Vol. 7/ Is. 07, Oct 2017 Archives

LiveWell Omaha’s Vision for an Accountable Health Community

by COPH Staff | October 31, 2017

Practice/Community Highlight – This year’s LiveWell Omaha Annual Meeting had a twist: the launch of a new brand. The organization, which has helped shape the public health landscape of Douglas County for over 20 years, leads a coalition of organizations that are committed to prioritizing and improving conditions that impact the health of our community. LiveWell Omaha believes that our community thrives when each of us has an equitable opportunity to live well – right here in Douglas County. Under this new brand, many key… Continue Reading

Posted in Community Advisory, Public Health Practice, The GroundBreaker, Vol. 7/ Is. 07, Oct 2017

Kaeli Samson, MA, MPH

by COPH Staff | October 31, 2017

Alumni Highlight: Kaeli Samson, MA, MPH (Biostatistics, 2016) Hometown: Omaha, NE Current career position: I work as a Statistician in the Department of Biostatistics in the UNMC College of Public Health. In this position I work with research groups across campus, and sometimes across Nebraska, to help with their data analysis and interpretation. This job allows me to use and expand the statistics, research, and SAS skills I learned in my program [Master of Public Health (MPH) – Biostatistics Concentration ], plus I get exposed to… Continue Reading

Posted in Alumni Highlight, The GroundBreaker, Vol. 7/ Is. 07, Oct 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