Featured Stories Archives - Page 4 of 11

College of Public Health Alumni Chapter Presents First Award

by COPH Staff | August 31, 2012

The UNMC Alumni Association College of Public Health Alumni Chapter has presented Jim Anderson, PhD, with its inaugural Spirit of Service Award. Dr. Anderson is a faculty member and associate dean in the College of Public Health. “Dr. Anderson was one of the first champions of our alumni chapter and has continued to offer his generous support throughout the past few years,” said Stephen Jackson, MPH ’06, COPH Alumni Chapter president. “We truly value Dr. Anderson’s leadership and he is certainly a deserving recipient of… Continue Reading

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Aja Pelster – Exceptional Incoming PhD Student Assistantship Awardee

by COPH Staff | August 16, 2012

Aja Pelster won an Exceptional Incoming PhD Student Assistantship Award in July and has started her PhD in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research in our college. The competition for these UNMC-wide awards was fierce, and we are delighted that Aja was selected as an award recipient. Aja is energetic, dedicated, and intelligent and shows great promise as a future scholar in the field of sexual health. In the course of her MPH, which she recently completed at the UNMC College of Public Health, she… Continue Reading

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Sheetal Sawant

by COPH Staff | August 15, 2012

Student Highlight – Sheetal Sawant is a second-year MPH student in biostatistics. She was born in Mumbai (still known as Bombay to many), the biggest city in India, and went to school in a scenic suburb on the outskirts of Mumbai. Her journey in the field of health care began when her sister joined the School of Medicine to pursue bachelor’s degrees in Ayurvedic medicine and surgery. Four years later Sheetal followed her sister into the world of medicine and health care and joined the… Continue Reading

Posted in COPH Picks, Featured Stories, Student Highlight, The GroundBreaker, Vol. 2 / Is. 08, Aug 2012

Preethy Nayar, MD, MPhil, PhD, Health Services Research

by COPH Staff | August 15, 2012

Spotlight on Research at COPH – Dr. Nayar’s research interests focus on performance evaluation and quality improvement in health care organizations; clinical outcomes research, including care of the chronic critically ill patient and pancreatic and head and neck cancer outcomes and costs; access to and outcomes of care for rural and frontier underserved populations; and health workforce planning. She was the principal investigator for several quality improvement projects funded by the Mid West Mountain Veterans Engineering Resource Center that aimed to improve the quality of… Continue Reading

Posted in Featured Stories, Research, Spotlight COPH Research, The GroundBreaker, Uncategorized, Vol. 2 / Is. 08, Aug 2012

The Health Challenges of Community Gardening (part 2 of 2)

by COPH Staff | August 15, 2012

Public Health Community Advisory – Although community gardening is a wonderful way to promote healthy eating, exercise, nutrition education, and social capital, there are challenges we in public health should recognize. Most urban gardening takes place on lots that have had prior uses that may have contaminated the soil. Possible contaminants include lead, mercury, arsenic, pesticides, and hormonally active breakdown products of plastics. For the most part, vegetables absorb very little of these chemicals. But roots and leaves may be coated with dirt containing these…. Continue Reading

Posted in Community Advisory, COPH Picks, Featured Stories, The GroundBreaker, Uncategorized, Vol. 2 / Is. 08, Aug 2012

Do I need antibiotics before going to the dentist?

by COPH Staff | August 15, 2012

Public Health in the National News – For the past 60 years, millions of individuals with certain heart or joint conditions have received antibiotic prophylaxis (premedication) before dental treatment. Antibiotic prophylaxis typically consists of taking a few antibiotic pills 30-60 minutes before the dental visit, regardless of any dental infections. This clinical practice is based on the theory that antibiotics could reduce heart and joint infections by blocking bacteria that travel from the mouth to the heart or joint through the bloodstream. However, is there… Continue Reading

Posted in Featured Stories, National News, The GroundBreaker, Uncategorized, Vol. 2 / Is. 08, Aug 2012

Jiangtao Luo, PhD, Research on Statistical Methodology and Applications

by COPH Staff | July 15, 2012

Spotlight on Research at COPH – Dr. Jiangtao Luo’s research interests are in both statistical methodology and applications. His research areas include statistical methods in genetics and genomics, clinical genetics, genetic epidemiology, modeling, optimal design in clinical trials, public health, longitudinal data analysis, and Bayesian analysis. Dr. Luo’s work with Dr. William Hager has an important application in optimal design, which can result in a more efficient use of resources. Dr. Luo and his collaborators Dr. Hager and Dr. Rongling Wu have developed a model… Continue Reading

Posted in Featured Stories, Research, Spotlight COPH Research, The GroundBreaker, Uncategorized, Vol. 2 / Is. 07, Jul 2012