Category: The GroundBreaker
NE SciFest – A Statewide Event
Public Health Community Advisory – With a mission of stimulating curiosity and exciting the minds of children and adults about the amazing world of science, the Nebraska Science Festival (“NE SciFest”) celebrated four years of outreach in April 2016 with events and activities taking place throughout Nebraska. In 2016, the NESciFest expanded its reach by: […]
Mar 30, 2017
College of Public Health Offers Courses at Lincoln Lancaster County Health Department
Education Highlight – The changing public health landscape creates several new challenges and opportunities for local and state health departments. To take advantage of some of these new opportunities, many departments are placing a greater emphasis on community and strategic planning, analyzing new data, focusing more on quality improvement and performance management, and forming collaborative […]
Feb 28, 2017
Olugbadero Yerokun-Houessou, MSc
Student Highlight: Olugbadero Yerokun-Houessou, MSc Hometown: Lusaka, Zambia Degree Program/Concentration: Master of Public Health, Health Policy concentration What brought you to the field of public health? I have always enjoyed molecular science and trained to become both an HIV and cancer researcher. I worked as a research scientist in the HIV drug resistance department at […]
Feb 28, 2017
Public Health Practice – For children to achieve academically, they must be prepared to enter school. FAMILY, Inc. was founded in 1991 upon the principle that school readiness could be achieved by partnering with parents during the critical early years of life to equip parents with the skills they need to prepare their child for […]
Feb 28, 2017
Jenny Sharrick, MPH (MCH, 2016)
Alumni Highlight: Jenny Sharrick, MPH (MCH, 2016) Hometown: Hastings, Nebraska Current career position: Jenny Sharrick’s journey towards a career in public health was accidental and unexpected. Growing up in Hastings, Nebraska she worked on health promotion in areas of food insecurity, poverty, sexual health and hearing health, but formal training was never something she had […]
Jan 30, 2017
COPH Aims to Make an Impact with Innovative Research in Four Strategic Areas
Spotlight on Research at COPH – In 2014, the COPH launched a collaborative strategic planning process with participation and input from faculty, professional staff, students, alumni, and community partners. Through this process four priority areas were identified, for which the College will be recognized as world leaders and which support the College’s overarching goal to […]
Jan 30, 2017
Race, Inclusion, Diversity & Equity (RIDE) Initiative
Public Health Community Advisory – The Race, Inclusion, Diversity & Equity (RIDE) Initiative was created by Renaisa S. Anthony, MD, MPH, Deputy Director of the Center for Reducing Health Disparities and Assistant Professor in the College of Public Health. Providing support for the RIDE Initiative are co-investigators, Todd Wyatt, Ph.D., Professor in the Colleges of Public […]
Jan 30, 2017
