Nebraska Medicine and UNMC Staff Well-being
Health care professionals and staff endure a great deal of stress on a daily basis. In many ways, it is the nature of healthcare that we shoulder this burden individually and internalize our stress. A project team has been established to develop a comprehensive plan to provide support and improve resilience among staff at Nebraska Medicine and UNMC.
Contact: Yunnie Low (yulow@unmc.edu), Projects & Initiatives Office
UNMC Wellness Council
The council consists of a peer group that represents a cross-section of employees. Members guide wellness information and activities by assisting in the planning, implementation and evaluating of their worksite wellness program. Members are ultimately responsible for promoting the organization's strategic wellness goals.
Wellbeing Coordinating Council Members
| Chandra Are, MBBS | Associate Dean, College of Medicine Professor, Surgical Oncology |
| Karen Burbach | Senior Associate Director, Communication and Creative Services, Department of Public Relations |
| David Carver, PhD | Executive Director, Counseling & Student Development Center |
| Kelly Caverzagie, MD, FACP, FHM | Associate Dean for Educational Strategy Vice-President for Education, Nebraska Medicine University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine |
| Valeta Creason-Wahl | Educational Projects Coordinator, Continuing Nursing Education |
| Dele Davies, MD, MS, MHCM | Senior Vice Chancellor, Academic Affairs Dean, Graduate Studies |
| Melissa Dorr, BA | CAHP Wellness Coordinator Education Program Coordinator II College of Public Health |
| Cynthia Ellis, MD, FAAP | Professor Pediatrics and Psychiatry, Munroe Meyer Institute for Genetics and Rehabilitation University of Nebraska Medical Center |
| Emily Glenn, MSLS | Education & Research Services Librarian, Coordinator, Library Technology |
| Janet Guthmiller, DDS, PhD | Dean and Professor College of Dentistry |
| Corrine (Corri) Hanson, PhD | Associate Professor & Associate Director, Medical Nutrition Education, College of Allied Health Professions & UNMC Faculty Senate President |
| Jennifer Harsh, PhD, LIMFT | Assistant Professor, Director of Behavioral Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine |
| Heidi Husk | Wellbeing Manager Nebraska Medicine |
| Linda Jensen, PhD, RN | Professor, Graduate Nursing, Clarkson College |
| Amy Jenson | Executive Director, Healing Arts |
| Joe Kaminski | Senior Director for Wellness Director of Campus Recreation University of Nebraska Omaha |
| Heidi Keeler, PhD, RN | Assistant Professor & Director, Continuing Nursing Education, College of Nursing |
| Steve Langan | Interim Director & Community Liaison Medical Humanities College of Arts and Sciences University of Nebraska Omaha |
| Linda Love, EdD, MA | Assistant Director of Faculty Development, Academic Affairs |
| Matt Mallisee | Student, Pharmacy |
| Kimberly Michael, MA, RT(R), RDMS, RVT | Anderson Professor Director, Diagnostic Medical Sonography Education Associate Director, Interprofessional Academy of Educators Department of Medical Imaging and Therapeutic Sciences College of Allied Health Professions |
| Jayme Nekuda, PhD, PHR | Associate Director, Human Resources University of Nebraska Medical Center |
| Bill O’Neill | Director, Public Relations |
| Catherine Pettid | Assistant Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs University of Nebraska Omaha |
| Brenda Ram, CMP, CHCP | Continuing Education Coordinator Center for Continuing Education University of Nebraska Medical Center |
| Sarah E. Richards | Assistant Professor Internal Medicine, College of Medicine |
| Julie Sebastian, PhD, RN, FAAN | Dean and Professor College of Nursing |
| Marcia Shadle-Cusic, MA, MS | Student Wellness Advocate, Academic Affairs Office |
| Sasha Shillcutt, MD, MS, FASE | Associate Professor & Vice Chair of Strategy and Clinical Transformation, Department of Anesthesiology, College of Medicine |
| Daniel Shipp, EdD | Vice Chancellor, Student Affairs & Enrollment Management University of Nebraska Omaha |
| Jonathon Sikorski, PhD | Director of Wellness Education & Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry |
| Susan Smith | Graduate Medical Education, COM |
| Jeanne Surface | Associate Professor Educational Leadership University of Nebraska at Omaha |
| M.W. “Dub” Vogt, DDS | Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, Director of Admissions, College of Dentistry |
| Jill Wagoner, MD | Resident House Officer III Internal Medicine Education College of Medicine |
| Sara Weber | Educational Projects Coordinator Continuing Education |
| Nizar Wehbi, MD, MPH, MBA | Assistant Professor, Health Services Research and Administration and Acting Deputy Director, Center for Health Policy, College of Public Health |
| Steven Wengel, MD | Assistant Vice Chancellor for Campus Wellness for UNMC and UNO Professor of Psychiatry |
| Rowen Zetterman, MD, MACP, MACG | Director, Faculty Mentorship Programs and Associate Vice Chancellor for Planning |