Nicole Kolm-Valdivia, PhD, CHES, MPH
Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs, College of Public Health
Assistant Professor, UNMC Department of Epidemiology
Nicole Kolm-Valdivia, PhD, CHES, MPH, is assistant dean for Academic Affairs in the UNMC College of Public Health, where she also is assistant professor in the Department of Epidemiology.
Earlier in the college, she served as director of professional programs.
Previously, Dr. Kolm-Valdivia was data program manager of the Bureau of HIV, STD and Hepatitis and evaluation coordinator of the HIV Prevention Program for the Iowa Department of Public Health.
She has served as adjunct faculty for the master of public health program at Concordia University and as an adjunct assistant professor of research at Des Moines University.
Earlier, she was coordinator of student services at Polly Fox Academy in Toledo, Ohio, a data collection specialist and graduate assistant at the University of Toledo, and a pediatric injury prevention specialist for Safe Kids Greater Toledo.
- PhD, Health Education, 2012, University of Toledo
- MPH, Health Promotion and Education, 2007, University of Toledo
- B.S., Biology, 2003, College of Saint Mary
- Intersection of infectious disease and substance use
- Harm reduction
- Teenage pregnancy and parenting
- Health equity
- Program evaluation
- Jacob, E., Kahl, A.R., Jatta, A., Kolm Valdivia, N., Brubaker, J., Charlton, M.E., & Lynch, C.F. (2019). Cancer in the HIV/AIDS Population in Iowa, 1991-2015. Journal of Registry Management 46(1), 4–14.
- Dake, J.A., Price, J.H., Kolm Valdivia, N., and Wielinski, Margaret (2010). Association of adolescent choking game activity with selected risk behaviors. Academic Pediatrics, 10(6), 410-416.
- Allen-Gipson, D.S., Spurzem, K., Kolm, N., Spurzem, J.R., and Wyatt, T.A. (2007). Adenosine promotion of cellular migration in bronchial epithelial cells is mediated by the action of cyclic adenosine monophosphate-dependent protein kinase a. Journal of Investigative Medicine, 55, 378-85.
- 2009 – present, Certified Health Education Specialist, National Commission for Health Education Credentialing