Also receives $7.6 million to establish two centers to improve health of rural Nebraskans. The University of Nebraska Medical Center’s newest college – the College of Public Health – has been granted accreditation by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) and now is a full member of the Association of Schools of Public Health. The accreditation, announced today by UNMC Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., comes just five months after the college moved into its new $15 million building that was named for… Continue Reading
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by Elizabeth Kumru, UNMC public relations Four public health projects received start-up money from the Mutual Fund, a new program created in the UNMC College of Public Health with funding from Dean Ayman El-Mohandes, M.B.B.Ch., M.D., M.P.H. The $10,000, one-year grants are designed to stimulate collaboration between College of Public Health faculty and community partners to address existing and emerging public health concerns. “These start-up funds encourage meaningful and mutually beneficial initiatives to advance community health and well-being through trustworthy relationships between academia and the… Continue Reading
UNMC’s College of Public Health begins National Preparedness Month by launching a marketing campaign for a national conference entitled: Public Health and Medical Disaster Response in Action: The Joplin story. The conference will bring together representatives from the Joplin, MO community’s response agencies and organizations as well as the hospitals that were directly affected by the disaster, to tell their stories of how they responded to this catastrophic tornado and share their lessons learned. More information can be found at http://www.preped.org/Training/2011-JoplinConf.html This conference showcases the… Continue Reading
Hal and Bev. Bev and Hal. An inseparable pair. A dynamic duo. And now, UNMC’s top ambassadors will be linked to UNMC in perpetuity — together, appropriately — as their names adorn the building that will house the UNMC College of Public Health. UNMC Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., and his wife, Beverly, are the namesakes of the new College of Public Health building, which officially opens today. Unprecedented growth Few could have envisioned what has happened under Dr. Maurer’s leadership. Since he was… Continue Reading
Come celebrate the opening of the College of Public Health’s new home at the Harold M. and Beverly Maurer Center for Public Health today during an 11 a.m. ceremony. An artist’s rendering of the Harold M. and Beverly Maurer Center for Public Health, which opens today. Tours of the center, which is at 519 S. 40th Plaza Circle, will follow the ceremony. The event will be broadcast live online. A public open house featuring refreshments and tours of the new center will be held… Continue Reading