Vol. 4 / Is. 04, Apr 2014 Archives

John J. Lowe, PhD

by COPH Staff | April 15, 2014

Education Highlight – John J. Lowe, PhD, is an assistant professor in the UNMC COPH Department of Environmental, Agricultural and Occupational Health. His teaching focuses on environmental science and core public health topics, including the public health system, ecological framework for determinants of health, core functions of public health, public health ethics, and interventions and emergency preparedness. Dr. Lowe teaches ENV 970 Doctoral Seminar in Environmental, Agricultural and Occupational Health CPH 500 / HPRO 830 Foundations in Public Health He assisted Dr. Sharon Medcalf and… Continue Reading

Posted in Education Highlight, The GroundBreaker, Vol. 4 / Is. 04, Apr 2014

Bernadette McCrory, PhD

by COPH Staff | April 15, 2014

Student Highlight – Dr. Bernadette McCrory is an MPH student in the Department of Biostatistics at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) College of Public Health. Bernie is originally from Denver, Colorado. She completed her MS and PhD in engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and her BS at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Currently she is a research scientist within the Movement and Neurosciences Center at Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital, a research assistant professor within the Mechanical & Materials Engineering Department at the University of… Continue Reading

Posted in Student Highlight, The GroundBreaker, Vol. 4 / Is. 04, Apr 2014

Bettye Apenteng, PhD

by COPH Staff | April 15, 2014

Alumni Highlight – Bettye Apenteng graduated from the COPH with a PhD in Health Services Research, Administration, and Policy in 2013. Hometown: Accra, Ghana Current career position: Assistant professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management, Jiann-Pinn Hsu College of Public Health, Georgia Southern University. I really enjoy teaching and I am particularly impressed by the extensive amount of practical public health and health care management experience my students bring. This makes for exceptionally interactive and interesting class sessions. What you value most about… Continue Reading

Posted in Alumni Highlight, The GroundBreaker, Vol. 4 / Is. 04, Apr 2014

Community-Driven Solutions to Public Health Problems

by COPH Staff | April 15, 2014

Spotlight on Research at COPH – Both social marketing and community-based participatory research demonstrate the importance of understanding the perspective of people impacted by a given issue. However, each stops short of fully engaging people in the entire process of researching, developing, implementing, and evaluating solutions to those problems. Leveraging points of convergence between those two proven approaches has led a proposed integrated approach to developing sustainable interventions. The integrated approach is currently being tested in a project with farm women to address farm injuries…. Continue Reading

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Mental Health First Aid-USA … for mental health literacy!

by COPH Staff | April 15, 2014

Public Health Community Advisory – Just as CPR helps you assist an individual having a heart attack—even if you have no clinical training— the Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) course helps you assist someone experiencing a mental health-related crisis. In the MHFA course, you learn risk factors and warning signs for mental health and addiction concerns, strategies for how to help someone in both crisis and non-crisis situations, and where to turn for help. MHFA is an in-person training that teaches you how to help… Continue Reading

Posted in Community Advisory, The GroundBreaker, Vol. 4 / Is. 04, Apr 2014

Center for Collaboration on Research Design and Analysis (CCORDA)

by COPH Staff | April 15, 2014

Public Health Practice – The Center for Collaboration on Research Design and Analysis (CCORDA) seeks to advance clinical, basic, and translational research and public health research at UNMC and in the community and region. CCORDA is available to provide expertise in the quantitative sciences, including biostatistics, epidemiology, and health services research, and to coordinate the collaborative design, planning, conduct, analysis and interpretation of laboratory, clinical, and public health research studies. In addition, the center will provide educational training opportunities for quantitative sciences graduate students and… Continue Reading

Posted in Public Health Practice, The GroundBreaker, Vol. 4 / Is. 04, Apr 2014