Category: Featured Stories

Campus Champions of Change Challenge Honors EMPOWER Project

Public Health in the National News – A delegation from UNMC’s EMPOWER project was among 15 student groups honored by President Barack Obama on March 15 at the White House. EMPOWER was established in 2008 as a partnership with the Women’s Center for Advancement and the Service-Learning Academy of the UNMC College of Public Health […]

May 15, 2012

Mohammad Siahpush, PhD, Research on Tobacco Control

Spotlight on Research at COPH – Dr. Siahpush’s main research interest is in tobacco control—restricting the growth of tobacco use and thereby reducing the associated mortality and morbidity. Dr. Siahpush’s research uses data from the US, Canada, the UK, Australia, Mexico, Thailand, Malaysia, and China. His research has found an association between social disadvantage (e.g., […]

Apr 15, 2012

COPH Celebrates National Public Health Week

Public Health Community Advisory – The College of Public Health (COPH) coordinated a week of campus and community events from April 2 to 6 to celebrate National Public Health Week. This year’s theme was “A Healthier America Begins Today! Join the Movement!”   A kickoff event was held on Monday at the South Omaha Library, […]

Apr 15, 2012

Building Research Capacity on the Rez

Public Health in the National News – The Little Priest Tribal College (LPTC) and the UNMC COPH partnered to develop a three-credit-hour course—Indigenous Research Methods—offered at LPTC this spring. The goal is to build research capacity among American Indians and increase the diversity of the public health-related workforce by expanding health career options for tribal […]

Apr 15, 2012

Peter Woodbridge, MD, MBA, Research on Health Care Delivery Systems

Spotlight on Research at COPH — Dr. Peter Woodbridge leads the MidWest Mountain Veterans Engineering Resource Center (MWM VERC). The MWM VERC, one of four Veterans Affairs (VA)-funded VERCS, is located in the Nebraska Western Iowa VA Health Care System, Omaha campus, which is affiliated with the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC). The VA […]

Mar 15, 2012

Farm to School Program Helps Increase Access to Fruits, Vegetables

Public Health Community Advisory – In keeping with its mission to promote optimal health and well-being, UNMC’s College of Public Health (COPH) is a partner in the Douglas County Health Department’s (DCHD’s) Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW) program. Increasing access to fruits and vegetables is a core concept of the Douglas County CPPW program. […]

Mar 15, 2012

Support for Breast Milk Feeding as a Health Prevention Strategy

Public Health in the National News – Given that the health benefits of feeding breast milk are well established, it may seem that infant feeding decisions should be fairly straightforward. The reality is that for mothers in the United States the decision to feed breast milk or formula is quite complex. Mothers make this decision […]

Mar 15, 2012