summer Nutrition (for UNMC employees only)
This lecture is free, however if you would like to obtain nursing credit, the cost is $15. Payment instructions will be provided when you pre-register. Nursing credit can only be obtained for watching the live stream of the virtual presentation, not for viewing the recording after the event.
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the University of Nebraska Medical Center and Olson Center for Women’s Health. University of Nebraska Medical Center is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
The University of Nebraska Medical Center designates this live activity for 1.0 ANCC contact hour. Nurses should only claim credit for the actual time spent participating in this activity.
Course ID: 26OL00006
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Unhappy Feet: Understanding Common Foot Problems in Women (and Men!)
Smitha Mathew, MBBS, Assistant Professor
UNMC Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation
Children’s Nebraska Pediatric Orthopedics
Tues., April 21, 2026
- Video link
- Handout (Word document)
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Beyond Hot Flashes: Understanding How Menopause Affects Your Joints
Sara Putnam, MD, Assistant Professor, UNMC Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation
Tues., March 17, 2026
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Coronary Artery Disease and Myocardial Infarction (heart attack) in Men and Women
Pallavi Satuluri, MBBS, Assistant Professor, UNMC Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Tues., Feb. 17, 2026, 12:00–1:00 p.m.
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Starting Fresh: Practical Self-Care and Wellness Strategies for the New Year
Kendra Gonzalez, LMHP, Psychotherapist, Nebraska Medicine Patient-Centered Medical Home
Tues., January 20, 2026
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Grief During the Holidays
Cecilia Poon, PhD, ABPP, Nebraska Medicine Department of Psychology
Tues., Nov. 18, 2025
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Endometriosis: The Basics of a Complex Diagnosis
Nicholas Jesse, MD, UNMC Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Tues., Oct. 21, 2025
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From Conflict to Collaboration: Transforming Difficult Relationships into Productive Partnerships
Diane Ratigan-Schmidt, MSOP, HBDI, SHRM-SCP
UNMC Department of Neurological Sciences
Tues., Sept. 16, 2025