Category: Slide show
Public Health Community Advisory
The Emerging Problem of Distracted Driving by Jim Stimpson, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Health Services Research & Administration Distracted driving from electronic device use, especially talking on a cell phone or sending text messages, has become a major public health threat. Talking on a cell phone while driving is estimated to raise the risk […]
Sep 15, 2011
Public Health in the National News
Environmental Factors and Their Influence on Cancer Rates by Eleanor G. Rogan, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental, Agricultural, & Occupational Health; Professor, Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center About one-third to one-half of US residents will develop cancer in their lifetime. Many will have simple, […]
Sep 15, 2011
Public Health and Medical Disaster Response in Action: The Joplin story.
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 […]
Aug 30, 2011
Public Health in the National News
Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia by Asia Sikora, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Promotion, Social and Behavioral Health Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is now the fifth leading cause of death for those 65 years of age and older in the United States. An estimated 5.4 million people are currently affected by some form of dementia, the […]
Aug 15, 2011
Public Health in the National News
Flood Safety and Preparedness by Philip Smith, MD, Professor, Department of Epidemiology, with contributions by Kristin Watkins, MBA, Center for Preparedness Education The Missouri River has risen to record levels, causing widespread flooding in Nebraska, Iowa, and the Dakotas. Floodwaters are causing damage in many communities and threatening the Nebraska nuclear power plants. There are […]
Jul 15, 2011
COPH Students Conduct Service-Learning Projects in India
Through the COPH Center for Global Health and Development’s partnership with the Asia Institute of Public Health in Orissa, India, four students in the COPH Master of Public Health Program took part this spring in service-learning projects in Orissa, focusing on low birth weight, childhood nutrition, the new Indian health law, and reproductive health. Below, […]
Jun 15, 2011
The Maurer Center — ‘A good thing for people’
by Chuck Brown, UNMC public relations When he was young, UNMC Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., was being hard on himself because he did not achieve a goal he had set out to accomplish. Public health’s new home Images from Wednesday’s opening ceremony of the Harold M. and Beverly Maurer Center for Public Health. Dr. […]
May 19, 2011
