Service

As a land-grant institution, UNR was founded on a commitment to community and public service.

Community committees and boards in which CHS faculty serve include: the Regional Transportation Commission Bicycle Pedestrian Advisory Committee, Nevada Multicultural End-of-Life Care Coalition, The Indian Health Board of Nevada Youth Suicide Prevention Steering Committee, Autism Coalition of Nevada, Biophysical Society, National Toxicology Program, Elder Count Nevada Advisory Committee, North America Public Health Forum, International Institute of Anticancer Research (IIAR), and the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, the Nevada State Maternal and Child Health Needs Assessment Steering Committee, Nevada Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System Advisory Committee, Nevada AIDS Foundation Advisory Board, Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, North American Public Health Forum, Scientific Committee on Epidemiology of the International Commission on Occupational Health, American Public Health Association: Ethics Forum, Northern Nevada Chronic Disease Coalition, Nevada Colon Cancer Partnership, and the Nevada POLST Initiative, a statewide effort to improve the transfer of patients between health care facilities.