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March 7, 2018 – ”Listen to My Story”

by COPH Staff | February 21, 2018

”Listen to My Story” Listen to My Story is a creative dissemination of a qualitative study on community violence entitled, Listen to My Story: Perspectives of African-American Mothers and Male Offenders on Violence in Omaha, NE. Through this theatrical presentation, the narrator will incorporate his personal feelings and emotions experienced while conducting this study. The audience will listen in captivation as local artists give creative spirit, energy and life to the real-life stories of individuals, which will shed light on the context behind community violence… Continue Reading

Posted in Grand Rounds & Seminars, Research

February 28, 2018 – “Redefining Aging: Emerging Strategies for elder populations”

by COPH Staff | February 20, 2018

Sponsored By: UNMC | College of Public Health February 28, 2018 – “Redefining Aging: Emerging Strategies for elder populations” Molly Carpenter, M.A. Director of Business and Academic Research Home Instead Senior Care Volunteer Faculty – UNMC When & Where Wednesday, Feb 28, 2018, 12:00 – 1:00 PM Maurer Center for Public Health Room 3013 Live Stream at : http://www.unmc.edu/livevideo/cophlive.html Objectives: Review and discuss current aging reality and projections Discover ways to redefine aging and create a new reality Determine opportunities for collaboration Lunch available for… Continue Reading

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Working to Improve the Health and Safety of Immigrant Feedlot Workers

by COPH Staff | January 30, 2018

Antonia Correa, Dr. Kathleen Grant, Ellen Duysen, Natalia Trinidad, Dr. Gustavo Carlo, Dr. Athena Ramos, Rodrigo Gamboa, Marcela Carvajal-Suarez, Axel Fuentes)

Spotlight on Research at COPH – Increasing numbers of Latino immigrants are working in agricultural production across the U.S., and these workers represent a significant portion of the agricultural labor force. Research has documented that agriculture and animal production can be risky business. In fact, this industry has the highest fatality rate of any industry with approximately 100 agricultural workers injured every day. Even with these sobering statistics, research on the health and safety practices of immigrant cattle feedlot workers is sorely lacking. Dr. Athena… Continue Reading

Posted in Research, Spotlight COPH Research, The GroundBreaker, Vol. 8/ Is. 01, Jan 2018

Replication studies strengthen research and education

by COPH Staff | December 30, 2017

Morshed Alam presenting at ICASA International Conference

Spotlight on Research at COPH – Replication of scientific research is currently a hot topic in the media. Research studies have been criticized for lacking standardized procedures, insufficient documentation and misuse of statistical techniques leading to results that cannot be duplicated by other researchers. In 2015, Drs. Meza, Smith, Yu, and Luo from the Department of Biostatistics received grants for replication studies from the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, in partnership with Science Exchange. The focus of these studies was to replicate results of HIV/AIDS… Continue Reading

Posted in Research, Spotlight COPH Research, The GroundBreaker, Vol. 7/ Is. 09, Dec 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

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

August 8, 2017 – “How Big Data & Advanced Analytics Can Improve Population Health; Now and in the Near Future”

by COPH Staff | August 8, 2017

William Kassler, MD, MPH Deputy Chief Health Officer Lead Population Health Officer IBM Watson Health TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2017 12:00-1:00 PM (LUNCH PROVIDED FOR FIRST 50 GUESTS) MAURER CENTER FOR PUBLIC HEALTH ROOM 3013 We are poised in a new era of technology and big data. This presentation will review sophisticated efforts that build on increased availability of big data and improved analytics, and will describe how these efforts support integration of personal, practice, system, and community programs to improve individual and population health. Objectives:… Continue Reading

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