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COPH Notable Mentions

by COPH Staff | December 30, 2017

COPH Notable Mentions – In the Fall 2017 semester, the following students fulfilled the requirements for the Certificate in Emergency Preparedness, Certificate in Maternal and Child Health, Certificate in Public Health, Master of Public Health, and Doctor of Philosophy. Congratulations to all the graduates, and best wishes to them in their chosen public health professions! Certificate in Emergency Preparedness Brian Madison Certificate in Maternal and Child Health Emily Blanchard Certificate in Public Health Padmapriya Francisco Megan Holmes Sean Jackson Amanda Kis Lourdes Secola Jazmin Struble… Continue Reading

Posted in COPH Notable Mentions, The GroundBreaker, Vol. 7/ Is. 09, Dec 2017

Undergraduates Explore Public Health at UNMC

by COPH Staff | November 30, 2017

Education Highlight – More than 25 undergraduate students and faculty advisors representing UNMC’s Public Health Early Admissions Student Track (PHEAST) pipeline program were on campus for a combined visit and open house. Every fall, students from PHEAST partner institutions, Chadron State College (CSC), Peru State College (PSC), Wayne State College (WSC), and the University of Nebraska at Kearney (UNK), visit the UNMC College of Public Health to learn about careers in public health. PHEAST is designed to recruit, educate and graduate passionate public health leaders… Continue Reading

Posted in Education Highlight, The GroundBreaker, Vol. 7/ Is. 08, Nov 2017

Emily Blanchard

by COPH Staff | November 30, 2017

Student Highlight: Emily Blanchard Hometown: Omaha, Nebraska Degree Program/Concentration: Public Health Certificate in Maternal and Child Health What brought you to the field of public health? I’ve been working in public health and healthcare since 2002. I joined the Peace Corps after college and spent three years in El Salvador as a health education volunteer. When I returned to the states, I went to nursing school. I have worked in high-risk obstetrics in an academic hospital for 13 years and knew that eventually, I wanted… Continue Reading

Posted in Student Highlight, The GroundBreaker, Vol. 7/ Is. 08, Nov 2017

Exposure to price promotions for cigarette is associated with financial stress among smokers

by COPH Staff | November 30, 2017

Spotlight on Research at COPH – Tobacco is one of the most marketed products in the United States. The tobacco industry has increasingly concentrated its marketing efforts at the point of sale (POS). In 2013, over 85% of the $8.9 billion of tobacco industry expenditure on marketing was made on POS sales promotion activities to reduce the price of cigarettes. Research conducted by Mohammad Siahpush and colleagues from University of Nebraska Medical Center revealed that smokers who are exposed to higher levels of cigarette price… Continue Reading

Posted in Research, Spotlight COPH Research, The GroundBreaker, Vol. 7/ Is. 08, Nov 2017

LiveWell Omaha’s Vision for an Accountable Health Community

by COPH Staff | October 31, 2017

Practice/Community Highlight – This year’s LiveWell Omaha Annual Meeting had a twist: the launch of a new brand. The organization, which has helped shape the public health landscape of Douglas County for over 20 years, leads a coalition of organizations that are committed to prioritizing and improving conditions that impact the health of our community. LiveWell Omaha believes that our community thrives when each of us has an equitable opportunity to live well – right here in Douglas County. Under this new brand, many key… Continue Reading

Posted in Community Advisory, Public Health Practice, The GroundBreaker, Vol. 7/ Is. 07, Oct 2017

Kaeli Samson, MA, MPH

by COPH Staff | October 31, 2017

Alumni Highlight: Kaeli Samson, MA, MPH (Biostatistics, 2016) Hometown: Omaha, NE Current career position: I work as a Statistician in the Department of Biostatistics in the UNMC College of Public Health. In this position I work with research groups across campus, and sometimes across Nebraska, to help with their data analysis and interpretation. This job allows me to use and expand the statistics, research, and SAS skills I learned in my program [Master of Public Health (MPH) – Biostatistics Concentration ], plus I get exposed to… Continue Reading

Posted in Alumni Highlight, The GroundBreaker, Vol. 7/ Is. 07, Oct 2017

Summer Epidemiology Research in a Mediterranean Island

by COPH Staff | October 31, 2017

UNMC College of Public Health Faculty, Dr. Evi Farazi, and two Master of Public Health (MPH)-Epidemiology students, Ellana Haakenstad and Emma Schultz, spent part of this past summer setting up research projects at the Bank of Cyprus Oncology Center, the largest oncology treatment center in Cyprus, a small island in the Eastern Mediterranean. The students received an award from the Cancer Epidemiology Education in Special Populations program at UNMC, headed by Dr. Amr Soliman, for their summer work which was executed. Both projects were based… Continue Reading

Posted in Research, Spotlight COPH Research, The GroundBreaker, Vol. 7/ Is. 07, Oct 2017