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University of Nebraska Medical Center

Community Advisory Board

The Community Advisory Board includes community members and community-engaged researchers from North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas.

These individuals represent the community at all levels of clinical and translational research within the Great Plains IDeA-CTR Network, offering advice and solutions essential to our programming success.

The board gathers and prioritizes regional health issues and generates ideas for community-engaged research projects. In addition, board members provide input on ways to best measure and track health outcomes, their impact on the community, and the best strategies to share research findings beyond the confines of a typical research journal.

Board Members

Jentry S. Barrett

Engagement Zone Coordinator, Campus; Nebraska Extension, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Jentry S. Barrett
Amy Behnke, JD

Chief Executive Officer, Health Center Association of Nebraska

Amy Behnke
Jason D. Coleman, PhD, MSPH

Director, Professor, School of Health and Kinesiology, University of Nebraska Omaha

Jason Coleman
Gretchen Forsell, MPH, RDN

Executive Director, Northern Nebraska Area Health Education Center

Gretchen Forsell
Jed Hansen, PhD, APRN, FNP-C

Executive Director, Nebraska Rural Health Association

Jed Hansen
Donald Jurivich, DO

Professor, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Science

Donald Jurivich
Connie Reimers-Hild, PhD, CPC

Founder, Chief Futurist, Wild Innovation

Josie Rodriguez, MSHCA

Administrator, Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services Office of Health Disparities and Health Equity
Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer, OneWorld Community Health Centers

Josie Rodriguez
Terra Uhing, MS

Executive Director, Three Rivers Public Health Department

Terra Uhing, MS
Yesenia Valenzuela

Community Relations Coordinator, City of Omaha Mayor's Office

Yesenia Valenzuela
Mona Zuffante, MPH

Public Health Administrator, Winnebago Public Health Department

Mona Zuffante